Hit musical “Hamilton” makes history with 16 Tony noms May 5, 2016 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hit musical Hamilton is set to dominate this year's Tony Awards after gaining a record-shattering 16 nominations, BBC News said. The previous record was 15 nominations, held jointly by The Producers and Billy Elliot. The show, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, tells the story of America's birth and founding father Alexander Hamilton in rap and R&B style. The Tony Awards, which celebrate the best of Broadway, take place in New York on 12 June. Hamilton will compete in the best musical category against Bright Star, School of Rock, Shuffle Along and Waitress. Shuffle Along - a musical about the staging of a famous musical revue bearing that name in 1921 - is the second most nominated show, with 10 nods in all. The current Broadway revival of She Loves Me earned eight, while Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Gabriel Byrne and Jessica Lange, has seven. The Eclipsed, The Father, The Humans and King Charles III are all up for best play. The shortlist for best leading actor in a play sees Byrne pitted against Jeff Daniels (Blackbird), Frank Langella (The Father), Tim Pigott-Smith (King Charles III) and Mark Strong (A View from the Bridge). The lead actress in a play field sees Lange up against Laurie Metcalf (Misery), Lupita Nyong'o (Eclipsed), Sophie Okonedo (The Crucible) and Michelle Williams (Blackbird). A number of other big Hollywood names did not make the cut, including Al Pacino, Bruce Willis, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan and George Takei.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
