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2016 Tony® Awards Guide

A Look at the Nominees & Winners

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Best Musical

Poster for Hamilton

Winner

Hamilton

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Poster for Bright Star

Bright Star

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Poster for School of Rock - The Musical

School of Rock - The Musical

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Poster for Shuffle Along

Shuffle Along

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Poster for Waitress

Waitress

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Best Play

Poster for The Humans

Winner

The Humans

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Eclipsed

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Poster for King Charles III

King Charles III

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Poster for The Father

The Father

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Best Revival of a Musical

Poster for The Color Purple

Winner

The Color Purple

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Poster for Fiddler On The Roof

Fiddler On The Roof

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Poster for She Loves Me

She Loves Me

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Poster for Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

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Best Revival of a Play

Poster for A View from the Bridge

Winner

A View from the Bridge

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Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

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Blackbird

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Poster for Long Day's Journey Into Night

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Noises Off

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Best Leading Actor in a Musical

Winner

Leslie Odom Jr.

Hamilton

Alex Brightman

School of Rock - The Musical

Danny Burstein

Fiddler On The Roof

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton

Zachary Levi

She Loves Me

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

Winner

Cynthia Erivo

The Color Purple

Carmen Cusack

Bright Star

Jessie Mueller

Waitress

Laura Benanti

She Loves Me

Phillipa Soo

Hamilton

Best Leading Actor in a Play

Winner

Frank Langella

The Father

Gabriel Bryne

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Jeff Daniels

Blackbird

Mark Strong

A View from the Bridge

Tim Pigott-Smith

King Charles III

Best Leading Actress in a Play

Winner

Jessica Lange

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Laurie Metcalf

Misery

Lupita Nyong'o

Eclipsed

Michelle Williams

Blackbird

Sophie Okonedo

Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Winner

Daveed Diggs

Hamilton

Brandon Victor Dixon

Shuffle Along

Christopher Fitzgerald

Waitress

Christopher Jackson

Hamilton

Jonathan Groff

Hamilton

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Winner

Renee Elise Goldsberry

Hamilton

Adrienne Warren

Shuffle Along

Danielle Brooks

The Color Purple

Jane Krakowski

She Loves Me

Jennifer Simard

Disaster!

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Winner

Reed Birney

The Humans

Bill Camp

Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

David Furr

Noises Off

Michael Shannon

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Richard Goulding

King Charles III

Best Featured Actress in a Play

Winner

Jayne Houdyshell

The Humans

Andrea Martin

Noises Off

Megan Hilty

Noises Off

Pascale Armand

Eclipsed

Saycon Sengbloh

Eclipsed

Best Director of a Musical

Winner

Hamilton

Thomas Kail

Shuffle Along

George C. Wolfe

The Color Purple

John Doyle

Spring Awakening

Michael Arden

She Loves Me

Scott Ellis

Best Director of a Play

Winner

A View from the Bridge

Ivo van Hove

The Humans

Joe Mantello

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Jonathan Kent

Eclipsed

Liesl Tommy

King Charles III

Rupert Goold

Best Book

Winner

Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Shuffle Along

Aubrey Lyles, F.E. Miller, and George C. Wolfe

School of Rock - The Musical

Julian Fellowes

Bright Star

Steve Martin

Best Score

Winner

Hamilton

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Waitress

Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles

School of Rock - The Musical

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Glenn Slater

Bright Star

Music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, Lyrics by Edie Brickell

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Winner

She Loves Me

David Rockwell

Hamilton

David Korins

American Psycho

Es Devlin and Finn Ross

Shuffle Along

Santo Loquasto

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Winner

The Humans

David Zinn

Therese Raquin

Beowulf Boritt

Eugene O'Neill's Hughie

Christopher Oram

A View from the Bridge

Jan Versweyveld

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Winner

Hamilton

Paul Tazewell

Shuffle Along

Ann Roth

Tuck Everlasting

Gregg Barnes

She Loves Me

Jeff Mahshie

Best Costume Design of a Play

Winner

Eclipsed

Clint Ramos

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Jane Greenwood

Noises Off

Michael Krass

King Charles III

Tom Scutt

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Winner

Hamilton

Howell Binkley

Spring Awakening

Ben Stanton

Shuffle Along

Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer

American Psycho

Justin Townsend

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Winner

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Natasha Katz

Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

Jan Versweyveld

A View from the Bridge

Jan Versweyveld

The Humans

Justin Townsend

Best Choreography

Winner

Hamilton

Andy Blankenbuehler

Fiddler On The Roof

Hofesh Shechter

Dames at Sea

Randy Skinner

Shuffle Along

Savion Glover

On Your Feet

Sergio Trujillo

Best Orchestrations

Winner

Hamilton

Alex Lacamoire

Bright Star

August Eriksmoen

Shuffle Along

Daryl Waters

She Loves Me

Larry Hochman