The following stars of the 2015-16 Broadway season (from the 39th Battle) will be moving on to Round 2:

Laura Benanti (She Loves Me)
Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton)
Megan Hilty (Noises Off)
Jennifer Hudson (The Color Purple)
Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me)
Jessica Lange (Long Day's Journey Into Night)
Zachary Levi (She Loves Me)
Audra McDonald (Shuffle Along)
Laurie Metcalf (Misery)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton)
Jessie Mueller (Waitress)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton)
Jim Parsons (An Act of God)
Phillipa Soo (Hamilton)
Russell Tovey (A View from the Bridge)
Benjamin Walker (American Psycho)

PLEASE NOTE: The next Battle of the Broadway Stars will be on Tuesday, December 18.

Now on to our 40th battle, which takes us back to the 2007-08 Broadway season when the following 32 stars appeared on stage: