2016 Tony Award Nominees Announced
Hamilton, the story of the rise and fall of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, leads the 2016 Tony Award nominations with 16 nods. Nominations in 24 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 70 th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® were announced by Tony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James and Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells at the Tony Award Nominations ceremony sponsored by IBM. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 47 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2016 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. (The list of nominations follows.) Marking 70 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre on CBS, on Sunday, June 12 th , 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). James Corden will serve as host. Legitimate theatrical productions opening in any of t...