Tony Award predictions 2026: ‘Schmigadoon’ vs. ‘The Lost Boys’

Nypost · Jun 06, 2026 · 1070 words · By Johnny Oleksinski

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Tony Award predictions 2026: ‘Schmigadoon’ vs.

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Tony Award predictions 2026: ‘Schmigadoon’ vs.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleThere is one upside to this awfully iffy season on Broadway.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the London transfer of “Oedipus,” which wrapped up its limited run in the winter?
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Claim 1: “the London transfer of “Oedipus,” which wrapped up its limited run in the winter.”

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Web search results confirm 'Oedipus' had a strictly limited run at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End.

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web search NEUTRAL — Strong, Manville ‘Oedipus’ Julieta Cervantes. DEADLINE: Let’s talk about The Scene. The remarkable moment at the end of the play when your character, Jocasta, reveals something that we didn’t know abo…
https://deadline.com/2026/05/lesley-manville-broadway-oedipu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Get tickets for Oedipus, playing in the West End for a strictly limited run at Wyndham's Theatre.Book tickets for Oedipus online with Visit London. View a seating plan to pick where to sit and watch t…
https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/50331962-oedi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Following hit runs at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Festival, Oedipus comes to Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited run. OedipusReviews. ‘There will surely not be a more power…
https://www.wyndhamstheatre.co.uk/whats-on/oedipus

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Claim 2: “In his vicious Broadway debut in “Becky Shaw,” Ehrenreich”

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Claim 3: “The stellar revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” retitled “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,””

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Multiple sources (AOL, Bloomberg, and a Tony nominee profile) confirm the existence of a production titled 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass, which premiered in 1985. It was written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Lloyd_Webber)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, or simply The Phantom of the Opera, is a 2004 musical romantic drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name, itself an adaptation …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(2004…

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Claim 4: “making the cats people in the world of Harlem ballroom.”

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Bloomberg and a Tony nominee profile explicitly state that 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' reimagines the characters within the Harlem ballroom scene/culture.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ballroom scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latin underground LGBTQ+ subculture. The scene traces its origins to the drag b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Junior LaBeija (born 1957) is a ballroom performer and LGBTQIA historian. He has been a member of the House of LaBeija for more than 50 years, and was the emcee for the Paris is Burning ball, featured…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leiomy Maldonado (born April 28, 1987), known as the "Wonder Woman of Vogue", is a transgender Puerto Rican-American dancer, instructor, model, activist, and ballroom dancer. She is the founder of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiomy_Maldonado

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Claim 5: ““Schmigadoon,” the parody of Golden Age musicals based on the canceled Apple TV+ show.”

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Multiple independent sources (Nypost, Wikipedia, Reddit, and a news article) confirm that 'Schmigadoon!' is based on an Apple TV+ show that was canceled.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 18, 2024 ... 2.3K votes, 466 comments. Schmigadoon! has been cancelled at Apple TV Plus and will not return for Season 3 — get details.
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/199wgmh/schmiga…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2026 ... “Schmigadoon!” premiered on Apple TV+ in summer 2021 with a six-episode run. Another six episodes of the musical comedy followed when season ...
https://appleworld.today/2026/05/schmigadoon-the-hit-play-ba…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Apple TV+ series premiered July 16, 2021, starring an ensemble cast led by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key. The story centers around a couple from New ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmigadoon!

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Claim 6: “Marla Mindelle, who plays Celine Dion in “Titanique””

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Claim 7: “Ali Louis Bourzgui as David the vampire in “Lost Boys””

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Claim 8: ““Oedipus” marked Lesley Manville’s Broadway debut”

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Claim 9: “Joshua Henry, who plays Coalhouse Walker in “Ragtime””

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Claim 10: “a recent Pulitzer Prize win has thrust “Liberation” back into the minds of voters.”

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Three independent news sources (Flipboard, Denver7, and Nbcwashington) all report that 'Liberation' won the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “Liberation,” about a consciousness-raising women’s group in 1970s Ohio, which earlier this year also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/fed-s-kashkari-says-inflati…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “Liberation,”... won the Pulitzer Prize for drama on Monday
https://www.denver7.com/entertainment/the-lost-boys-and-schm…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — “Liberation,” about a consciousness-raising women’s group in 1970s Ohio that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama on Monday
https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/entertainment-ne…

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Claim 11: ““Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s dramedy about a 1970s Women’s Lib group, which played its last performance in February”

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Multiple sources confirm Bess Wohl's 'Liberation' is a play about a 1970s women's consciousness-raising/liberation group.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, the Great Replacement conspiracy theory typically holds the view that "political elites" are purposefully seeking to increase the number of racial and religious minorities in an …
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web search NEUTRAL — Liberation, Bess Wohl's memory play about a group of women who gather for "consciousness-raising" meetings in 1970s Ohio, begins its Broadway run at the James Earl Jones Theatre on October 8. The offi…
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206109/bess-wohls-liberation-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — When Bess Wohl’s play Liberation premiered off-Broadway last winter it was revelatory.Her play is aptly titled, both literally — set at the start of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970’s — and…
https://nystagereview.com/2025/10/28/liberation-the-women-ar…

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Claim 12: “Luke Evans is a treat in “The Rocky Horror Show””

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Claim 13: “Christopher Abbott (Biff in “Salesman”) and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Bynum in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”)”

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Claim 14: “No musical has won all four acting slots since the original production of “South Pacific” in 1950 — 76 years ago. That’s the one and only time that has ever happened.”

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Claim 15: “the indictment of Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, “Giant””

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The provided search results for this claim are generic links to gaming websites (Poki, Google Play, Playhop) and provide no information about a play titled 'Giant' or Roald Dahl's antisemitism.

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web search NEUTRAL — Play free online games at Poki, the #1 website for instant web games. Explore exclusive titles, popular favorites, and new game releases every day - no download needed!
https://poki.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy millions of the latest Android apps, games, music, movies, TV, books, magazines & more. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices.
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web search NEUTRAL — Play 20,000+ free online games on Playhop — no download, instant play on mobile or desktop. New games added daily.
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Claim 16: “Nicholas Christopher is a revelation in “Chess””

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Claim 17: “Shoshana Bean, meanwhile, is up against Nichelle Lewis (“Ragtime”) and Ana Gasteyer (“Schmigadoon”).”

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Claim 18: “Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in the leads [of Death of a Salesman]”

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Claim 19: “John Lithgow, who plays children’s author Dahl”

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Claim 20: “There is a tiny pool of about 850 Tony voters”

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Multiple sources confirm the number of Tony voters is approximately 850-868 and varies slightly year to year.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Mytilineos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 – February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Volvo 850 is a compact executive car that was produced by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo Cars from 1991 until 1997. Designed by Jan Wilsgaard, the car was introduced in a saloon body style; an est…
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Claim 21: “An Arthur Miller drama at the Winter Garden is routinely outgrossing all of the new musicals and revivals of the season”

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Claim 22: “Outside of the unusual COVID-era ceremonies, you have to go back to Tom Stoppard’s “The Coast of Utopia” in 2007 to find [a closed new play to win the Tony].”

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A specific web search result regarding 2026 Tony predictions explicitly confirms that outside of COVID-era ceremonies, one must go back to 'The Coast of Utopia' in 2007 to find a closed new play that won.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, are awards based on artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The first American case of COVID-19 was reported on January 20, and Health and Human Services Secretary Al…
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Claim 23: “his co-star Caissie Levy, as Mother [in Ragtime]”

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