The following is a list of musicals that have won the Tony Award or Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical. Highlighted shows are currently running on either Broadway or West End as of December 2017.
Title Year Music Lyrics Book Tony Olivier Notes
Me and My Girl 1937 Noel Gay Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose Furber, Rose 1985
Carmen Jones 1943 Georges Bizet Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein 1992 The Broadway revival in 2000 Kiss Me, Kate 1948 Cole Porter Porter Samuel and Bella Spewack 1949 won the Tony Award for Best Revival. Ten Tony nominations, winning all ten and the Pulitzer; the 2008 Broadway 1949 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II South Pacific Hammerstein, Joshua Logan 1950 revival won the Tony for Best Revival and six other Tonys out of eleven nominations.
It won all five Tonys for which it was nominate Guys and Dolls 1950 Frank Loesser Loesser Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows 1951 d. The 1955 film adaptatio nbecame popular. It won all five Tonys for which it was nominate The King and I 1951 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein 1952 d. The 1956 film adaptatio nbecame popular.
Kismet 1953 Alexander Borodin Robert Wright, George Forrest Wright, Forrest 1954
It won all five Tony Awards for 1953 Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden, Adolph Green Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov Wonderful Town 1953 which it was nominated. The Broadway George Abbott, Richard Pike revival in 2006 The Pajama Game 1954 Richard Adler Jerry Ross 1955 won the Tony Bissell Award for Best Revival. Nominated for nine Tony 1955 George Abbott, Douglass Wallop Damn Yankees Richard Adler Jerry Ross 1956 Awards, winning seven. Candide 1956 Leonard Bernstein Richard Wilbur Hugh Wheeler 1988 Nominate d for nine Tonys, winning six; longest- running Broadway musical My Fair Lady 1956 Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Jay Lerner 1957 until it was surpassed by Fiddler . The 1964 film adaptatio n became popular.
Nominated for eight Tony 1957 Willson Willson The Music Man Meredith Willson 1958 Awards, winning five. It won the 1960 Pulit Fiorello! 1959 Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick George Abbott, Jerome Weidman 1960 zer Prize for Drama. Dorothy, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David 1959 Redhead Albert Hague Dorothy Fields Shaw 1959 Nominate d for seven Tonys, winning The Sound of Music 1959 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse 1960 five; the 1965 film adaptatio nbecame popular.
Nominate d for seven Tonys, winning Bye Bye Birdie 1960 Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart 1961 four, including Best Actor for Dick Van Dyke.
Nominated for How to Succeed in eight Tonys, Abe Burrows, Jack winning seven. Business Without 1961 Frank Loesser Loesser 1962 Weinstock, Willie Gilbert It won the 1962 Really Trying Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A Funny Thing Nominated for eight Tony 1962 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Happened on the Way Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart 1963 Awards, winning to the Forum six. Nominated for ten Tonys, winning nine; longest-running Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein 1965 Broadway musical in history, until it was surpassed by Grease .
Nominated for eleven Tonys, winning ten. The Hello, Dolly! 1964 Jerry Herman Herman Michael Stewart 1964 West End revival in 2009 won the Olivier for Best Revival.
Nominated for seven Tony 1965 Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh Joe Darion Dale Wasserman 1966 Awards, winning five. The 1998 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival. The 1972 film adaptation beca me popular. Cabaret 1966 John Kander Fred Ebb Joe Masteroff 1967 Danny Burstein nominated for Featured Actorin 2014 Broadway revival, Linda Emond for Featured Actress. Hallelujah, Baby! 1967 Jule Styne Betty Comden, Adolph Green Arthur Laurents 1968 1776 1969 Sherman Edwards Edwards Peter Stone 1969 Nominate d for ten Tony Awards, winning four, including Applause 1970 Charles Strouse Lee Adams Betty Comden, Adolph Green 1970 Best Actress for Laure n Bacall, in her musical debut.
Nominated for twelve Tonys, winning six. The Company 1970 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim George Furth 1971 Broadway revival in 2007 won the Tony for Best Revival.
