Nominations for the 2016 American Theatre Wings Tony Awards

Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

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

Author: Stephen Karam

Producers: Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roundabout Theatre Company, 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

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 RockThe Musical

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 Bergre, 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

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

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 Of

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 RockThe Musical

Julian Fellowes

Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and

All That Followed
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 RockThe 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 RockThe 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 Of
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 Of
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Andrea Martin, Noises Of
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
Rene 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, Thrse 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 Of
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

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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
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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 Of - 5
Arthur Miller's The Crucible - 4
The Color Purple - 4
School of RockThe 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
Thrse Raquin - 1
Tuck Everlasting - 1
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