Broadway's Biggest Night - Odds on the Tony Awards

BROADWAY’S BIGGEST NIGHT SET TO HONOR STARS ON JUNE 7TH – FANS OF THE STAGE LOGGING ON TO DOUBLE DOWN IN NEW BROADWAY BETTING TREND

NEW YORK, NY – With the Tony Awards set for June 7th fans of the stage across the country are buzzing with anticipation and looking for answers regarding who will be honored on Broadway’s biggest night of the year. Illustrating the interest in this year’s Tony awards is the fact that the largest most successful sportsboo on the web, BetUS.com is seeing an enormous uptick in activity on the site from interest by site users in the predictive odds they posted on the awards show.

“Entertainment based odds regarding movies, celebrities, and award shows for movies and television always get a lot of interest on our site,” stated BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards. “But this year we are even seeing a lot of attention given to our Tony Award odds. It’s an interesting trend given the amount of site traffic we’re seeing – we think the Tony’s are great, and will unfold in dramatic fashion.”

Oddsmakers at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the Tony Awards:

Best New Play

God of Carnage 10/11

33 Variations 2/1

Reasons to Be Pretty 3/1

Dividing the Estate 7/2

Best New Musical

Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/6

Next to Normal 2/1

Rock of Ages 3/1

Shrek The Musical 5/1

Best Book of a Musical

Next to Normal 11/10

Billy Elliot 3/2

[title of show] 5/2

Shrek the Musical 5/1

Best Original Score

Next to Normal 6/5

Billy Elliot 3/2

9 to 5 11/4

Shrek the Musical 9/2

Best Revival of a Play

Mary Stuart 3/2

The Norman Conquests 7/4

Waiting for Godot 9/4

Joe Turner's Come and Gone 3/1

Best Revival of a Musical

Hair 7/10

West Side Story 3/2

Guys and Dolls 4/1

Pal Joey 6/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King 5/6

Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow 5/2

James Gandolfini, God of Carnage 5/1

Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage 11/2

Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to Be Pretty 6/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Jane Fonda, 33 Variations 9/5

Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart 2/1

Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage 2.5

Hope Davis, God of Carnage 9/2

Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart 5/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

3 Actors – Billy Elliot, The Musical 1/1

Gavin Creel, Hair 3/1

Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages 13/4

J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal 13/4

Brian d’Arcy James, Shrek the Musical 15/2

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Alice Ripley, Next to Normal 5/6

Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story 16/5

Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical 7/2

Stockard Channing, Pal Joey 4/1

Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical 7/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

John Glover, Waiting for Godot 10/11

Zach Grenier, 33 Variations 3/1

Stephen Mangan, the Norman Conquests 7/2

Roger Robinson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 4/1