The 1971 Broadway Follies 1971 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Goldman 1987 production won seven Tony Awards. It won two Tony Two Gentlemen of Awards 1971 Galt MacDermot John Guare Guare, Mel Shapiro 1972 Verona including Best Musical. Nominated for twelve Tony 1973 Sondheim A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim Hugh Wheeler 1973 Awards, winning six. Raisin 1973 Judd Woldin Robert Brittan Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg 1974 It was the longest-running Broadway musical in history until it A Chorus Line 1975 Marvin Hamlisch Edward Kleban James Kirkwood, Jr., Nicholas Dante 1976 1976 was surpassed by Cats . It won nine Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Nominated for eight Tony The Wiz 1975 Charlie Smalls Smalls William F. Brown 1975 Awards, winning seven including Best Musical. Nunn, based on William The Comedy of Errors 1976 Guy Woolfenden Trevor Nunn 1977 Shakespeare Nominated for ten Tony 1977 Annie Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Thomas Meehan 1977 Awards, winning seven. Murray Horwitz, Richard Ain't Misbehavin' 1978 Fats Waller various 1978 Maltby, Jr. Nominated for eleven Tonys, winning seven; winning two Olivier Awards. 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Rice Evita 1980 1978 It was Lloyd Webber and Rice's last musical theatre collaboration. Songbook 1979 Monty Norman Norman, Julian Moore Norman, Moore 1979
It won eight Tony Awards including Best Sweeney Todd: The Musical. The West End 1979 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Hugh Wheeler Demon Barber of Fleet 1979 1980 revivals in 1993 Street and 2012 won their respective Olivier Awards for Best Revival. The Broadway revival in 2001 1980 42nd Street Harry Warren Al Dubin Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble 1981 1984 won the Tony for Best Revival.
Nominated for Claude-Michel twelve Tony Les Misérables 1980 Alain Boublil Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer 1987 Schönberg Awards, winning eight.
It was the longest-running Broadway musical in history until it was surpassed by The Phantom of the Opera . It won seven Tony Awards inducing Best Musical. Andrew Lloyd The original Cats 1981 T. S. Eliot Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn 1983 1981 production Webber closed in September 2000. Cats revival is currently running at Neil Simon Theatre, the revival did not receive any Tony nominations for the 2017 season.
Merrily We Roll Along 1981 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim George Furth 2001 The Broadway revival in 2003 Nine 1982 Maury Yeston Yeston Arthur Kopit 1982 won the Tony Award for Best Revival. Poppy 1982 Monty Norman Peter Nichols Nichols 1982 Nominated for Blood Brothers 1983 Willy Russell Russell Russell 1983 seven Tony Awards. The Broadway revivals in both 2004 and 2010 both won the Tony Award for La Cage aux Folles 1983 Jerry Herman Herman Harvey Fierstein 1984 Best Revival. The West End 2008 revival won the Olivie r Award for Best Revival.
Nominated for ten Tony 1984 Miller Big River Roger Miller William Hauptman 1985 Awards, winning seven. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards winning two and the 1985 Pulitzer. Sunday in the Park It won the 1984 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine 1991 with George Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The 2006 West End revival won the Olivier for Best Revival. Nominated for eleven Tony 1985 Holmes Holmes Drood Rupert Holmes 1986 Awards, winning five. Nominate d for nine Tonys, winning seven; longest- running Broadway The Phantom of the productio 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe 1988 1986 Opera n in history. It has grossed worldwid e over $6 billion as of 2014.[1]
City of Angels 1989 Cy Coleman David Zippel Larry Gelbart 1990 1994 This revue was Jerome Robbins' nominated for 1989 various various — 1989 nine Tony Broadway Awards, winning five. Return to the 1989 1989 various various Bob Carlton Forbidden Planet 1990 Once on This Island 1990 Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Ahrens 1995 It won six Tony Awards 1991 Cy Coleman Betty Comden, Adolph Green Peter Stone The Will Rogers Follies 1991 including Best Musical. Nominated for nine Tony 1992 Crazy for You George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Ken Ludwig 1992 1993 Awards, winning three. Honk! 1992 George Stiles Anthony Drewe Drewe 2000 Kiss of the Spider 1992 John Kander Fred Ebb Terrence McNally 1993 Woman
Nominated for eleven Tony Sunset Boulevard 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black, Christopher Hampton Hampton, Black 1995 Awards, winning seven including Best Musical.
Beauty and the Beast 1994 Alan Menken Howard Ashman, Tim Rice Linda Woolverton 1998
It is the shortest- running Tony 1994 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Passion James Lapine 1994 winner in history.
