NEW YORK—Well, it’s the musical that nearly everyone in the world has been talking about: “Hamilton.” And the biggest day in the theatre arena took place on Tuesday, May 3 as the 2016 Tony nominations were unveiled from the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel.
“Hamilton” led all contenders with a record breaking 16 nominations including the coveted Best Musical. I hate to actually say this, but this is the first time in a long time that we could see an actual sweep at the ceremony where one musical claims most of the prizes. “Shuffle Along” scored 10 nominations, while “She Loves Me” earned eight nominations. A list of this year’s contenders can be seen below:
Best Play
-“Eclipsed”
-“The Father”
-“The Humans”
-“King Charles III”
Best Musical
-“Bright Star”
-“Hamilton”
-“School of Rock—The Musical”
-“Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
-“Waitress”
Best Revival of a Play
-“Arthur Miller’s The Crucible”
-“Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge”
-“Noises Off”
-“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
-“Blackbird”
Best Revival of a Musical
-“Spring Awakening”
-“Fiddler on the Roof”
-“Spring Awakening”
-“The Color Purple”
Best Book of a Musical
-“That Followed”
-“Hamilton”
-“School of Rock—The Musical”
-“Bright Star”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
-Gabriel Byrne “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
-Mark Strong “Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge”
-Tim Pigott-Smith “King Charles III”
-Frank Langella “The Father”
-Jeff Daniels “Blackbird”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
-Lupita Nyong’o “Eclipsed”
-Laurie Metcalf “Misery”
-Jessica Lange “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
-Sophie Okonedo “Arthur Miller’s The Crucible”
-Michelle Williams “Blackbird”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
-Michael Shannon “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
-David Furr “Noises Off”
-Richard Goulding “King Charles III”
-Bill Camp “Arthur Miller’s The Crucible”
-Redd Birney “The Humans”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
-Saycon Sengbloh “Eclipsed”
-Jayne Houdyshell “The Humans”
-Andrea Martin “Noises Off”
-Megan Hilty “Noises Off”
-Pascale Armand “Eclipsed”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
-Laura Benanti “She Loves Me”
-Phillipa Soo “Hamilton”
-Cynthia Erivo “The Color Purple”
-Jessie Mueller “Waitress”
-Carmen Cusack “Bright Star”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
-Leslie Odom Jr. “Hamilton”
-Lin-Manuel Miranda “Hamilton”
-Alex Brightman “School of Rock—The Musical”
-Zachary Levi “She Loves Me”
-Danny Burstein “Fiddler on the Roof”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
-Christopher Jackson “Hamilton”
-Daveed Diggs “Hamilton”
-Jonathan Groff “Hamilton”
-Christopher Fitzgerald “Waitress”
-Brandon Victor Dixon “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
-Renee Elise Goldsberry “Hamilton”
-Jennifer Simard “Disaster!”
-Jane Krakowski “She Loves Me”
-Danielle Brooks “The Color Purple”
-Adrienne Warren “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
Best Direction of a Play
-Ivo Van Hove “Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge”
-Liesl Tommy “Eclipsed”
-Jonathan Kent “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”
-Rupert Goold “King Charles III”
-Joe Mantello “The Humans”
Best Direction of a Musical
-Thomas Kail “Hamilton”
-John Doyle “The Color Purple”
-Michael Arden “Spring Awakening”
-Scott Ellis “She Loves Me”
-George C. Wollfe “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed”
The ceremony will be held at the famed Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12. Hosting the festivities will be Tony winner and host of the “The Late Late Show,” James Corden. Hmm, that sounds like plenty of fun people.
