Tony Award for Best Musical

The Tony Awards are yearly awards that recognize achievement in live Broadway theatre. The award for Best Musical is one of the ceremony's longest-standing awards, having been presented each year since 1949. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, typically accepted by the producers of the musical.

Winners and nominees

† marks winners of the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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1950s

1960s

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2000s

2010s

Records

Accumulated records as of 2016:^[1]

• Hamilton holds the record as the most-nominated production in Tony history, with 16 nominations. The Producers is the most-winning show, triumphing in 12 categories including Best Musical.
• The Sound of Music and Fiorello! are the only two musicals to date to have ever tied for the Best Musical award (in 1960).
• Passion is the shortest-running winner, with 280 performances.
• The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running Best Musical winner still open, with 11,854 performances as of July 24, 2016.^[2]
• Hallelujah, Baby! is the only show thus far to have won the Tony Award for Best Musical after closing.
• Fun Home is the first musical written entirely by women to win the Tony Award as Best Musical.

See also

• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
• List of Tony Award and Olivier Award winning musicals

References

1. ↑ "Facts About the Tony Awards". Tony Legacy. The American Theatre Wing. 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-18. 
2. ↑ "The Phantom of the Opera". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 27 July 2016. 

• "Tony Award: Musical". Internet Broadway Database. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 

External links

• Tony Awards Official site
• Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
• Internet Broadway Database, See Awards
• Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com