Tony awards ‘Hamilton’ may set a record

TONY NOMINATIONS

The Tony Award nominations will be announced today after 8:30 a.m. Go to vindy.com or valley24.com to see who the nominees are.

Associated Press

One thing practically assured today is that the Broadway megahit “Hamilton” will get plenty of Tony Award nominations.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary already has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, a Grammy, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History and a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant.

“The Producers” and “Billy Elliot” share the record for the most Tony nominations, with 15 each.

Nominations for best musical, best original score and best book are a foregone conclusion for “Hamilton,” while Thomas Kail’s direction of the show and Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography are also pretty likely.

Miranda, who plays Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr., who plays Aaron Burr, are eligible for best actor in a musical.

Phillipa Soo, who plays Eliza Hamilton, has been deemed eligible for best actress. The show also is a contender for the four design awards – costumes, sets, lighting and orchestrations.

“Hamilton” has a deep bench of candidates for featured actor, actress awards, including Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, Daveed Diggs as Thomas Jefferson/Marquis de Lafayette, Christopher Jackson as George Washington and Jonathan Groff as King George III.