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Tony Awards 2016: Full winners list
The 70th Tony Awards took place in New York last night, with hip-hop musical Hamilton topping the winners list with 11 awards, including best musical and lead actor.
Here’s a full run down of who won what:
Best play
Winner: The Humans
Eclipsed
The Father
King Charles III
Best musical
Winner: Hamilton
Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Waitress
School of Rock: The Musical
Bright Star
Best revival of a play
Winner: Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off
Best revival of a musical
Winner: The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
Best book of a musical
Winner: Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Bright Star – Steve Martin
School of Rock: The 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
Winner: Hamilton – music and lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Bright Star – music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, lyrics: Edie Brickell
School of Rock: The Musical – music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics: Glenn Slater
Waitress – music and lyrics: Sara Bareilles
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Winner: Frank Langella – The Father
Gabriel Byrne – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jeff Daniels – Blackbird
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
Winner: 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
Winner: Leslie Odom Jr – Hamilton
Alex Brightman – School of Rock: The Musical
Danny Burstein – Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi – She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Winner: Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple
Laura Benanti – She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack – Bright Star
Jessie Mueller – Waitress
Phillipa Soo – Hamilton
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Winner: Reed Birney – The Humans
Bill Camp – Arthur Miller’s 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
Winner: Jayne Houdyshell – The Humans
Pascale Armand – Eclipsed
Megan Hilty – Noises Off
Andrea Martin – Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh – Eclipsed
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Winner: 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
Winner: Renee Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
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
Winner: David Zinn – The Humans
Beowulf Boritt – Therese Raquin
Christopher Oram – Hughie
Jan Versweyveld – Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
Best scenic design of a musical
Winner: David Rockwell – She Loves Me
Es Devlin and Finn Ross – American Psycho
David Korins – Hamilton
Santo Loquasto – Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Best costume design of a play
Winner: Clint Ramos – Eclipsed
Jane Greenwood – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass – Noises Off
Tom Scutt – King Charles III
Best costume design of a musical
Winner: Paul Tazewell – Hamilton
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
Best lighting design from a play
Winner: 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 from a musical
Winner: 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
Winner: Ivo Van Hove – Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge
Rupert Goold – King Charles III
Jonathan Kent – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello – The Humans
Liesl Tommy – Eclipsed
Best direction of a musical
Winner: Thomas Kail – Hamilton
Michael Arden – Spring Awakening
John Doyle – The Color Purple
Scott Ellis – She Loves Me
George C Wolfe – Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Best choreography
Winner: 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
Winner: Alex Lacamoire – Hamilton
August Eriksmoen – Bright Star
Larry Hochman – She Loves Me
Daryl Waters – Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
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 Honours for excellence in the theatre
Seth Gelblum
Joan Lader
Sally Ann Parsons
