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 sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com, is seeing an enormous uptick in site activity on the predictive odds.

“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 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
• Raul 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 13/2
• Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests 13/2

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
• Angela Lansbury. Blithe Spirit 3/5
• Marin Ireland, Reasons to be Pretty 7/2
• Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate 4/1
• Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests 6/1
• Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests 6/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
• Will Swenson, Hair 11/10
• Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/2
• Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical 3/1
• David Bologna, Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/1
• Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5: The Musical 6/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Karen Olivo, West Side Story 6/5
• Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal 2/1
• Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical 3/1
• Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey 5/1
• Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot, The Musical 7/1

Best Direction of a Play:
• Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage 5/4
• Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart 3/2
• Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests 3/1
• Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 7/2

Best Direction of a Musical:
• Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical 11/10
• Michael Greif, Next to Normal 2/1
• Diane Paulus, Hair 11/4
• Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages 3/1

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