Tony Awards 2016 Winners List: Hamilton Dominates

Tony Awards 2016 Winners
Tony Awards 2016 Winners
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Tony Awards 2016 Winners: The one of the most appreciated and Broadway hit Hamilton proved to be the most dominant at the recently organized 70th Annual Tony Awards ceremony. It won 12 titles in total and was nominated for a record 16 different categories. (check: Sherlock season 4.)

However, it fell just one short of overcoming The Producers’ record, but at the same, surpassed the records of both A Chorus Line and Billy Elliot. They were awarded a total 10. The Hamilton bagged for the Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Actor in a Musical for Leslie Odom Jr. and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Daveed Diggs.

Tony Awards 2016 Winners

The Color Purple won Best Musical Revival, with Cynthia Erivo picking up Best Actress in a Musical for the tuner.The Humans won Best Play, with A View From the Bridge picking up Best Play Revival.

A complete list of 2016 Tony Awards winners is below.

Best Musical
Hamilton

Best Play
The Humans by Stephen Karam

Best Revival of a Musical
The Color Purple

Best Revival of a Play
A View From the Bridge

Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple

Tony Awards 2016 Winners

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Best Leading Actor in a Play
Frank Langella, The Father

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton

Best Featured Actress in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Reed Birney, The Humans

Best Direction of a Musical

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Thomas Kail, Hamilton

Best Direction of a Play
Ivo van Hove, A View From the Bridge

Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton

Best Score
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Best Book of a Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Rockwell, She Loves Me

Tony Awards 2016 Winners

Best Scenic Design of a Play
David Zinn, The Humans

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Best Costume Design of a Play
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Howell Binkley, Hamilton

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Shows With Multiple Wins:
Hamilton – 11
The Humans – 4
A View From the Bridge – 2
Long Day’s Journey Into Night – 2
The Color Purple – 2

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

Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Brian Stokes Mitchell

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons

Tony Awards 2016 Winners

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