And The 2016 Tony Nominees Are...

The musical "Hamilton" has broken the record for Tony nominations. The production was nominated 16 times in 13 categories at a ceremony this morning, beating the previous record of 15 nominations shared by "The Producers" and "Billy Elliot." 

The hip-hop-flavored production about Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. treasury secretary, racked up nominations in categories including best musical, best choreography, best lead actor in a musical, best costume design of a musical, and best direction of a musical. It was followed by "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed," which had 10 nominations.

 

Here is the full list of nominees for the 2016 Tony awards:

Best Play

"Eclipsed" 

Author: Danai Gurira

Producers: Stephen C. Byrd, Alia Jones-Harvey, Paula Marie Black, Carole Shorenstein

Hays, Alani Lala Anthony, Michael Magers, Kenny Ozoude, Willette Klausner, Davelle,

Dominion Pictures, Emanon Productions, FG Productions, The Forstalls, MA Theatricals,

The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham

 

"The Father"

Author: Florian Zeller

Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove

 

"The Humans" (Read WNYC's review here.)

Author: Stephen Karam

Producers: Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Fox Theatricals, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen

Kramer, Roy Furman, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Eli Bush, Broadway Across America,

Jack Lane, Barbara Whitman, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia

Friedman, Amanda Lipitz, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lauren Stein, The

Shubert Organization, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Roundabout Theatre

Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers

 

"King Charles III" (Read WNYC's review here.)

Author: Mike Bartlett

Producers: Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman Productions, Almeida Theatre, Robert G.

Bartner, Norman Tulchin, Lee Dean & Charles Diamond, Scott M. Delman, Ruth Hendel,

Stephanie P. McClelland, Jon B. Platt, Scott Rudin, Richard Winkler, Zeilinger

Productions, The Shubert Organization

 

Best Musical

"Bright Star"

Producers: Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Zebulon LLC, Jay Alix & Una

Jackman, Len Blavatnik, James L. Nederlander, Carson & Joseph Gleberman, Balboa

Park Productions, The Shubert Organization, Jamie deRoy/Catherine Adler/Cricket

Jiranek, Rodger Hess, A.C. Orange International, Broadway Across America, Sally

Jacobs & Warren Baker, Diana DiMenna, Exeter Capital, Agnes Gund, True Love

Productions, The Old Globe

 

"Hamilton"

Producers: Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, The Public Theater

 

"School of Rock—The Musical" (Read WNYC's review here.)

Producers: Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Really Useful Group, Warner Music Group &

Access Industries, The Shubert Organization, The Nederlander Organization

 

"Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"

Producers: Scott Rudin, Roy Furman, Columbia Live Stage, Center Theatre Group,

Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Broadway Across America, Heni Koenigsberg, The

Araca Group, Peter May, Jon B. Platt, Daryl Roth, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M.

Delman, Sonia Friedman, Ruth Hendel, Independent Presenters Network, Tulchin

Bartner Productions, Spring Sirkin, Eli Bush, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson,

Color Mad Productions, Len Blavatnik

 

"Waitress"

Producers: Barry and Fran Weissler, Norton and Elayne Herrick, David I. Berley,

Independent Presenters Network, A.C. Orange International, Peter May, Michael Roiff,

Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest, Jam Theatricals, 42nd.club/Square 1 Theatrics, Benjamin

Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman, The American Repertory Theater

 

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Len Blavatnik, Roy

Furman, Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Heni Koenigsberg,

Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Sonia Friedman Productions, Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals,

Stacey Mindich, Jon B. Platt, Megan Savage, Spring Sirkin, Tulchin Bartner Productions,

Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson

 

Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" (Read WNYC's review here.)

Producers: Scott Rudin, Lincoln Center Theater, Eli Bush, Robert G. Bartner, Roger

Berlind, William Berlind, Roy Furman, Peter May, Amanda Lipitz, Stephanie P.

McClelland, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, John Gore,

Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Jon B. Platt, Daryl Roth, Spring Sirkin,

Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, The Young Vic

 

"Blackbird" (Read WNYC's review here.)

Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Scott M. Delman,

Peter May, Jon B. Platt, Len Blavatnik, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Jay Alix & Una

Jackman, Heni Koenigsberg, Stacey Mindich, Wendy Federman, Joey Parnes, Sue

Wagner, John Johnson

 

"Long Day's Journey Into Night"

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy,

Sydney Beers, Ryan Murphy

 

"Noises Off"

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy,

Sydney Beers

 

Best Revival of a Musical

"The Color Purple"

Producers: Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Oprah Winfrey, David Babani, Tom

Siracusa, Caiola Productions, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, Stephanie P. McClelland,

James L. Nederlander, Darren Bagert, Candy Spelling, Adam Zotovich, Eric

Falkenstein/Morris Berchard, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Tanya Link Productions, Adam

S. Gordon, Jam Theatricals, Kelsey Grammer, Independent Presenters Network, Carol

Fineman, Sandy Block, Menier Chocolate Factory Productions

 

"Fiddler on the Roof"

Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jam Theatricals, Louise Gund, Jerry Frankel, Broadway

Across America, Rebecca Gold, Stephanie P. McClelland, Barbara Freitag &

Company/Catherine Schreiber & Company, Greenleaf Productions, Orin Wolf, Patty

Baker, Caiola Productions, The Nederlander Organization, Gabrielle Palitz, Kit Seidel,

TenTex Partners, Edward M. Kaufmann, Soffer/Namoff Entertainment, Healy

Theatricals, Clear Channel Spectacolor, Jessica Genick, Will Trice

 

"She Loves Me"

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy,

Sydney Beers

 

"Spring Awakening"

Producers: Ken Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hunter Arnold, David J. Kurs, Deaf West

Theatre, Carl Daikeler, Sandi Moran, Chockstone Pictures, Caiola Productions,

Marguerite Hoffman, H. Richard Hopper, Learytodd Productions, Markoltop

Productions, R&D Theatricals, Brian Cromwell Smith, Invisible Wall Productions,

Monica Horan Rosenthal

 

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" (Read WNYC's review here.)

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"

 

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 All 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 Color Purple"

Renée 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 All

That Followed"

 

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, "Thérèse Raquin"

Christopher Oram, "Hughie"

Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller's "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 All

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 All 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, Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller's "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 All 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, Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge"

 

Best Direction of a Musical

Michael Arden, "Spring Awakening"

John Doyle, "The Color Purple"

Scott Ellis, "She Loves Me"

Thomas Kail, "Hamilton"

George C. Wolfe, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All

That Followed"

 

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, "Hamilton"

Savion Glover, "Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All

That Followed"

Hofesh Shechter, "Fiddler on the Roof"

Randy Skinner, "Dames at Sea"

Sergio Trujillo, "On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan"

 

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 All

That Followed"

 

Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

 

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Sheldon Harnick

Marshall W. Mason

 

Special Tony Award

National Endowment for the Arts

Miles Wilkin

 

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Paper Mill Playhouse

Millburn, NJ

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

Brian Stokes Mitchell

 

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Seth Gelblum

Joan Lader

Sally Ann Parsons

 

Tony Nominations by Production

"Hamilton" - 16

"Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed" -

10

"She Loves Me" - 8

"Long Day's Journey Into Night" - 7

"Eclipsed" - 6

"The Humans" - 6

Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" - 5

"Bright Star" - 5

"King Charles III" - 5

"Noises Off" - 5

Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" - 4

"The Color Purple" - 4

"School of Rock—The Musical" - 4

"Waitress" - 4

"Blackbird" - 3

"Fiddler on the Roof" - 3

"Spring Awakening" - 3

"American Psycho" - 2

"The Father" - 2

"Dames at Sea" - 1

"Disaster!" - 1

"Hughie" - 1

"Misery" - 1

"On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan" - 1

"Thérèse Raquin" - 1

"Tuck Everlasting" - 1