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Hamilton Dominates 2016 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards

May 5th, 2016 | By Broadway.com Staff

Every year since 2000, Broadway.com has asked our readers to pick their favorites of the season in our yearly Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. On the heels of receiving a history making 16 Tony Award nominations, Hamilton has broken another record for most awards ever with 11, surpassing previous record holders Spring Awakening (2007) and Hairspray (2003), both with seven wins. Other big winners included the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o for her Great White Way debut in Eclipsed.

The 17th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards will be presented at a private cocktail reception on May 10. Below are this year's winners of Broadway's most fan-friendly prize!


Hamilton
Favorite New Musical: Hamilton: Book, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical: Phillipa Soo
Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical: Jonathan Groff
Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Renée Elise Goldsberry
Favorite Funny Performance: Jonathan Groff
Favorite Diva Performance: Jonathan Groff
Favorite Onstage Pair: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr.
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Daveed Diggs
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Phillipa Soo
Favorite New Song: “Satisfied”


An Act of God
Favorite New Play: An Act of God, by David Javerbaum
Favorite Leading Actor in a Play: Jim Parsons


Spring Awakening
Favorite Musical Revival: Spring Awakening


The Crucible
Favorite Play Revival: The Crucible


Wicked
Favorite Long-Running Show: Wicked
Favorite Tour: Wicked
Favorite Replacement (Female): Rachel Tucker


Lupita Nyong’o
Favorite Leading Actress in a Play: Lupita Nyong’o, Eclipsed


John Gallagher Jr.
Favorite Featured Actor in a Play: John Gallagher Jr., Long Day’s Journey Into Night


Megan Hilty
Favorite Featured Actress in a Play: Megan Hilty, Noises Off


Alfie Boe
Favorite Replacement (Male): Alfie Boe, Les Miserables

AWARD COUNT BY SHOW
Hamilton – 11
Wicked – 3
An Act of God – 2
The Crucible – 1
Eclipsed – 1
Les Miserables – 1
Long Day's Journey – 1
Noises Off – 1
Spring Awakening – 1

PERFORMERS WITH MULTIPLE WINS
Lin-Manuel Miranda – 4 (2 as writer)
Jonathan Groff – 3
Phillipa Soo – 2


 


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