With Tony nominations right around the corner and the news that Hamilton Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. and current Waitress star Katharine McPhee will announce the nominations for the 72nd annual Tony Awards May 1, take a look at the Broadway shows that received the most nominations in Tony history.
Flip through the most nominated shows below:
A Chorus Line
Nominations: 12
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A Little Night Music Playbill - Sept 1973
Nominations: 12
An American in Paris Playbill - Opening Night
Leanne Cope and Dimitri Kleioris in An American in Paris
Fun Home Playbill - Opening Night
The cast of Fun Home on Broadway
Joan Marcus
Grand Hotel Playbill - Nov 1989
Nominations: 12
Kiss Me, Kate: 2000
Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell in Kiss Me Kate.
Photo by Photo by Joan Marcus
Les Miserables Playbill
Les Misérables
Michael Le Power Trench
Nominations: 12
Nine Playbill - May 1982
Cast
Peter Cunningham
The Life Playbill - April 1997
Chuck Cooper and Felicia Finley in The Life, 1997
Carol Rosegg
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Playbill - Opening Night
Josh Groban and Denée Benton
Chad Batka
The Scottsboro Boys
Joshua Henry (center) in The Scottsboro Boys.
Paul Kolnik
Dreamgirls Playbill - Sept 1983
Ben Harney and Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls
Martha Swope
Drowsy Chaperone Playbill - May 2006
Sutton Foster in The Drowsy Chaperone
Joan Marcus
Hairspray Playbill - Opening Night, July 2002
Corey Reynolds, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Matthew Morrison in Hairspray
Paul Kolnik
In the Heights Playbill - Opening Night
Robin De Jesus, Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda in In the Heights
Joan Marcus
Kinky Boots Playbill - July 2016
Stark Sands, Billy Porter and cast in Kinky Boots
Matthew Murphy
Me and My Girl: 1987
Nominations: 13
Ragtime Playbill - Opening Night
Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Catherine Ashmore
The Book of Mormon Playbill - Opening Night
Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells, and Josh Gad
Joan Marcus
Company Playbill - Dec 1970
Larry Kert and company in Company.
Spamalot Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 2005
Sara Ramirez and company in Spamalot
Joan Marcus
Billy Elliot Playbill - Opening Night
Trent Kowalik and company in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot
Alastair Muir
Producers Playbill - Opening Night
Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Gary Beach and company in The Producers.
Paul Kolnik
Hamilton Playbill - January 2018
Phillipa Soo and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton
Joan Marcus
