With the 76th annual Tony Awards imminent, high-profile nominees like Jessica Chastain (“A Doll’s House”), Sean Hayes (“Goodnight, Oscar”), Samuel L. Jackson (“The Piano Lesson”), Ben Platt (“Parade”) and many more are readying for Broadway’s biggest night — and waiting to see if they’ll take home the gold.
As starry as New York theater was this season, star power on the boards does not always translate to Tonys gold. Take our presumed will-win and should-win pick for Best Musical, for instance. “Kimberly Akimbo” has no Hollywood talent tied to its production, and it received the fewest Tony Award nominations of the five new shows competing for Best Musical.