Les nominations pour les Tony Awards 2016 viennent d’être annoncées et sans surprise, Hamilton, le hit de Lin-Manuel Miranda récolte 16 nominations, battant le record de The Producers et Billy Elliot (15). Shuffle Along arrive en deuxième position des nominations (10) suivi par le revival de She Loves Me (8), quelques autres se partagent gentiment le reste des nominations, notamment The Color Purple, School of Rock - The Musical et Waitress (4) et Fiddler on the Roof et Spring Awakening (3).
La soirée des Tonys aura lieu le 12 juin au Beacon Theatre. Voici les nominations concernant le théâtre musical.
Meilleur musical
Bright Star
Hamilton
School of Rock-The Musical
Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
Waitress
Meilleur revival
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening
Meilleur livret d’un musical
Bright Star, Steve Martin
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
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
Meilleur « score »
Bright Star, musique : Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — lyrics: Edie Brickell
Hamilton, musique & lyrics : Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock-The Musical, musique :Andrew Lloyd Webber — lyrics: Glenn Slater
Waitress, musique & lyrics : Sara Bareilles
Meilleur acteur dans un musical
Alex Brightman, School of Rock-The Musical
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi, She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton
Meilleure actrice dans un musical
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Meilleur second rôle masculin dans un 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
Meilleur second rôle féminin dans un musical
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Renée 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
Meilleurs création de décors pour un 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
Meilleurs costumes pour un 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
Meilleure création lumières pour un 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
Meilleure mise en scène d’un 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
Meilleure chorégraphie
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
Meilleures 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