Tony Awards 2016: Winners list

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Show host James Corden performs with the nominees during awards ceremony

A full list of winners from the 70th Tony Awards.

Best play

Winner: The Humans

Eclipsed

The Father

King Charles III

Best musical

Winner: Hamilton

Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Waitress

School of Rock: The Musical

Bright Star

Best revival of a play

Winner: Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge

Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Blackbird

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Noises Off

Best revival of a musical

Winner: The Color Purple

Fiddler on the Roof

She Loves Me

Spring Awakening

Best book of a musical

Winner: Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Bright Star - Steve Martin

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

Winner: Hamilton - music and lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Bright Star - music: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, lyrics: Edie Brickell

School of Rock: The Musical - music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics: Glenn Slater

Waitress - music and lyrics: Sara Bareilles

Best performance by an actor in a leading role 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 - Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play

Winner: 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

Winner: Leslie Odom Jr - Hamilton

Alex Brightman - School of Rock: The Musical

Danny Burstein - Fiddler on the Roof

Zachary Levi - She Loves Me

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

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British actress Cynthia Erivo won for her performance in The Color Purple

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical

Winner: Cynthia Erivo - The Color Purple

Laura Benanti - She Loves Me

Carmen Cusack - Bright Star

Jessie Mueller - Waitress

Phillipa Soo - Hamilton

Winner: 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

Winner: Jayne Houdyshell - The Humans

Pascale Armand - Eclipsed

Megan Hilty - Noises Off

Andrea Martin - Noises Off

Saycon Sengbloh - Eclipsed

Winner: 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

Winner: Renee Elise Goldsberry - Hamilton

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

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

Winner: David Zinn - The Humans

Beowulf Boritt - Therese Raquin

Christopher Oram - Hughie

Jan Versweyveld - Arthur Miller's 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, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

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, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Best lighting design from a play

Winner: 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 from a musical

Winner: 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

Winner: Ivo Van Hove - Arthur Miller's 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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Hamilton collected 11 awards at the ceremony

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, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Best choreography

Winner: 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

Winner: Alex Lacamoire - Hamilton

August Eriksmoen - Bright Star

Larry Hochman - She Loves Me

Daryl Waters - Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

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 Honours for excellence in the theatre

Seth Gelblum

Joan Lader

Sally Ann Parsons

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