Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Awards · 274 nominations across 70 ceremonies · 70 wins
79th Tonys · 2026
- Winner Schmigadoon!
- Nominee Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- Nominee The Lost Boys
- Nominee Titaníque
78th Tonys · 2025
- Winner Maybe Happy Ending
- Nominee Dead Outlaw
- Nominee Death Becomes Her
- Nominee Buena Vista Social Club
- Nominee Operation Mincemeat
77th Tonys · 2024
- Winner The Outsiders
- Nominee Water for Elephants
- Nominee Hell's Kitchen
- Nominee Illinoise
- Nominee Suffs
76th Tonys · 2023
- Winner Kimberly Akimbo · LaChanze
- Nominee New York, New York
- Nominee Shucked
- Nominee & Juliet
- Nominee Some Like It Hot
75th Tonys · 2022
- Winner A Strange Loop · Billy Porter
- Nominee Mr. Saturday Night
- Nominee Girl from the North Country
- Nominee MJ: The Musical
- Nominee Paradise Square
- Nominee Six: The Musical
74th Tonys · 2021
- Winner Moulin Rouge!
- Nominee Tina
- Nominee Jagged Little Pill
73rd Tonys · 2019
- Winner Hadestown · Michael J. Moritz Jr.
- Nominee Beetlejuice
- Nominee Ain't Too Proud
- Nominee Tootsie
- Nominee The Prom
72nd Tonys · 2018
- Winner The Band's Visit
- Nominee The SpongeBob Musical
- Nominee Mean Girls
- Nominee Frozen
71st Tonys · 2017
- Winner Dear Evan Hansen
- Nominee Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Nominee Come from Away
- Nominee Groundhog Day
70th Tonys · 2016
- Winner Hamilton
- Nominee Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
- Nominee School of Rock
- Nominee Waitress
- Nominee Bright Star
69th Tonys · 2015
- Winner Fun Home
- Nominee An American in Paris
- Nominee Something Rotten!
- Nominee The Visit
68th Tonys · 2014
- Winner A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Nominee Aladdin
- Nominee After Midnight
- Nominee Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
67th Tonys · 2013
- Winner Kinky Boots
- Nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical
- Nominee Bring It On: The Musical
- Nominee Matilda the Musical
66th Tonys · 2012
- Winner Once
- Nominee Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Nominee Newsies
- Nominee Leap of Faith
65th Tonys · 2011
- Winner The Book of Mormon
- Nominee The Scottsboro Boys
- Nominee Sister Act
- Nominee Catch Me If You Can
64th Tonys · 2010
- Winner Memphis
- Nominee American Idiot
- Nominee Fela!
- Nominee Million Dollar Quartet
63rd Tonys · 2009
- Winner Billy Elliot the Musical
- Nominee Next to Normal
- Nominee Shrek the Musical
- Nominee Rock of Ages
62nd Tonys · 2008
- Winner In the Heights
- Nominee Xanadu
- Nominee Cry-Baby
- Nominee Passing Strange
61st Tonys · 2007
- Winner Spring Awakening
- Nominee Curtains
- Nominee Grey Gardens
- Nominee Mary Poppins
60th Tonys · 2006
- Winner Jersey Boys
- Nominee The Drowsy Chaperone
- Nominee The Wedding Singer
- Nominee The Color Purple
59th Tonys · 2005
- Winner Spamalot
- Nominee The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee The Light in the Piazza
58th Tonys · 2004
- Winner Avenue Q
- Nominee Caroline, or Change
- Nominee The Boy from Oz
- Nominee Wicked
57th Tonys · 2003
- Winner Hairspray
- Nominee Amour
- Nominee A Year with Frog and Toad
- Nominee Movin' Out
56th Tonys · 2002
- Winner Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Nominee Mamma Mia!
- Nominee Urinetown
- Nominee Sweet Smell of Success
55th Tonys · 2001
- Winner The Producers
- Nominee The Full Monty
- Nominee A Class Act
- Nominee Jane Eyre
54th Tonys · 2000
- Winner Contact
- Nominee The Wild Party
- Nominee Swing!
- Nominee James Joyce's The Dead
53rd Tonys · 1999
- Winner Fosse
- Nominee It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
- Nominee The Civil War
- Nominee Parade
52nd Tonys · 1998
- Winner The Lion King
- Nominee Side Show
- Nominee The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Nominee Ragtime
51st Tonys · 1997
- Winner Titanic
- Nominee Steel Pier
- Nominee Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass
- Nominee The Life (musical)
50th Tonys · 1996
- Winner Rent
- Nominee Swinging on a Star
- Nominee Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- Nominee Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
49th Tonys · 1995
- Winner Sunset Boulevard
- Nominee Smokey Joe's Cafe
48th Tonys · 1994
- Winner Passion
- Nominee Beauty and the Beast
- Nominee Cyrano: The Musical
- Nominee A Grand Night for Singing
47th Tonys · 1993
- Winner Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Nominee The Who's Tommy
- Nominee Blood Brothers
- Nominee The Goodbye Girl
46th Tonys · 1992
- Winner Crazy for You
- Nominee Five Guys Named Moe
- Nominee Jelly's Last Jam
- Nominee Falsettos
45th Tonys · 1991
- Winner The Will Rogers Follies
- Nominee Once on This Island
- Nominee Miss Saigon
- Nominee The Secret Garden
44th Tonys · 1990
- Winner City of Angels
- Nominee Grand Hotel
- Nominee Meet Me in St. Louis
- Nominee Aspects of Love
43rd Tonys · 1989
- Winner Jerome Robbins' Broadway
- Nominee Starmites
- Nominee Black and Blue
42nd Tonys · 1988
- Winner The Phantom of the Opera
- Nominee Romance/Romance
- Nominee Sarafina!
