The biggest “duh” of the day: “Hamilton” has been nominated for 16 Tony Awards, the most in Broadway history. Like, is anybody really surprised by that?!
Good for them. Good for the show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who already has won has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. There is no doubt he will be adding a few more Tonys to that collection.
It’s not often a Broadway show’s media coverage includes phrases like “groundbreaking,” “expand(s) the range of both pop and Broadway music,” “daring pairing of street culture with America’s founding narrative,” “landmark American musical,”
The show is already the biggest success Broadway has seen in years and was nominated in acting, writing, directing, design. Some of its actors will compete with each other.
Miranda is nominated in three categories: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.
Here’s the quick list
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
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off
Best Revival of a Musical
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
Best Book of a Musical
Bright Star, Steve Martin
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock—The Musical, Julian Fellowes
Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, George C. Wolfe
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Bright Star (Music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell / Lyrics: Edie Brickell)
Hamilton (Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda)
School of Rock—The Musical (Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber / Lyrics: Glenn Slater)
Waitress (Music & Lyrics: Sara Bareilles)
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, Arthur Miller’s 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 Okonedo, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Michelle Williams, Blackbird
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Alex Brightman, School of Rock—The Musical
Danny Burstein, 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 Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo, The Color 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, Arthur Miller’s 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
For production details and images, click here to visit the Tony Awards website
Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Sheldon Harnick and Marshall W. Mason
Special Tony Award: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Miles Wilkin
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Seth Gelblum, Joan Lader and Sally Ann Parsons
