NEW YORK – Select nominations for the 2016 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday.

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”

Best Play: “Eclipsed” by Danai Gurira; “The Father” by Florian Zeller; “The Humans” by Stephan Karan; “King Charles III” by Mike Bartlett

Best Book of a Musical: “Bright Star” by Steve Martin; “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda; “School of Rock_The Musical” by Julian Fellowes; “Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed” by George C. Wolfe

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: “Bright Star” with music by Steve Martin and music and lyrics by Edie Brickell; “Hamilton” with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; “School of Rock_The Musical” with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Glenn Slater; “Waitress” with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”; Renee 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”

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