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

Kiss Me, Kate 1948 Cole Porter Porter Samuel and Bella Spewack 1949

The Broadway

revival in 2000

won the Tony

Award for Best

Revival.

South Pacific 1949 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein, Joshua Logan 1950

Ten Tony

nominations,

winning all ten

and the Pulitzer;

the 2008

Broadway

revival won the

Tony for Best

Revival and six

other Tonys out

of eleven

nominations.

Guys and Dolls 1950 Frank Loesser Loesser Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows 1951

It won all

five Tonys

for which

it was

nominate

d.

The 1955

film

adaptatio

nbecame

popular.

The King and I 1951 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein 1952

It won all

five Tonys

for which

it was

nominate

d.

The 1956

film

adaptatio

nbecame

popular.

Kismet 1953 Alexander Borodin Robert Wright, George Forrest Wright, Forrest 1954

Wonderful Town 1953 Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden, Adolph Green Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov 1953

It won all five

Tony Awards for

which it was

nominated.

The Pajama Game 1954 Richard Adler Jerry RossGeorge Abbott, Richard Pike

Bissell1955

The Broadway

revival in 2006

won the Tony

Award for Best

Revival.

Damn Yankees 1955 Richard Adler Jerry Ross George Abbott, Douglass Wallop 1956

Nominated for

nine Tony

Awards, winning

seven.

Candide 1956 Leonard Bernstein Richard Wilbur Hugh Wheeler 1988

My Fair Lady 1956 Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Jay Lerner 1957

Nominate

d for nine

Tonys,

winning

six;

longest-

running

Broadway

musical

until it

was

surpassed

by Fiddler

.

The 1964

film

adaptatio

n became

popular.

The Music Man 1957 Meredith Willson Willson Willson 1958

Nominated for

eight Tony

Awards, winning

five.

Fiorello! 1959 Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick George Abbott, Jerome Weidman 1960

It won

the

1960 Pulit

zer Prize

for

Drama.

Redhead 1959 Albert Hague Dorothy FieldsDorothy, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David

Shaw 1959

The Sound of Music 1959 Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse 1960

Nominate

d for

seven

Tonys,

winning

five;

the 1965

film

adaptatio

nbecame

popular.

Bye Bye Birdie 1960 Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart 1961

Nominate

d for

seven

Tonys,

winning

four,

including

Best

Actor

for Dick

Van Dyke.

How to Succeed in

Business Without

Really Trying

1961 Frank Loesser LoesserAbe Burrows, Jack

Weinstock, Willie Gilbert1962

Nominated for

eight Tonys,

winning seven.

It won the 1962

Pulitzer Prize for

Drama.

A Funny Thing

Happened on the Way

to the Forum

1962 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart 1963

Nominated for

eight Tony

Awards, winning

six.

Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein 1965

Nominated for

ten Tonys,

winning nine;

longest-running

Broadway

musical in

history, until it

was surpassed

by Grease .

Hello, Dolly! 1964 Jerry Herman Herman Michael Stewart 1964

Nominated for

eleven Tonys,

winning ten. The

West End

revival in 2009

won the Olivier

for Best Revival.

Man of La Mancha 1965 Mitch Leigh Joe Darion Dale Wasserman 1966

Nominated for

seven Tony

Awards, winning

five.

Cabaret 1966 John Kander Fred Ebb Joe Masteroff 1967

The 1998

Broadway

revival won the

Tony for Best

Revival.

The 1972 film

adaptation beca

me popular.

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

Applause 1970 Charles Strouse Lee Adams Betty Comden, Adolph Green 1970

Nominate

d for ten

Tony

Awards,

winning

four,

including

Best

Actress

for Laure

n Bacall,

in her

musical

debut.

Company 1970 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim George Furth 1971

Nominated for

twelve Tonys,

winning six. The

Broadway

revival in 2007

won the Tony

for Best Revival.

Follies 1971 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Goldman 1987

The 1971

Broadway

production won

seven Tony

Awards.

Two Gentlemen of

Verona1971 Galt MacDermot John Guare Guare, Mel Shapiro 1972

It won two Tony

Awards

including Best

Musical.

A Little Night Music 1973 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Hugh Wheeler 1973

Nominated for

twelve Tony

Awards, winning

six.

Raisin 1973 Judd Woldin Robert Brittan Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg 1974

A Chorus Line 1975 Marvin Hamlisch Edward Kleban James Kirkwood, Jr., Nicholas Dante 1976 1976

It was the

longest-running

Broadway

musical in

history until it

was surpassed

by Cats . It won

nine Tony

Awards

including Best

Musical.

