Angela CheriseComments Off on The 2016 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®
The 70th Annual Tony Awards® were held Sunday, June 12 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The Tony Awards® honors theatre professionals for their achievement on Broadway. In case you missed it, the winners from last night’s telecast are…
Best Play
The Humans
Best Musical
Hamilton
Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
Best Revival of a Musical
The Color Purple
Best Book of a Musical
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Hamilton
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Frank Langella, The Father
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Reed Birney, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Best Scenic Design of a Play
David Zinn, The Humans
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Rockwell, She Loves Me
Best Costume Design of a Play
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Costume Design of a Musical
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Best Direction of a Play
Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical
Thomas Kail, Hamilton
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
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
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: American Theatre Wing President Heather A. Hitchens (R) and Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber attends 70th Annual Tony Awards – Press Room at Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Model Karolina Kurkova attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Nicolette Robinson attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Jane Krakowski attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Glenn Close performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Michelle Williams attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal attends 70th Annual Tony Awards – Arrivals at Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Lin-Manuel Miranda of ‘Hamilton’ performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Lin-Manuel Miranda attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Zainab Jah attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry speaks onstage to accept the award for Best Performance By An Actress In a Featured Role In a Musical for her work in Hamilton during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Renee Elise Goldsberry (L) and Patina Miller pose backstage at the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Glenn Close and host James Corden pose backstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE, SPECIAL RATES APPLY) Barbra Streisand (L) and Oprah Winfrey attend the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Nicolette Robinson (L) and Leslie Odom Jr. attend the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actor Leslie Odom Jr. poses with award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical in “Hamilton” at the 70th Annual Tony Awards – Press Room at Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
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