Each year, the American Theatre Wing’s 2016 Tony Awards recognizes achievement in live Broadway theater. This includes those who work on stage and behind the scenes, such as choreographers and directors.
This year’s batch of nominees was exceptionally diverse. We have rounded up all the nominees of color so you are fully informed before Sunday’s show (June 12), set to air at 8 p.m. EST on CBS. Check out who’s who up top.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Image Credit: Getty Images Man of many talents, Miranda is a rapper, writer, composer and actor. He also created and stars in Hamilton, one the most critically acclaimed musicals ever. Hamilton has been nominated for Best Musical, but Miranda has been nominated for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical, best book of a musical and best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater.
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Lupita Nyong’o
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her leading role in Eclipsed.
Nyong’o has also starred in films such as 12 Years A Slave, The Jungle Book and has recently announce that she will join the cast of Marvel’s Black Panther. -
Leslie Odom Jr.
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actor for his leading role in the musical Hamilton.
Odom also starred in Red Tails and the short-lived musical series Smash. -
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best perfomance by an actress for her featured role in the musical Hamilton.
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George C. Wolfe
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best book of a musical and best direction of a musical for Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.
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Pascale Armand
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her featured role in the play Eclipsed.
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Hofesh Shechter
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for his choreography in Fiddler On The Roof.
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Cynthia Erivo
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her leading role in the musical The Color Purple.
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Daveed Diggs
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actor for his featured role in the musical Hamilton.
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Daryl Waters
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best orchestrations for his work on Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.
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Danielle Brooks
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her featured role in the musical The Color Purple.
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Christopher Jackson
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actor for his featured role in the musical Hamilton.
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Sophie Okonedo
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her leading role in the play Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.
Okonedo also starred in After Earth and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. -
Brandon Victor Dixon
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actor for his featured role in the musical Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.
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Alex Lacamoire
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best orchestrations for his work on Hamilton.
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Saycon Sengbloh
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her featured role in the play Eclipsed.
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Sergio Trujillo
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for his choreography in Hamilton.
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Savion Glover
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for his choreography in Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.
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Paul Tazewell
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best costume design for his work in Hamilton.
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Brian Stokes
Image Credit: Getty Images Stokes will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award, which, according to the Tony Award website, is given each year to “a member of the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations.”
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Adrienene Warren
Image Credit: Getty Images Nominated for best performance by an actress for her featured role in the musical Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.