The Wiz 1975 Charlie Smalls Smalls William F. Brown 1975

Nominated for

eight Tony

Awards, winning

seven including

Best Musical.

The Comedy of Errors 1976 Guy Woolfenden Trevor NunnNunn, based on William

Shakespeare1977

Annie 1977 Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Thomas Meehan 1977

Nominated for

ten Tony

Awards, winning

seven.

Ain't Misbehavin' 1978 Fats Waller variousMurray Horwitz, Richard

Maltby, Jr.1978

Evita 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Rice 1980 1978

Nominated for

eleven Tonys,

winning seven;

winning two

Olivier Awards.

It was Lloyd

Webber and

Rice's last

musical theatre

collaboration.

Songbook 1979 Monty Norman Norman, Julian Moore Norman, Moore 1979

Sweeney Todd: The

Demon Barber of Fleet

Street

1979 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Hugh Wheeler 1979 1980

It won eight

Tony Awards

including Best

Musical. The

West End

revivals in 1993

and 2012 won

their respective

Olivier Awards

for Best Revival.

42nd Street 1980 Harry Warren Al Dubin Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble 1981 1984

The Broadway

revival in 2001

won the Tony

for Best Revival.

Les Misérables 1980Claude-Michel

SchönbergAlain Boublil Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer 1987

Nominated for

twelve Tony

Awards, winning

eight.

Cats 1981Andrew Lloyd

WebberT. S. Eliot Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn 1983 1981

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.

The original

production

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

Nine 1982 Maury Yeston Yeston Arthur Kopit 1982

The Broadway

revival in 2003

won the Tony

Award for Best

Revival.

Poppy 1982 Monty Norman Peter Nichols Nichols 1982

Blood Brothers 1983 Willy Russell Russell Russell 1983Nominated for

seven Tony

Awards.

La Cage aux Folles 1983 Jerry Herman Herman Harvey Fierstein 1984

The

Broadway

revivals in

both

2004 and

2010

both won

the Tony

Award for

Best

Revival.

The West

End 2008

revival

won

the Olivie

r Award

for Best

Revival.

Big River 1984 Roger Miller Miller William Hauptman 1985

Nominated for

ten Tony

Awards, winning

seven.

It was

nominated for

ten Tony

Awards winning

two and the

1985 Pulitzer.

It won the

Olivier Award

for Best New

Musical. The

2006 West End

revival won the

Olivier for Best

Revival.

Drood 1985 Rupert Holmes Holmes Holmes 1986

Nominated for

eleven Tony

Awards, winning

five.

1991Sunday in the Park

with George1984 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine

The Phantom of the

Opera1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe 1988 1986

Nominate

d for nine

Tonys,

winning

seven;

longest-

running

Broadway

productio

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

Jerome Robbins'

Broadway1989 various various — 1989

This revue was

nominated for

nine Tony

Awards, winning

five.

1989

1990

Once on This Island 1990 Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Ahrens 1995

The Will Rogers Follies 1991 Cy Coleman Betty Comden, Adolph Green Peter Stone 1991

It won six Tony

Awards

including Best

Musical.

Crazy for You 1992 George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Ken Ludwig 1992 1993

Nominated for

nine Tony

Awards, winning

three.

Honk! 1992 George Stiles Anthony Drewe Drewe 2000

Return to the

Forbidden Planet1989 various various Bob Carlton

Kiss of the Spider

Woman1992 John Kander Fred Ebb Terrence McNally 1993

Sunset Boulevard 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black, Christopher Hampton Hampton, Black 1995

Nominated for

eleven Tony

Awards, winning

seven including

Best Musical.

Beauty and the Beast 1994 Alan Menken Howard Ashman, Tim Rice Linda Woolverton 1998

Passion 1994 Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine 1994

It is the shortest-

running Tony

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

Rent 1996 Jonathan Larson Larson Larson 1996

Nominated for

ten Tonys,

winning four

including Best

Musical; it also

won the 1996

Pulitzer Prize for

Drama.

The Lion King 1997 Elton John Tim Rice Roger Allers, Irene Mecchi 1998

Nominate

d for

eleven

Tony

Awards,

winning

six. It has

grossed

worldwid

e over

$6.2

billion as

of

2014.[1]

Titanic 1997 Maury Yeston Yeston Peter Stone 1997

Kat and the Kings 1998 Taliep Petersen David Kramer Kramer 1999

The cast

collectivel

y won

the Laure

nce

Olivier

Award for

Best

Actor in a

Musical.

