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Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop- flavoured biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary earned 16 Tony Award nominations, breaking the 15-nominations record held jointly by "The Producers" and "Billy Elliot the Musical." "Hamilton" earned nods in all ...

The nominations for the 2016 Tony Awards were announced Tuesday morning in New York and at least when it came to one show — Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking Broadway musical sensation, “Hamilton” — there were few surprises.

“Fiddler,” of course, is one of Miranda's favorite shows — he appeared in his school's sixth-grade production and identified it as one of the biggest influences for his 2008 Tony-winning musical, “In the Heights.” Not long ago, he plucked the three ...

Sweet and spot-on, it's no shocker that Miranda's song-and-dance performance was on par with an actual stage number. Several Broadway vets took part, including music direction by “Hamilton” collaborator Alex Lacamoire (now up for best orchestration).

Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop- flavoured biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary earned 16 Tony Award nominations, breaking the 15-nominations record held jointly by "The Producers" and "Billy Elliot the Musical." "Hamilton" earned nods in all ...

The musical broke the record for the most nominated musical ever at the Tony's and out of those nominations, three went to creator and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. "Hamilton" also saw six of its stars also nominated, including "Frozen" star Jonathon Groff.