As June quickly approaches, musical theater fans all around the world are buzzing for the live showing of the 2016 Tony Awards;an award show dedicated to the hard-work and talent of playwrights, actors, composers, directors, and so many more.
Here are the official nominees:
Best Play
1. Eclipsed by Danai Gurira
2. The Father by Florian Zeller
3. The Humans by Stephen Karam
4. King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
Best Musical
Bright Star – A New Musical
Hamilton: An American Musical
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
Steve Martin for Bright Star
Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton
Julian Fellowes for School of Rock – The Musical
George C. Wolfe for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Best Original Score Written For the Theater
Bright Star – Music by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Lyrics by Edie Brickell
Hamilton – Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock – The Musical – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Waitress – Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Gabriel Byrne for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jeff Daniels for Blackbird
Frank Langella for The Father
Tim Pigott-Smith for King Charles III
Mark Strong for A View from the Bridge
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Lange for A Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf for Misery
Lupita Nyong’o for Eclipsed
Sophie Okonedo for The Crucible
Michelle Williams for Blackbird
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Alex Brightman for School of Rock – The Musical
Danny Burstein for Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi for She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr. for Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti for She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack for Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo for The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller for Waitress
Phillipa Soo for Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney for The Humans
Bill Camp for The Crucible
David Furr for Noises Off
Richard Goulding for King Charles III
Michael Shannon for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Pascale Armand for Eclipsed
Megan Hilty for Noises Off
Jayne Houdyshell for The Humans
Andrea Martin for Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh for Eclipsed
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Daveed Diggs for Hamilton
Brandon Victor Dixon for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Christopher Fitzgerald for Waitress
Jonathan Groff for Hamilton
Christopher Jackson for Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple
Renee Elise Goldsberry for Hamilton
Jane Krakowski for She Loves Me
Jennifer Simard for Disaster!
Adrienne Warren for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Beowulf Boritt for Therese Raquin
Christopher Oram for Hughie
Jan Versweyveld for A View from the Bridge
David Zinn for The Humans
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Es Devlin and Finn Ross for American Psycho
David Korins for Hamilton
Santo Loquasto for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
David Rockwell for She Loves Me
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass for Noises Off
Clint Ramos for Eclipsed
Tom Scutt for King Charles III
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes for Tuck Everlasting
Jeff Mahshie for She Loves Me
Ann Roth for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Paul Tazewell for Hamilton
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Katz for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Justin Townshend for The Humans
Jan Versweyveld for The Crucible
Jan Versweyveld for A View from the Bridge
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Howell Binkley for Hamilton
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Ben Stanton for Spring Awakening
Justin Townsend for American Psycho
Best Direction of a Play
Rupert Goold for King Charles III
Jonathan Kent for Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello for The Humans
Liesl Tommy for Eclipsed
Ivo Van Hove for A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden for Spring Awakening
John Doyle for The Color Purple
Scott Ellis for She Loves Me
Thomas Kail for Hamilton
George C. Wolfe for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehlr for Hamilton
Savion Glover for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Hofesh Shechter for Fiddler on the Roof
Randy Skinner for Dames at Sea
Sergio Trujillo for On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan
Best Orchestration
August Eriksmoen for Bright Star
Larry Hochman for She Loves Me
Alex Lacamoire for Hamilton
Daryl Waters for Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Sheldon Harnick
Marshall W. Mason
Special Tony Award
National Endowment for the Arts
Miles Wilkin
Regional Theater Tony Award
Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn, NJ
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons
For more information on the nominees, go to this link to get descriptions and backgrounds. Watch the Tony Awards live on Sunday June 12 at 8/7 c on CBS!
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