Your nominations for the 2016 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are in and Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit Hamilton garnered a massive 27 nods, breaking Spring Awakening 's 2007 record of 21. The revival of Noises Off received the most nominations of any play, with six. Voting will end on May 4 at 5PM ET. Winners will be announced shortly after.
Actors are eligible for multiple categories, and School of Rock's Alex Brightman led the pack with four nods. Meanwhile, screen superstars Keira Knightley (Therese Raquin), Jessica Lange (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Lupita Nyong’o (Eclipsed), Michelle Williams (Blackbird), Jennifer Hudson (The Color Purple) and Saoirse Ronan (The Crucible) all made the shortlist.
The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are the only major theater awards voted on by Broadway’s biggest cheerleaders: the fans. Shortly after its launch in 2000, the editors of Broadway.com realized that the Broadway community was missing an award from the people: the actual theatergoers who fill the seats, root for the stars and keep Broadway alive.
Polls are now closed. Thanks for voting!
See below for a full list of nominees.
Favorite New Musical
Allegiance
Hamilton
School of Rock
Tuck Everlasting
Waitress
Favorite New Play
An Act of God
Eclipsed
The Humans
King Charles III
Misery
Favorite Musical Revival
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Shuffle Along
Spring Awakening
Favorite Play Revival
A View from the Bridge
Blackbird
The Crucible
Noises Off
Sylvia
Favorite Long-Running Show
The Book of Mormon
Fun Home
Les Miserables
Something Rotten!
Wicked
Favorite Tour
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The Book of Mormon
Newsies
Wicked
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical
Alex Brightman, School of Rock
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Zachary Levi, She Loves Me
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Jessie Mueller, Waitress
Lea Salonga, Allegiance
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play
Matthew Broderick, Sylvia
Jeff Daniels, Blackbird
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Fully Committed
James Earl Jones, The Gin Game
Jim Parsons, An Act of God
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, Sylvia
Keira Knightley, Therese Raquin
Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed
Michelle Williams, Blackbird
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Christopher Jackson, Hamilton
Andy Mientus, Spring Awakening
Anthony Ramos, Hamilton
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical
Sierra Boggess, School of Rock
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton
Jennifer Hudson, The Color Purple
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Hamilton
Krysta Rodriguez, Spring Awakening
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play
Bill Camp, The Crucible
Daniel Davis, Noises Off
Christopher Fitzgerald, An Act of God
John Gallagher Jr., Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Rob McClure, Noises Off
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Judith Light, Therese Raquin
Andrea Martin, Noises Off
Saoirse Ronan, The Crucible
Julie White, Sylvia
Favorite Funny Performance
Annaleigh Ashford, Sylvia
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Alex Brightman, School of Rock
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Favorite Diva Performance
Jonathan Groff, Hamilton
Megan Hilty, Noises Off
Jennifer Hudson, The Color Purple
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me
Audra McDonald, Shuffle Along
Favorite Onstage Pair
Laura Benanti & Zachary Levi, She Loves Me
Sierra Boggess & Alex Brightman, School of Rock
Alex Boniello & Daniel Durant, Spring Awakening
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Alex Brightman, School of Rock
Daveed Diggs, Hamilton
Austin McKenzie, Spring Awakening
Okieriete Onaodowan, Hamilton
Anthony Ramos, Hamilton
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
Sandra Mae Frank, Spring Awakening
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Hamilton
Jennifer Hudson, The Color Purple
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Favorite Replacement (Male)
Alfie Boe, Les Miserables
Wayne Brady, Kinky Boots
Taye Diggs, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rory O’Malley, Hamilton
Andrew Rannells, Hamilton
Favorite Replacement (Female)
Misty Copeland, On the Town
Montego Glover, Les Miserables
Rebecca Luker, Fun Home
Gabriella Pizzollo, Fun Home
Rachel Tucker, Wicked
Favorite New Song
“Alexander Hamilton,” Hamilton
“My Shot,” Hamilton
“The Room Where It Happens,” Hamilton
“Satisfied,” Hamilton
“The Schuyler Sisters,” Hamilton
Shows with Multiple Nominations
Hamilton - 27
The Color Purple - 6
Noises Off - 6
School of Rock - 6
She Loves Me - 6
Spring Awakening - 6
Sylvia - 5
An Act of God - 3
Blackbird - 3
The Crucible - 3
Fun Home - 3
Les Miserables - 3
Wicked - 3
Allegiance - 2
Eclipsed - 2
Fiddler on the Roof - 2
Shuffle Along - 2
Therese Raquin - 2
Waitress - 2
Performers with Multiple Nominations
Alex Brightman (School of Rock) - 4
Laura Benanti (She Loves Me) - 3
Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) - 3
Jonathan Groff (Hamilton) - 3
Jennifer Hudson (The Color Purple) - 3
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) - 3
Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) - 3
Annaleigh Ashford (Sylvia) - 2
Sierra Boggess (School of Rock) - 2
Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple) - 2
Megan Hilty (Noises Off) - 2
Jasmine Cephas Jones (Hamilton) - 2
Zachary Levi (She Loves Me) - 2
Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) - 2
Anthony Ramos (Hamilton) - 2