Jolson 1995 various various Francis Essex, Rob Bettinson 1996 Martin Guerre 1996 Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil, Stephen Clarke Boublil, Schönberg 1997 Nominated for ten Tonys, winning four including Best 1996 Larson Larson Rent Jonathan Larson 1996 Musical; it also won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Nominate d for eleven Tony Awards, winning six. It has The Lion King 1997 Elton John Tim Rice Roger Allers, Irene Mecchi 1998 grossed worldwid e over $6.2 billion as of 2014.[1] Titanic 1997 Maury Yeston Yeston Peter Stone 1997 The cast collectivel y won the Laure nce Kat and the Kings 1998 Taliep Petersen David Kramer Kramer 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Nominated for six Tonys, winning four. A "dance play", 1999 various — John Weidman, Susan Stroman Contact 2000 the musical has no lyrics and used pre- recorded music. This was Fosse 1999 various various — 1999 a revue. The most Tony Awards in history, winning twelve awards out of fifteen nominations. 2001 Brooks Brooks, Thomas Meehan The Producers Mel Brooks 2001 2005 It won three Olivier Awards including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. Nominated for thirteen Tony 2002 Thomas Meehan Hairspray Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman, Shaiman 2003 2008 Awards, winning eight. Jeanine Nominated for Thoroughly Modern eleven Tony 2002 Tesori, Arthur Dick Scanlan Richard Morris, Scanlan 2002 Awards, winning Millie six including Sullivan Best Musical. Nominated for six Tony 2003 Avenue Q Jeff Marx Robert Lopez Jeff Whitty 2004 Awards, winning three. Caroline, or Change 2003 Jeanine Tesori Tony Kushner Kushner 2007 Nominated for Jerry Springer: The eight Olivier 2003 — — Stewart Lee, Richard Thomas 2004 Opera Awards, winning four. Memphis 2003 David Bryan Bryan, Joe DiPietro DiPietro 2010 Our House 2003 Madness Madness Tim Firth 2003 Nominated for fifteen Tony 2005 Hall Billy Elliot the Musical Elton John Lee Hall 2009 2006 Awards, winning ten. Nominated for eight Tony 2005 Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe Gaudio, Crewe Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice Jersey Boys 2006 2009 Awards, winning four.
Nominated for John DuPrez, Eric fourteen Tony Spamalot 2005 Idle Idle 2005 Awards, winning Idle three including Best Musical.
Nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning eight including Spring Awakening 2006 Duncan Sheik Steven Sater Sater 2007 2010 Best Musical; and four Olivier Awards including Best Musical.
Nominated for Lin-Manuel thirteen Tony In the Heights 2007 Miranda Quiara Alegría Hudes 2008 Miranda Awards, winning four. Nell Legally Blonde 2009 Benjamin, Laurence Benjamin, O'Keefe Heather Hach 2011 O'Keefe Nominated for Trey Parker, Robert fourteen Tony 2011 Parker, Lopez, Stone Parker, Lopez, Stone The Book of Mormon Lopez, Matt Stone 2011 2014 Awards, winning nine. It won a record of seven Olivier Awards, 2011 Minchin Matilda the Musical Tim Minchin Dennis Kelly 2012 including Best Musical and five Tony Awards.
It won eight Tony Awards 2012 Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Hansard, Irglová Once Enda Walsh 2012 including Best Musical. Top Hat 2012 Irving Berlin Berlin Matthew White, Howard Jacques 2013 Nominated for twelve Tony 2013 Kron Fun Home Jeanine Tesori Lisa Kron 2015 Awards, winning five. Nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, winning six. Also 2013 Lauper Kinky Boots Cyndi Lauper Harvey Fierstein 2013 2016 nominated for seven Olivier Awards, winning three. Sunny Afternoon 2013 Ray Davies Davies Joe Penhall 2015 Nominated for A Gentleman's Guide ten Tony 2014 Steven Lutvak Robert L. Freedman, Lutvak Freedman 2014 to Love and Murder Awards, winning four. Nominated for Benji Pasek and nine Tony Dear Evan Hansen 2015 Pasek and Paul Steven Levenson 2017 Justin Paul Awards, winning six.
Nominated for sixteen Tonys, winning eleven including Best Musical. It won the 2016 Lin-Manuel Pulitzer Prize for Hamilton 2015 Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda 2016 Miranda Drama. As of 2017, Hamilton holds the record for most Tony nominations for one production, with 16.
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