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A Look at 2016 Tony Nominees in Vogue

  • Jeff Daniels
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    Photographed by Norman Jean Roy, Vogue, February 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

    Jeff Daniels, Blackbird

  • Image may contain Stage Human Person Joan Smalls Tim PigottSmith and Crowd
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    Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, June 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

    Tim Pigott-Smith, center—here with Jonathan Groff and Joan Smalls, King Charles III

  • Image may contain Nicola Walker Clothing Apparel Human Person Pants Shorts Female People Phoebe Fox and Face
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    Photographed by Anton Corbijn, Vogue, October 2015
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

    Mark Strong—here with Nicola Walker, left, and Phoebe Fox, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge

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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, February 1990
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

    Jessica Lange, Long Day's Journey Into Night

  • Image may contain Carolyn Murphy Human Person Laurie Metcalf Tobey Maguire Clothing Apparel Sleeve and Sitting
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    Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, Vogue, April 2013
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

    Laurie Metcalf, far right—here with Carolyn Murphy and Tobey Maguire, Misery

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  • Image may contain Clothing Apparel Human Person Yvette Clarke Pants Saycon Sengbloh and Joan Smalls
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    Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, June 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

    Model Joan Smalls (second from left) with the stars of Eclipsed, from far left: Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah, and nominees Pascale Armand (Actress in a Featured Role), Lupita Nyong’o (Actress in a Leading Role), and Saycon Sengbloh (Actress in a Featured Role)

  • Image may contain Sophie Okonedo Clothing Apparel Evening Dress Fashion Gown Robe Dress Human Female and Person
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    Photographed by Steve Simko, Vogue, May 2005
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

    Sophie Okonedo, Arthur Miller's The Crucible

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    Photographed by Norman Jean Roy, Vogue, February 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

    Michelle Williams, Blackbird

  • Image may contain Joan Smalls Clothing Apparel Human Person Tent Coat LinManuel Miranda and Overcoat
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    Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, June 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton with model Joan Smalls

  • Image may contain Sherie Rene Scott Clothing Apparel Dress Human Person Female Sleeve Woman Footwear and Shoe
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    Photographed by Robbie Fimmano, Vogue, October 2010
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

    Laura Benanti, left—here with Sherie Rene Scott, She Loves Me

  • Image may contain Joan Smalls Cynthia Erivo Human Person Reed Birney Clothing Apparel Russell Tovey and Sitting
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    Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, June 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

    Model Joan Smalls standing, third from far left with, from left: Heléne Yorke, Michal Zegen, Russell Tovey, and nominees Reed Birney, (Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, The Humans), Cynthia Erivo, (Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, The Color Purple), (Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, The Color Purple), and Adrienne Warren, (Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed).

  • Image may contain Jasmine Cephas Jones Anthony Ramos Phillipa Soo Leslie Odom Jr. and Rene Elise Goldsberry
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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, July 2015
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    Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

    From far left: Nominee Daveed Diggs(Actor in a Featured Role); Okieriete Onaodowan, nominees, Christopher Jackson (Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical), and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Actor in a Leading Role); Jasmine Cephas Jones; nominees Renée Elise Goldsberry (Actress in a Featured Role), Phillipa Soo (Actress in a Leading Role); and Anthony Ramos.

  • Image may contain Karen Elson Michael Shannon Clothing Apparel Human Person Wood Pants Sleeve and Hardwood
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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2013
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

    Michael Shannon—here with model Karen Elson, Long Day's Journey Into Night

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  • Image may contain Human Person Clothing Apparel Suit Coat Overcoat Footwear Shoe and Sailor Suit
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    Photographed by Anton Corbijn, Vogue, May 2016
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

    Brandon Victor Dixon, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
    Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

    From left: Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award recipient Brian Stokes Mitchell, with Billy Porter, Joshua Henry, and nominee Brandon Victor Dixon.

  • Image may contain LinManuel Miranda Footwear Clothing Apparel Shoe Human Person Stage Accessories and Accessory
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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, July 2015
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    Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

    Jonathan Groff, right, Hamilton—here with co-star and fellow nominee, Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • Image may contain Savion Glover Interior Design Sara Bareilles Ivo van Hove Indoors Thomas Kail Room and Human
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    Photographed by Mikael Jansson, Vogue, June 2016
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    Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Choreography

    Model Joan Smalls, standing, with, from far left, nominees Thomas Kail, (Best Direction of a Musical, Hamilton), Michael Arden, (Best Direction of a Musical, Spring Awakening), and Savion Glover; Sara Bareilles, Stephen Karam, Danai Gurira, and nominee Ivo Van Hove, (Best Direction of a Play, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge)

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