The Tony Awards celebrated 70 years Sunday

On Sunday night, the 2016 Tony Awards took place at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, celebrating seven decades of honoring the best of Broadway. The night predictably saw the new hit musical Hamilton sweep the various categories (the production took home 11 awards!) and it featured a long list of celebrity appearances.

Host James Corden opened the evening with a tribute to those affected by the Orlando tragedy, which happened less than 24 hours before the awards ceremony aired.

In addition to the group of 2016 Tony Nominees, the evening saw the following celebrities in attendance: Cate Blanchett, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Glenn Close, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Carole King, Lucy Liu, Keri Russell, Meg Ryan and Oprah Winfrey. Singer Barbra Streisand attended the awards for the first time in 46 years!

For dancers, the most coveted award is Best Choreography and this year it went to Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton. Other nominees were tapper Savion Glover for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed; Israeli dancer Hofesh Shechter for Fiddler on the Roof; Broadway veteran Randy Skinner for Dames at Sea; and award-winning Sergio Trujillo for On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. [Learn more about Blankenbuehler’s latest project, a remake of the Dirty Dancing film, in the June edition.]

See the 2016 Tony Award nominees and winners listed below. The winners are highlighted.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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 Play

– Eclipsed Author: Danai Gurira

– The Father Author: Florian Zeller

– The Humans Author: Stephen Karam 

– King Charles III Author: Mike Bartlett

Best Revival of a Musical

– The Color Purple

– Fiddler on the Roof

– She Loves Me

– Spring Awakening

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 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

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

2016 Excellence in Theatre Education Award

Marilyn McCormick

Photo courtesy of the Tony Awards.