Tony Watch 2015: Award for Featured Actor in a Musical

The Featured Actor in a Musical Category this year is filled with Broadway veterans, and it's anybody's game at this point. The nominees are:

Andy Karl (On the 20th Century)
Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!)
Brandon Uranowitz (An American in Paris)
Christian Borle (Something Rotten!)
Max Von Essen (An American in Paris)

The two men that will have the hardest time competing for this award are the boys from An American in Paris. Both got good reviews, especially Max Von Essen, but aren't as big of names as the other three, and got slightly worse reviews than the others. They also run the risk of taking votes from each other.

The Something Rotten! guys both got very good reviews, but in different ways. Borle gave a consistently good performance as William Shakespeare, a large featured role verging on a lead. Brad Oscar, on the other hand, was a very small role in the production, but lead arguably the most show-stopping number of the season, receiving standing ovations after it most nights. They also run the risks of stealing votes from each other.

The last nominee, Andy Karl, is the only one who doesn't have the risk of another actor in his show stealing votes from him. Andy Karl got rave reviews for his performance in On the 20th Century. On top of that, Karl got a lot of Broadway love for his run as Rocky last year in Rocky the Musical, which may carry over to this year. This could be a very close race.

Tony Odds:

Andy Karl (On the 20th Century): 32%
Christian Borle (Something Rotten!): 29%
Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!): 27%
Max Von Essen (An American in Paris): 10%
Brandon Uranowitz (An American in Paris): 2%

Andy Karl with Kristin Chenoweth in On the Twentieth Century