Nominees for the 2016 Tony Awards were announced this morning by Tony winner Nikki M. James and Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, from the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel.
The 70th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will be presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing on Sunday June 12. CBS will broadcast the event live from the Beacon Theatre.
Without further ado, this years Tony nominees:
BEST MUSICAL
Bright Star
Hamilton
Shuffle Along
School of Rock
Waitress
BEST PLAY
Eclipsed
The Father
The Humans
King Charles III
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Blackbird
The Crucible
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Noises Off
A View From the Bridge
BEST DIRECTOR (MUSICAL)
Michael Arden, Spring Awakening
Jonathan Doyle, The Color Purple
Scott Ellis, She Loves Me
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
George C. Wolfe, Shuffle Along...
BEST DIRECTOR (PLAY)
Rupert Goold, King Charles III
Jonathan Kent, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello, The Humans
Liesl Tommy, Eclipsed
Ivo van Hove, A View from the Bridge
LEAD ACTOR (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
LEAD ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
LEAD ACTOR (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
LEAD ACTRESS (PLAY)
Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf, Misery
Lupita Nyong'o, Eclipsed
Sophie Okonedo, The Crucible
Michelle Williams, Blackbird
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bright Star
Hamilton
School of Rock
Waitress
BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Bright Star
Hamilton
School of Rock
Shuffle Along...
CHOREOGRAPHY
Hamilton
Shuffle Along
Fiddler on the Roof
Dames at Sea
On Your Feet!
FEATURED ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Brandon Victor Dixon, Shuffle Along...
Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Christopher Jackson, Hamilton
FEATURED ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
Jennifer Simard, Disaster!
Adrienne Warren, Shuffle Along...
FEATURED ACTOR (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
FEATURED ACTRESS (PLAY)
Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Andrea Martin, Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed
COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Tuck Everlasting
She Loves Me
Shuffle Along
Hamitlon
COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Noises Off
Eclipsed
King Charles III
SCENIC DESIGN (MUSICAL)
American Psycho
Hamilton
Shuffle Along
She Loves Me
SCENIC DESIGN (PLAY)
View From the Bridge
Hughie
The Humans
Therese Raquin
LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
American Psycho
Hamilton
Shuffle Along...
Spring Awakening
LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
Long Days Journey Inot Night
The Humans
The Crucible
A View From the Bridge
ORCHESTRATIONS
Bright Star
She Loves Me
Hamilton
Shuffle Along...
