The 2016 Tony Awards: And the Nominees are...

The 70th Annual Tony Award nominations were announced today at the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel in midtown Manhattan by 'The Book of Mormon' alumni Tony nominee Andrew Rannells and Tony winner Nikki M. James, who replaced previously announced Tony winner Patina Miller to do the honours.

Amongst this year's crop of nominated Broadway productions, hit musical Hamilton broke the record for most nominations in Broadway history, picking up a total of 16 nods (beating the previous record of 15, which was jointly held by 'The Producers' and 'Billy Elliot'.) As for the plays this year, Eclipsed and The Humans lead the pack with 6 nominations each.

The nominees are:

Best Play:

• Eclipsed
• The Father
• The Humans
• King Charles III

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:

• The Color Purple
• Fiddler on the Roof
• She Loves Me
• Spring Awakening

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 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: 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

Best Choreography:

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

Best Book of a Musical:

• Julian Fellowes: School of Rock
• Steve Martin: Bright Star
• Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton
• George C. Wolfe: Shuffle Along

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre:

• Sara Bareilles: Waitress
• Steve Martin and Edie Brickell: Bright Star
• Lin-Manuel Miranda: Hamilton
• Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater: School of Rock

Best Orchestrations:

• August Eriksmoen: Bright Star
• Larry Hochman: She Loves Me
• Alex Lacamoire: Hamilton
• Daryl Waters: Shuffle Along

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

• Beowulf Boritt: 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
• Santo Loquasto: Shuffle Along
• David Rockwell: She Loves Me

Best Costume Design of a Play:

• Jane Greenwood: Long Day's Journey Into Night
• Michael Krass: Noises Off
• 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
• Paul Tazewell: Hamilton

Best Lighting Design of a Play:

• Natasha Katz: Long Day's Journey Into Night
• Justin Townsend: The Humans
• Jan Versweyveld: A View From the Bridge
• Jan Versweyveld: The Crucible

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

• Howell Binkley: Hamilton
• Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer: Shuffle Along
• Ben Stanton: Spring Awakening
• Justin Townsend: American Psycho

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 Award:

Paper Mill Playhouse

Isabelle Stevenson Award:

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre:

Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons

- by Tom Millward

Nikki M. James & Andrew Rannells