- Nominee Into the Woods
41st Tonys · 1987
- Winner Les Misérables
- Nominee Rags
- Nominee Me and My Girl
- Nominee Starlight Express
40th Tonys · 1986
- Winner Drood
- Nominee Big Deal
- Nominee Song and Dance
- Nominee Tango Argentino
39th Tonys · 1985
- Winner Big River
- Nominee Leader of the Pack
- Nominee Quilters
- Nominee Grind
38th Tonys · 1984
- Winner La Cage aux Folles
- Nominee Baby
- Nominee The Tap Dance Kid
- Nominee Sunday in the Park with George
37th Tonys · 1983
- Winner Cats
- Nominee Blues in the Night
- Nominee My One and Only
- Nominee Merlin
36th Tonys · 1982
- Winner Nine
- Nominee Dreamgirls
- Nominee Pump Boys and Dinettes
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
35th Tonys · 1981
- Winner 42nd Street
- Nominee Tintypes
- Nominee Sophisticated Ladies
- Nominee Woman of the Year
34th Tonys · 1980
- Winner Evita
- Nominee Sugar Babies
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- Nominee Barnum
33rd Tonys · 1979
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Nominee They're Playing Our Song
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Nominee Ballroom
32nd Tonys · 1978
- Winner Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nominee Runaways
- Nominee On the Twentieth Century
- Nominee Dancin'
31st Tonys · 1977
- Winner Annie
- Nominee Happy End
- Nominee Side by Side by Sondheim
- Nominee I Love My Wife
30th Tonys · 1976
- Winner A Chorus Line
- Nominee Chicago
- Nominee Pacific Overtures
- Nominee Bubbling Brown Sugar
29th Tonys · 1975
- Winner The Wiz
- Nominee Mack & Mabel
- Nominee Shenandoah
- Nominee The Lieutenant
28th Tonys · 1974
- Winner Raisin
- Nominee Over Here!
- Nominee Seesaw
27th Tonys · 1973
- Winner A Little Night Music
- Nominee Sugar
- Nominee Pippin
- Nominee Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
26th Tonys · 1972
- Winner Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Nominee Follies
- Nominee Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- Nominee Grease
25th Tonys · 1971
- Winner Company
- Nominee The Me Nobody Knows
- Nominee The Rothschilds
24th Tonys · 1970
23rd Tonys · 1969
- Winner 1776 · Sherman Edwards
- Nominee Zorba
- Nominee Promises, Promises
- Nominee Hair
22nd Tonys · 1968
- Winner Hallelujah, Baby!
- Nominee The Happy Time
- Nominee How Now, Dow Jones
- Nominee Illya Darling
21st Tonys · 1967
- Winner Cabaret
- Nominee I Do! I Do!
- Nominee The Apple Tree
- Nominee Walking Happy
20th Tonys · 1966
- Winner Man of La Mancha · Joe Darion
- Nominee Skyscraper
- Nominee Sweet Charity
- Nominee Mame
19th Tonys · 1965
- Winner Fiddler on the Roof
- Nominee Oh, What a Lovely War!
- Nominee Half a Sixpence
- Nominee Golden Boy
18th Tonys · 1964
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart
- Nominee She Loves Me
- Nominee High Spirits
- Nominee Funny Girl
17th Tonys · 1963
- Winner A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum · Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart, Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Little Me
- Nominee Oliver!
- Nominee Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
16th Tonys · 1962
- Winner How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying · Abe Burrows, Frank Loesser, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
- Nominee Milk and Honey
- Nominee Carnival!
- Nominee No Strings
15th Tonys · 1961
- Winner Bye Bye Birdie · Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Michael Stewart
- Nominee Do Re Mi
- Nominee Irma La Douce
14th Tonys · 1960
- Winner Fiorello! · George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
13th Tonys · 1959
- Winner Redhead · Albert Hague, David Shaw, Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon
- Nominee La Plume de Ma Tante
- Nominee Flower Drum Song
12th Tonys · 1958
- Winner The Music Man · Franklin Lacey, Meredith Willson
- Nominee West Side Story
- Nominee Jamaica
- Nominee Oh, Captain!
- Nominee New Girl in Town
11th Tonys · 1957
- Winner My Fair Lady · Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
- Nominee Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" In Concert
- Nominee Bells Are Ringing
- Nominee The Most Happy Fella
10th Tonys · 1956
- Winner Damn Yankees · Douglass Wallop, George Abbott, Jerry Ross, Richard Adler
- Nominee Pipe Dream