Hamilton

Honors and awards

Original off-Broadway productions

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2015 Lucille Lortel Awards[169] Outstanding Musical Won
Outstanding Director Thomas Kail Won
Outstanding Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Leslie Odom Jr. Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Phillipa Soo Won
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Daveed Diggs Won
Brian d'Arcy James Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Renée Elise Goldsberry Won
Outstanding Costume Design Paul Tazewell Won
Outstanding Lighting Design Howell Binkley Won
Outstanding Sound Design Nevin Steinberg Won
Outer Critics Circle Awards[170] Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Won
Outstanding Book of a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Outstanding New Score Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Thomas Kail Nominated
Outstanding Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler Nominated
Drama League Awards[171] Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Nominated
Distinguished Performance Daveed Diggs Nominated
Lin-Manuel Miranda Nominated
Drama Desk Awards[172] Outstanding Musical Won
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Leslie Odom Jr. Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Renée Elise Goldsberry Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Thomas Kail Won
Outstanding Music Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Outstanding Lyrics Won
Outstanding Book of a Musical Won
Outstanding Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire Nominated
Outstanding Set Design David Korins Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design Paul Tazewell Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Design Howell Binkley Nominated
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Nevin Steinberg Won
Special Award ‡ Andy Blankenbuehler Won
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards[173] Best Musical Won
Off Broadway Alliance Awards[174] Best New Musical Won
Theatre World Awards[175] Outstanding Debut Performance Daveed Diggs Won
Clarence Derwent Awards[176] Most Promising Female Performer Phillipa Soo Won
Obie Awards[177] Best New American Theatre Work Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire Won
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards[178] Won

‡ Blankenbuehler received a Special Drama Desk Award for "his inspired and heart-stopping choreography in Hamilton, which is indispensable [sic] to the musical's storytelling. His body of work is versatile, yet a dynamic and fluid style is consistently evident. When it's time to 'take his shot,' Blankenbuehler hits the bulls-eye."[172]

Original Broadway production

The musical currently holds the record for most Tony Award nominations with 16 nominations (though due to multiple nominations in the two 'actor' categories, it could have only won 13 awards). It eventually won 11 awards, the second-most ever given to a single production, behind only the original Broadway production of The Producers (2001), which won twelve.

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2016 Tony Awards[179] Best Musical Won
Best Book of a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Best Original Score Won
Best Direction of a Musical Thomas Kail Won
Best Actor in a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda Nominated
Leslie Odom Jr. Won
Best Actress in a Musical Phillipa Soo Nominated
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Daveed Diggs Won
Jonathan Groff Nominated
Christopher Jackson Nominated
Best Featured Actress in a Musical Renée Elise Goldsberry Won
Best Scenic Design of a Musical David Korins Nominated
Best Costume Design of a Musical Paul Tazewell Won
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Howell Binkley Won
Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler Won
Best Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire Won
Drama League Awards[180] Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Won
Distinguished Performance Daveed Diggs Nominated
Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Pulitzer Prize[181] Drama Won
Grammy Awards[57] Best Musical Theater Album Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo (principal soloists); Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tariq Trotter (producers); Lin-Manuel Miranda (composer & lyricist) Won
Fred and Adele Astaire Awards[182] Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show Nominated
Best Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler Won
Best Male Dancer Daveed Diggs Nominated
NAACP Image Awards[183] Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Original Broadway Cast Nominated
Dramatists Guild of America Awards[184] Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Edward M. Kennedy Prize[185] Drama Inspired by American History Won
2017 Billboard Music Award[186] Top Soundtrack/Cast Album Won
2018 Kennedy Center Honors[187] Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire and Thomas Kail Won

Original West End production

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2017 Critics' Circle Theatre Award[188] Best Musical Won
2018 Laurence Olivier Awards[189] Best New Musical Won
Outstanding Achievement in Music Alex Lacamoire and Lin-Manuel Miranda Won
Best Actor in a Musical Giles Terera Won
Jamael Westman Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Michael Jibson Won
Jason Pennycooke Nominated
Cleve September Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Rachel John Nominated
Best Costume Design Paul Tazewell Nominated
Best Lighting Design Howell Binkley Won
Best Sound Design Nevin Steinberg Won
Best Director Thomas Kail Nominated
Best Theatre Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler Won

Original Australian production

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2021 BroadwayWorld Australia – Sydney[190] Best Musical (Professional) Won
Best Direction of a Musical (Professional) Thomas Kail Won
Best Choreography of a Play of Musical (Professional) Andy Blankenbuhler Won
Best Supporting Performer in a Musical (Professional) Shaka Cook Won
2022 Sydney Theatre Awards[191] Best Production of a Musical Won
Best Performance In A Leading Role In A Musical Jason Arrow Nominated
Lyndon Watts Won
Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical Akina Edmonds Nominated
Marty Alix Won

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank
Billboard 25 Best Albums of 2015[192] 2
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2015[193] 8

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