With a Pulitzer Prize already under its bulging belt, the question this morning when the Tony Awards nominations were announced was just how historic of a morning this would be for the historical musical Hamilton.

The answer: As historic as it gets. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical earned 16 nominations, making it the most-honored production in Broadway history. Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary broke record of 15 nominations held by The Producers and Billy Elliot. Hamilton was nominated in virtually every category it could compete in.

The other unfortunately timed productions nominated for Best New Musical are Bright Star, School of Rock, Shuffle Along and Waitress.

(Pictured right: Stephen Karam’s extraordinary family drama ‘The Humans’ earned six nominations. Photo by Joan Marcus.) 

The Best New Play nominees are Eclipsed, The Father, The Humans and King Charles III.

For the first time in many years, there appear to be no direct nominees with a considerable Colorado connection. George Washington High School graduate Sierra Boggess is headlining Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Best Musical nominee School of Rock. That ensemble also features Tally Sessions, who starred in the Arvada Center’s Chess.

Denver native Sierra Boggess tweeted out congratulations to her ‘School of Rock’ team for its Best New Musical nomination.

Paul Tazewell, who designed costumed for the DCPA Theatre Company’s The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 2014, earned his sixth Tony Award nomination, for Hamilton. Aisha Jackson, a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, is an ensemble member in the nominated Waitress.

Longtime DCPA Theatre Company actor Lauren Klein, wife of actor Mike Hartman, is an key player in the the celebrated Best Play nominee The Humans, but there had been some speculation she might be among the individual nominees for her acclaimed performance.

Likewise, Colorado Springs native Jeremy Shamos is a member of the ensemble of Noises Off, a nominee for Best Revival of a Play, but he was not singled out. Several of his castmates were, including David Furr, who starred in the DCPA Theatre Company’s production of All My Sons in 2005. He was nominated as Best Featured Actor.

Colorado native Aaron Quintana, who performed often for the Performance Now Theatre Company, is the Associate Company Manager for the Best Musical nominee Shuffle Along …

Jessie Mueller, who co-headlined the DCPA’s 2015 Saturday Night Alive fundraiser for its Education programs, was nominated for Waitress.

The Tony Awards ceremony will be hosted by James Corden on June 12 and broadcast on CBS-TV.

Nominations for the 2016 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

Best Play

Eclipsed
Author: Danai Gurira

The Father
Author: Florian Zeller

The Humans
Author: Stephen Karam

King Charles III
Author: Mike Bartlett

Best 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

Best Revival of a Play

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Blackbird

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Noises Off

Best Revival of a Musical

The Color Purple

Fiddler on the Roof

She Loves Me

Spring Awakening

Best Book of a 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

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Bright Star: Music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell

Lyrics: Edie Brickell

Hamilton: Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

School of Rock—The Musical: Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics: Glenn Slater

Waitress: Music & Lyrics: Sara Bareilles

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Gabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Frank Langella, The Father
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

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

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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

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

Pascale Armand, Eclipsed
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans
Andrea Martin, Noises Off
Saycon Sengbloh, Eclipsed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a 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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a 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

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Beowulf Boritt, Thérèse Raquin
Christopher Oram, Hughie
Jan Versweyveld, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
David Zinn, The Humans

Best Scenic Design of a 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

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jane Greenwood, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Michael Krass, Noises Off
Clint Ramos, Eclipsed
Tom Scutt, King Charles III

Best Costume Design of a 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

Best Lighting Design of a Play

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 of a 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

Best Direction of a Play

Rupert Goold, King Charles III
Jonathan Kent, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Joe Mantello, The Humans
Liesl Tommy, Eclipsed
Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge

Best Direction of a 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

Best Choreography

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

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

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

Tony Nominations by Production

Hamilton – 16
Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed – 10
She Loves Me – 8
Long Day’s Journey Into Night – 7
Eclipsed – 6
The Humans – 6
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge – 5
Bright Star – 5
King Charles III – 5
Noises Off – 5
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible – 4
The Color Purple – 4
School of Rock—The Musical – 4
Waitress – 4
Blackbird – 3
Fiddler on the Roof – 3
Spring Awakening – 3
American Psycho – 2
The Father – 2
Dames at Sea – 1

Disaster! – 1

Hughie – 1
Misery – 1
On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan – 1
Thérèse Raquin – 1
Tuck Everlasting – 1