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Hamilton Breaks Record With 16 Tony Award Nominations

Find out which Broadway stars are up for the theater industry’s highest honor.

The Broadway production of Hamilton has received xx number of 2016 Tony Award nominations.
The Broadway production of Hamilton has received a record 16 Tony Award nominations.
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The 2016 Tony Award nominations have been announced. Hamilton received 16 nods, which breaks the record held by The Producers and Billy Elliot for most nominations ever, 15.

Note that Cirque du Soleil Paramour is ineligible for competition this year as it will open during the 2016-2017 season.

The full list is as follows. Hyperlinked shows are currently running.

Best Play
Eclipsed
King Charles III
The Father
The Humans

Best Musical
Bright Star
Hamilton
School of Rock
Shuffle Along
Waitress

Best Revival of a Play
A View From the Bridge
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off
The Crucible

Best Revival of a Musical
She Loves Me
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof

Spring Awakening

Best Book of a Musical
Steve Martin, Bright Star
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Julian Fellowes, School of Rock
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater, School of Rock
Sara Bareilles, 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 Okonedo, The Crucible
Michelle Williams, Blackbird

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Alex Brightman, School of Rock
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, 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
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

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Borritt, Thérèse Raquin
Christopher Oram, Hughie
Jan Versweyveld, A View From the Bridge
David Zinn, The Humans

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Es Devlin and Finn Ross, American Psycho
David Korins, Hamilton
David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Santo Loquasto, Shuffle Along

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jan Versweyveld, The Crucible
Jan Versweyveld, A View From the Bridge

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Justin Townsend, American Psycho
Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Shuffle Along
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening

Best Costume Design of a Play
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Tom Scutt, King Charles III
Jane Greenwood, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass, Noises Off

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Gregg Barnes, Tuck Everlasting
Jeff Mahshie, She Loves Me
Ann Roth, Shuffle Along

Best Direction of a Play
Liesl Tommy, Eclipsed
Rupert Goold, King Charles III
Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge
Joe Mantello, The Humans
Jonathan Kent, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Best Direction of a Musical
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
Scott Ellis, She Loves Me
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along
Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
John Doyle, The Color Purple

Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Sergio Trujillo, On Your Feet!
Randy Skinner, Dames at Sea
Hofesh Shechter, Fiddler on the Roof
Savion Glover, Shuffle Along

Best Orchestrations
August Eriksmoen, Bright Star
Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
Larry Hochman, She Loves Me
Daryl Waters, Shuffle Along

Nominations by number:
Hamilton – 16
Shuffle Along — 10
She Loves Me — 8
Long Day's Journey Into Night — 7
Eclipsed — 6
The Humans — 6
A View From the Bridge — 5
Bright Star — 5
King Charles III — 5
Noises Off — 5
The Crucible — 4
The Color Purple — 4
School of Rock — 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! — 1
Thérèse Raquin — 1
Tuck Everlasting — 1