The 2016 Tony Awards Race has begun!  Below are our 6 biggest take-aways from this morning’s announcement, as well as our analysis of where each nominee stands currently.

Key Takeaways:

1.  With 16 Tony nominations, Hamilton now holds the record for most nominations, previously held by  The Producers and Billy Elliot (each with 15).  This is particularly impressive because there are fewer Tony categories this year with the Sound Design category being excluded. However, to beat The Producers’ winning record of 12 wins, Hamilton would have to win in all 13 categories it received a nomination in, which is not likely.

2. American Psycho, which led in nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk, received only two Tony nominations.  That’s pretty unusual, and only time will tell what that means for American Psycho‘s future on Broadway.

3. In both the Lead and Featured Actor categories, Hamilton faces the same issues that Fun Home did in last year’s Featured Actor category – the Hamilton nominees might split the vote and allow for an underdog win.  Last year, Ruthie Ann Miles of The King and I beat out Frontrunners Judy Kuhn and Sydney Lucas of Fun Home by being a close runner up to a split Fun Home vote.

4. Lin Manuel-Miranda received four nominations himself for Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Book and Best Score – not too bad for someone who has already received a Pulitzer and a MacArthur Genius Grant this year.

5. All four nominees in the Best Play category are nominated for their Broadway debuts. These include Danai Gurira (Eclipsed), Florian Zeller (The Father), Stephen Karam (The Humans) and Mike Barlett (King Charles III).

6. Only one currently running show was completely snubbed by the nominating committee: Fully Committed with Jesse Tyler Ferguson. On Your Feet and American Psycho also vastly underperformed at the Tony Awards relative to their box office and critical reception.

Where Each Nominee Stands:

Best Musical

1st – Hamilton
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – It doesn’t actually matter, but if you really want to know its Shuffle Along, then Waitress, then School of Rock, and lastly Bright Star

Best Play

1st – The Humans
2nd – Eclipsed
3rd – The Father
4th – King Charles III

Best Revival of Musical

1st – She Loves Me
2nd – The Color Purple
3rd – Fiddler on the Roof
4th – Spring Awakening

Best Revival of Play

1st – Long Day’s Journey into Night
2nd – Blackbird
3rd – A  View from the Bridge
4th – The Crucible
5th – Noises Off

Lead Actor in Musical

1st – Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton)
2nd – Alex Brightman (School of Rock)
3rd – Lin Manuel Miranda (Hamilton)
4th – Danny Burstein (Fiddler on the Roof)
5th – Zachary Levi (She Loves Me)

Lead Actress in Musical

1st – Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple)
2nd – Jessie Mueller (Waitress)
3rd – Laura Benanti (She Loves Me)
4th – Carmen Cusack (Bright Star)
5th – Phillipa Soo (Hamilton)

Lead Actor in a Play

1st – Frank Langella (The Father)
2nd – Mark Strong (A View from the Bridge)
3rd – Jeff Daniels (Blackbird)
4th – Tim Piggott-Smith (King Charles III)
5th – Gabriel Byrne (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)

Lead Actress in a Play

1st – Jessica Lange (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
2nd – Lupita Nyong’o (Eclipsed)
3rd – Michelle Williams (Blackbird)
4th – Sophie Okonedo (The Crucible)
5th – Laurie Metcalf (Misery)

Featured Actor in a Musical

1st – Daveed Diggs (Hamilton)
2nd – Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress)
3rd – Christopher Jackson (Hamilton)
4th – Brandon Victor Dixon (Shuffle Along)
5th – Jonathan Groff (Hamilton)

Featured Actress in a Musical

1st – Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton)
2nd – Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
3rd – Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me)
4th – Jennifer Simard (Disaster!)
5th – Adrienne Warren (Shuffle Along)

Featured Actor in a Play

1st – Michael Shannon (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
2nd – Reed Birney (The Humans)
3rd – Bill Camp (The Crucible)
4th – David Furr (Noises Off)
5th – Richard Goulding (King Charles III)

Featured Actress in a Play

1st – Pascale Armand (Eclipsed)
2nd – Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans)
3rd – Megan Hilty (Noises Off)
4th – Saycon Sengbloh (Eclipsed)
5th – Andrea Martin (Noises Off)

Director of a Musical

1st – Thomas Kail (Hamilton)
2nd – Scott Ellis (She Loves Me)
3rd – Michael Arden (Spring Awakening)
4th – John Doyle (The Color Purple)
5th – George C. Wolfe (Shuffle Along)

Director of a Play

1st – Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge)
2nd – Joe Mantello (The Humans)
3rd – Rupert Goold (King Charles III)
4th – Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed)
5th – Jonathan Kent (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)

Choreography

1st – Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton)
2nd -Savian Glover (Shuffle Along)
3rd – Sergio Trujillo (On Your Feet!)
4th – Hofesh Schechter (Fiddler on the Roof)
5th – Randy Skinner (Dames at Sea)

Best Book of a Musical

1st – Hamilton
2nd – Shuffle Along
3rd – Bright Star
4th – School of Rock

Best Score

1st – Hamilton
2nd – Waitress
3rd – School of Rock
4th – Bright Star

Orchestrations

1st – Hamilton
2nd – Bright Star
3rd -Shuffle Along
4th – She Loves Me

Scenic Design of Musical

1st – David Rockwell (She Loves Me)
2nd -David Korins (Hamilton)
3rd – Es Devlin & Finn Ross (American Psycho_
4th – Santo Loquasto (Shuffle Along)

Scenic Design of Play

1st -Beowulf Boritt (Thérèse Raquin)
2nd – David Zinn (The Humans)
3rd – Christopher Oram (Hughie)
4th – Jan Versweyveld (View from the Bridge)

Costume Design of a Musical 

1st – Paul Tazewell (Hamilton)
2nd – Jeff Mahshie (She Loves Me)
3rd –  Ann Roth (Shuffle Along)
4th – Gregg Barnes (Tuck Everlasting)

Costume Design of a Play

1st – Tom Scutt (King Charles III)
2nd – Jane Greenwood (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
3rd –  Clint Ramos (Eclipsed)
4th – Michael Krass (Noises Off)

Lighting Design of a Musical

1st – Howell Binkleey (Hamilton)
2nd – Justin Townsend (American Psycho)
3rd –  Ben Stanton (Spring Awakening)
4th -Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer (Shuffle Along)

Lighting Design of a Play

1st – Natasha Katz (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
2nd – Justin Townsend (The Humans)
3rd –  Jan Versweyveld (A View from the Bridge)
4th – Jan Versweyveld (The Crucible)