Contact 1999 various — John Weidman, Susan Stroman 2000

Nominated for

six Tonys,

winning four. A

"dance play",

the musical has

no lyrics and

used pre-

recorded music.

Fosse 1999 various various — 1999This was

a revue.The most Tony

Awards in

history, winning

twelve awards

out of fifteen

nominations.

It won three

Olivier Awards

including Best

Musical and

Best Actor in a

Musical.

Hairspray 2002 Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman, Shaiman Thomas Meehan 2003 2008

Nominated for

thirteen Tony

Awards, winning

eight.

Thoroughly Modern

Millie2002

Jeanine

Tesori, Arthur

Sullivan

Dick Scanlan Richard Morris, Scanlan 2002

Nominated for

eleven Tony

Awards, winning

six including

Best Musical.

The Producers 2001 Mel Brooks Brooks Brooks, Thomas Meehan 2001 2005

Avenue Q 2003 Jeff Marx Robert Lopez Jeff Whitty 2004

Nominated for

six Tony

Awards, winning

three.

Caroline, or Change 2003 Jeanine Tesori Tony Kushner Kushner 2007

Jerry Springer: The

Opera2003 — — Stewart Lee, Richard Thomas 2004

Nominated for

eight Olivier

Awards, winning

four.

Memphis 2003 David Bryan Bryan, Joe DiPietro DiPietro 2010

Our House 2003 Madness Madness Tim Firth 2003

Billy Elliot the Musical 2005 Elton John Lee Hall Hall 2009 2006

Nominated for

fifteen Tony

Awards, winning

ten.

Jersey Boys 2005 Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe Gaudio, Crewe Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice 2006 2009

Nominated for

eight Tony

Awards, winning

four.

Spamalot 2005John DuPrez, Eric

IdleIdle Idle 2005

Nominated for

fourteen Tony

Awards, winning

three including

Best Musical.

Spring Awakening 2006 Duncan Sheik Steven Sater Sater 2007 2010

Nominated for

eleven Tony

Awards, winning

eight including

Best Musical;

and four Olivier

Awards

including Best

Musical.

In the Heights 2007Lin-Manuel

MirandaMiranda Quiara Alegría Hudes 2008

Nominated for

thirteen Tony

Awards, winning

four.

Legally Blonde 2009

Nell

Benjamin, Laurence

O'Keefe

Benjamin, O'Keefe Heather Hach 2011

The Book of Mormon 2011Trey Parker, Robert

Lopez, Matt StoneParker, Lopez, Stone Parker, Lopez, Stone 2011 2014

Nominated for

fourteen Tony

Awards, winning

nine.

Matilda the Musical 2011 Tim Minchin Minchin Dennis Kelly 2012

It won a record

of seven Olivier

Awards,

including Best

Musical and five

Tony Awards.

Once 2012 Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Hansard, Irglová Enda Walsh 2012

It won eight

Tony Awards

including Best

Musical.

Top Hat 2012 Irving Berlin Berlin Matthew White, Howard Jacques 2013

Fun Home 2013 Jeanine Tesori Lisa Kron Kron 2015

Nominated for

twelve Tony

Awards, winning

five.

Kinky Boots 2013 Cyndi Lauper Lauper Harvey Fierstein 2013 2016

Nominated for

thirteen Tony

Awards, winning

six. Also

nominated for

seven Olivier

Awards, winning

three.

Sunny Afternoon 2013 Ray Davies Davies Joe Penhall 2015

A Gentleman's Guide

to Love and Murder2014 Steven Lutvak Robert L. Freedman, Lutvak Freedman 2014

Nominated for

ten Tony

Awards, winning

four.

Dear Evan Hansen 2015Benji Pasek and

Justin PaulPasek and Paul Steven Levenson 2017

Nominated for

nine Tony

Awards, winning

six.

Hamilton 2015Lin-Manuel

MirandaLin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda 2016

Nominated for

sixteen Tonys,

winning eleven

including Best

Musical. It won

the 2016

Pulitzer Prize for

Drama. As of

2017, Hamilton  

holds the record

for most Tony

nominations for

one production,

with 16.

Groundhog Day 2016 Tim Minchin Tim Minchin Danny Rubin 2017

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.