The nominations for the Tony Awards 2016 were announced today. Hamilton, a hip-hop musical about one of America’s founding fathers picked up a record 16 nominations, the most ever!
This years Tony Awards will be held on Sunday 12 June and will be hosted by James Corden.
The nominees for each category are as follows:-
BEST PLAY
Eclipsed
The Father
The Humans
King Charles III
BEST MUSICAL
Bright Star
Hamilton
School Of Rock
Shuffle Along
Waitress
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Crucible
A View From The Bridge
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
The Colour Purple
Fiddler On The Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Steve Martin for Bright Star
Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton
Julian Fellowes for School Of Rock
George C Wolfe for Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bright Star
Hamilton
School Of Rock
Waitress
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Gabriel Byrne – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jeff Daniels – Blackbird
Frank Langella – The Father
Tim Pigott-Smith – King Charles III
Mark Strong – A View From The Bridge
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Jessica Lange – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf – Misery
Lupita Nyong’o – Eclipsed
Sophie Okenedo – The Crucible
Michelle Williams – Blackbird
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Alex Brightman – School Of Rock
Danny Bursfield – Fiddler On The Roof
Zachary Levi – She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr – Hamilton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benatni – She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack – Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo – The Colour Purple
Jessie Mueller – Waitress
Phillipa Soo – Hamilton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Reed Birney – The Humans
Bill Camp – The Crucible
David Furr – Noises Off
Richard Goulding – King Charles III
Michael Shannon – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Pascale Armand – Eclipsed
Megan Hilty – Noises Off
Jayne Houdyshell – The Humans
Andrea Martin – Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh – Eclipsed
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Daveed Diggs – Hamilton
Brandon Victor Dixon – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
Christopher Fitzgerald – Waitress
Jonathan Groff – Hamilton
Christopher Jackson – Hamilton
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Danielle Brooks – The Colour Purple
Renee Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
Jane Krakowski – She Loves Me
Jennifer Simard – Disaster!
Adrienne Warren – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Beowulf Boritt – Therese Racquin
Christopher Oram – Hughie
Jan Versweyveld – A View From The Bridge
David Zinn – The Humans
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Es Devlin & Finn Ross – American Psycho
David Korins – Hamilton
Santo – Loquasto – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
David Rockwell – She Loves Me
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jane Greenwood – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass – Noises Off
Clint Ramos – Eclipsed
Tom Scutt – King Charles III
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Gregg Barnes – Tuck Everlasting
Jeff Mahshie – She Loves Me
Ann Roth – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
Paul Tazewell – Hamilton
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Natasha Katz – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Justin Townsend – The Humans
Jan Versweyveld – The Crucible
Jan Versweyveld – A View From The Bridge
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Howell Binkley – Hamilton
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
Ben Stanton – Spring Awakening
Justin Townsend – American Psycho
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Rupert Goold – King Charles III
Jonathan Kent – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello – The Humans
Liesl Tommy – Eclipsed
Ivo Van Hove – A View From The Bridge
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Michael Arden – Spring Awakening
John Doyle – The Colour Purple
Scott Ellis – She Loves Me
Thomas Kali – Hamilton
George C Wolfe – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Andy Blankenbuehler – Hamilton
Savoin Glover – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
Hofesh Shechter – Fiddler On The Roof
Randy Skinner – Dames At Sea
Sergio Trujilo – On Your Feet!
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
August Eriksmoen – Bright Star
Larry Hochman – She Loves Me
Alex Lacamoire – Hamilton
Daryl Waters – Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation of 1921 and Al That Followed.
SPECIAL TONY AWARDS FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W Mason
SPECIAL TONY AWARD
National Edowmen For The Arts
Miles Wilkin
ISABELLE STEVENSON TONY AWARDS
Brian Stokes Mitchell
