Photos:: Tony Awards 2016: Show highlights

Producer Jeffrey Seller, center, accepts the Tony Award for best musical for “Hamilton.”

Producer Scott Rudin, foreground, and the cast and crew of “A View From the Bridge” accept the award for best revival of a play.

Presenter Audra McDonald speaks.

Cynthia Erivo accepts the award for lead actress in a musical in “The Color Purple.”

The cast of “Hamilton” performs during the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

Andrew Rannells performs onstage during the 70th Tony Awards.

Glenn Close performs onstage during the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

A quartet plays along as the ‘In Memoriam’ section of 70th Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre plays on behind them.

Frank Langella accepts the award for leading actor in a play for “The Father.”

Leslie Odom Jr. accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical in “Hamilton.”

Playwright Stephen Karam accepts the Tony Award for best play for “The Humans.”

Jessica Lange accepts the award for lead actress in a play for “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”

Jessie Mueller and the cast of “Waitress” perform onstage during the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

Steve Martin and musician Edie Brickell speak onstage during the 70th Tony Awards.

Bebe Neuwirth and the cast of “Chicago” perform onstage during the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

Sheldon Harnick accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre at the Tony Awards.

Gloria Estefan performs with the “On Your Feet!” cast onstage during the Tonys.

Reed Birney accepts the award for featured actor in a play for “The Humans.”

Andrew Rannells, Zachary Levi and James Corden speak onstage.

Composer Alex Lacamoire accepts the award for best orchestrations for his work in “Hamilton.”

Diane Lane speaks onstage with a backdrop of “Arthur Miller’s the Crucible.”

Oprah Winfrey introduces a performance by the cast of “The Color Purple.”

Heather Headley, standing, and the cast of “The Color Purple” perform at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

Cynthia Erivo and the cast of “The Color Purple” perform at the Tony Awards.

Meg Ryan speaks onstage during the 70th Tony Awards.

Laura Benanti of “She Loves Me” performs onstage during the 70th Tony Awards.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Lucy Liu present the award for best direction of a musical.

Steve Martin and the cast of “Bright Star” perform at the Tony Awards.

Carmen Cusack and the cast of “Bright Star” perform during the Tonys.

The cast of “Spring Awakening” performs at the Tony Awards.

Nathan Lane presents the award for lead actress in a play.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of “Hamilton” perform onstage during the Tonys.

Host James Corden performs during the opening number for the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Tony Awards host James Corden gets into his act during the opening number.

“Hamilton’s” Leslie Odom Jr. performs onstage during the 70th Tony Awards.

Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award.

Josh Groban wears a silver ribbon at the Tony Awards in tribute to the victims of the Orlando, Fla., shooting.

Jonathan Groff, from left, Laura Benanti, host James Corden, Jane Krakowski, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Zachary Levi and Danielle Brooks perform onstage at the Tony Awards.

David Zinn accepts the award for best scenic design of a play.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Alex Brightman and the cast of “School of Rock” perform during the 70th Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre.

Renee Elise Goldsberry accepts the award for featured actress in a musical for “Hamilton.”

“Hamilton” director Thomas Kail accepts the award for direction of a musical during the 70th Tony Awards.

Jake Gyllenhaal presents an award onstage at the Tony Awards.

Lin-Manuel Miranda accepts the award for best original score for “Hamilton.”

Daveed Diggs accepts the award for featured actor in a musical for “Hamilton.”

Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel of “She Loves Me” perform onstage.

The cast of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ performs onstage.