''Moulin Rouge!'' ties ''The Band's Visit'' and ''Billy Elliot'' with 10 Tony wins. That's one fewer than ''Hamilton'' and two fewer than ''The Producers.''
Aaron Tveit is the first performer to win as the sole nominee in his category, affirmed by the Tony voters. (At the 1995 Tonys, ''Sunset Boulevard'' was the sole nominee for Best Book and Best Score, but were they just awarded outright? I've never read about Tony voters voting on them.)
''Slave Play'' made history with 12 nominations, the most for any drama, and then lost them all, making it the biggest loser among plays.
(Are ''The Scottsboro Boys'' and ''Mean Girls,'' which both went 0 for 12 Tony nominations, the biggest losers among musicals?)
''A Christmas Carol'' became the first play to win Best Score. (Was ''Twelfth Night'' the first play nominated in this category, back in 1999?) |
