Handicapping The Tonys: It’s Never Too Early

It hasn’t exactly been a breakout fall for the new crop of Broadway musicals, and observers are starting to wonder whether any of the new shows could truly be considered a Tony frontrunner. “Once upon a time, Young Frankenstein looked unbeatable. But with two weeks of previews under its belt, the show is hardly shaking up Shubert Alley,” and several other high-profile shows are considered iffy as well. So is it conceivable that the new stage adaptation of John Waters’s cult film, Cry-Baby, starring none other than Johnny Depp, could sneak into a frontrunner role?