The current record holder is held by “The Producers”, which won 12 in 2001.
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Here are all awards Hamilton won at the 2016 Tonys.
Following news of the shooting, those behind “Hamilton” had made the decision to stop using muskets during their Tonys performance of the songs “History Has Its Eyes on You” and “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)”. “After years and years of not thinking about it, it showed up”, he said.
Miranda, who plays Hamilton, lost best actor in a musical to co-star Leslie Odom Jr.as his nemesis Aaron Burr.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s time in the title role of his Tony-winning smash, “Hamilton”, will be coming to an end this summer.
“I thought they handled it with incredible grace, with being the epitome of what show business is about”, said Meron.
The shooting threatened to put a damper on the victory lap for “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first USA treasury secretary. He first won it for his musical In the Heights in 2008. “We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer and love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love can not be killed or swept aside as sacred as a symphony Eliza tells her story. now fill the world with music, love and pride”.
Diggs, who won the coveted featured actor prize, said he was proud of the varied cultural and personal backgrounds of the people who were nominated for this year’s awards, saying in a backstage interview with Variety: “There is so much diversity on Broadway right now”. “A lot of us are here because people in our lives did that”.
“Hamilton” went into the night with 16 nominations and, in addition to taking the musical award, won best score, best book, direction, orchestration, choreography and best featured actor and actress statuettes for Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs. She plays Angelica Schulyer, Alexander Hamilton’s sister-in-law and confidante. “You just knew he was going to turn out to be a good host. Thank you. Praise God”. In that time span, only three Oscars have been granted to Black performers, with all three for the Best Supporting Actress award. “(Lin-Manuel MIranda) gave us a gift”, he said in his speech. “My job was to deliver that gift”.
“The Humans”, about a fractious family’s get-together”, was the second most decorated show with four awards, including best new play.
The wild popularity of “Hamilton” on Broadway translated into huge bump in ratings for the Tony Awards – the CBS’ telecast on Sunday beat last year’s audience by more than 2 million viewers.
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Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley also scooped up a pre-show Tony, for the dazzling lighting of the show.
