70th Annual Tony Awards: All The Winners Plus The Best Bits!

The 70th annual Tony Awards took place in New York last night, with the entire evening dedicated to those who died in the Orlando shooting at a LGBT nightclub. The awards were hosted by James Corden, who opened the evening with a reminder that theatre is “a place where every race, creed, sexuality and gender is equal, is embraced, and is loved. Hate will not win.” Poignant words with a firm message from the Broadway community.

Corden’s opening number was a real treat. Focusing on a little kid – “We’ll call him James,” who would go the the theatre as a child with his parents and, as he watched the action on stage, he’d think “That could be me up there.” Corden then took us on a whirlwind tour of musical theatre and reminded us of his own talent in the genre. It seemed just the perfect lift that we all needed; it was a complete joy from beginning to end. Watch it below.

Onto the winners then, and it’s little surprise that Hamilton won big. The show triumphed in 11 categories, falling one Tony short of the record set by The Producers, but it does beat Billy Elliot and A Chorus Line, who both won 10 each. The list of Hamilton awards include Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical (for Leslie Odom Jr.), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Renee Elise Goldsberry), and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Daveed Diggs.

Collecting his award for Best Original Score, Lin-Manuel Miranda gave a deeply emotional acceptance speech in the form of a sonnet during which he praised his wife and reminded us all that “love is love is love is love.” You can watch a clip of it (via Entertainment Tonight) below. The full list of winners can be found below.

Full list of Tony Award 2016 winners is as follows:

Best Musical
Winner: Hamilton
Bright Star
School of Rock
Shuffle Along
Waitress

Best Play
Winner: The Humans by Stephen Karam
Eclipsed by Danai Gurira
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
The Father by Florian Zeller

Best Revival of a Musical
Winner: The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Play
Winner: A View From the Bridge
Blackbird
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Noises Off
The Crucible

Best Leading Actor 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, A View From the Bridge

Best Leading Actress in a Play
Winner: Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf, Misery
Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed
Sophie Okonedo, The Crucible
Michelle Williams, Blackbird

Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Winner: Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Alex Brightman, School of Rock
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi, She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Best Leading Actress 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 Score
Winner: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Sara Bareilles, Waitress
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater, School of Rock

Best Orchestrations
Winner: Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton
August Eriksmoen, Bright Star
Larry Hochman, She Loves Me
Daryl Waters, Shuffle Along

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

Best Scenic Design of a Play
Winner: David Zinn, The Humans
Beowulf, Therese Raquin
Christopher Oram, Hughie
Jan Versweyveld, 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

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

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

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Winner: Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Jan Versweyveld, The Crucible
Jan Versweyveld, A View from the Bridge

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Winner: Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, Shuffle Along
Ben Stanton, Spring Awakening
Justin Townsend, American Psycho

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

Best Featured Actor in a Play
Winner: 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 Featured Actress in a Play
Winner: Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Andrea Martin, Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed

Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Winner: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
Jennifer Simard, Disaster!
Adrienne Warren, Shuffle Along

Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Winner: Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Brandon Victor Dixon, Shuffle Along
Christopher Fitzgerald, Waitress
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Christopher Jackson, Hamilton

Best Direction of a Play
Winner: Ivo van Hove, 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

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