There are a million things Hamilton hasn’t done, just you wait. And that includes winning a Tony award. Judging by the hit musical’s record-setting performance today, you won’t have to wait long.

The Tony Awards—the Oscars of Broadway—announced this year’s nominations today (May 3) at the Diamond Horseshoe in the Paramount Hotel in New York City. Hamilton earned a whopping 16 nominations including best musical, beating the record set by The Producers and Billy Elliot, which had each earned 15 nods in 2001 and 2009, respectively.

One might say the musical is passionately smashin’ every expectation.

Hamilton creator-writer-actor and genius extraordinaire Lin-Manuel Miranda was nominated for best performance by a leading actor in a musical for his role as Alexander Hamilton, the titular American Founding Father. Also nominated in the category was Leslie Odom, who plays Hamilton’s political rival Aaron Burr. Burr notoriously killed Hamilton in a duel—we assume the fight for this acting award will not have come to that….

Source: Everyone’s favorite musical “Hamilton” just earned a record 16 Tony nominations — Quartz