The Tony Nominations Are In, Showcasing a Diverse, Maturing Broadway

If you’ve heard anything about the Tony nominations, released on Tuesday, it’s probably that Hamilton broke records today with 16 nominations in 13 categories, taking at least one slot in every category for which it had eligibility. This is both unsurprising, and just; Hamilton recently became the ninth-ever musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and it’s an emotional, exciting, intricately written work—a hip-hop-infused masterpiece of nuanced character development, exploration of sophisticated themes, and visual storytelling onstage. 

But what makes this Broadway season fascinating is the fusion of new and old, the callback to the Great White Way’s Jewish roots coupled with the Tony committee’s recognition that a many number of shows speak to other minority experiences. For example, while it’s admittedly not a particularly Jewish year for original works, the excellent revivals of this season make up for it.

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