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. It is the final award presented at the ceremony. The award goes to the producers of the musical. The musicals that are nominated for this award are usually performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented (the musical Blues in the Night did not perform at the 37th Tony Award ceremony although nominated). This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical.
| 19493rd Tony Awards | |||
| Kiss Me, Kate | Bella & Samuel Spewack | Cole Porter | |
1950s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19504th Tony Awards | ||||
| South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 19515th Tony Awards | ||||
| Guys and Dolls | Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling | Frank Loesser | ||
| 19526th Tony Awards | ||||
| The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 19537th Tony Awards | ||||
| Wonderful Town | Jerome Chodorov & Joseph Fields | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | |
| 19548th Tony Awards | ||||
| Kismet | Luther Davis & Charles Lederer | Alexander Borodin | Chet Forrest & Bob Wright | |
| 19559th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Pajama Game | George Abbott & Richard Pike Bissell | Richard Adler & Jerry Ross | ||
| 195610th Tony Awards | ||||
| Damn Yankees | George Abbott & Douglass Wallop | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross | |
| Pipe Dream | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 195711th Tony Awards | ||||
| My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Lerner | |
| Bells Are Ringing | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Jule Styne | Comden & Green | |
| Candide | Lillian Hellman | Leonard Bernstein | Richard Wilbur | |
| The Most Happy Fella | Frank Loesser | |||
| 195812th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Music Man | Franklin Lacey & Meredith Willson | Willson | ||
| West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim | |
| New Girl in Town | George Abbott | Bob Merrill | ||
| Oh, Captain! | José Ferrer & Al Morgan | Ray Evans & Jay Livingston | ||
| Jamaica | Yip Harburg & Fred Saidy | Harold Arlen | Harburg | |
| 195913th Tony Awards | ||||
| Redhead | Dorothy, Herbert Fields, David Shaw & Sidney Sheldon | Albert Hague | D. Fields | |
| Flower Drum Song | Joseph Fields & Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| La Plume de Ma Tante | Robert Dhéry | Gérard Calvi | Ross Parker | |
1960s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196014th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Sound of Music | Russel Crouse & Howard Lindsay | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| Fiorello! | George Abbott & Jerome Weidman | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Once Upon a Mattress | Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller & Jay Thompson | Mary Rodgers | Marshall Barer | |
| Take Me Along | Bob Russell & Joseph Stein | Bob Merrill | ||
| 196115th Tony Awards | ||||
| Bye Bye Birdie | Michael Stewart | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | |
| Do Re Mi | Garson Kanin | Jule Styne | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | |
| Irma La Douce | Alexandre Breffort, David Heneker, Julian More & Monty Norman | Marguerite Monnot | Breffort, Heneker, More & Norman | |
| 196216th Tony Awards | ||||
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert & Jack Weinstock | Frank Loesser | ||
| Carnival! | Helen Deutsch & Michael Stewart | Bob Merrill | ||
| Milk and Honey | Don Appell | Jerry Herman | ||
| No Strings | Samuel A. Taylor | Richard Rodgers | ||
| 196317th Tony Awards | ||||
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Larry Gelbart & Burt Shevelove | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| Little Me | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Carolyn Leigh | |
| Oliver! | Lionel Bart | |||
| Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley | |||
| 196418th Tony Awards | ||||
| Hello, Dolly! | Michael Stewart | Jerry Herman | ||
| Funny Girl | Isobel Lennart | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill | |
| High Spirits | Timothy Gray & Hugh Martin | |||
| She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| 196519th Tony Awards | ||||
| Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| Golden Boy | William Gibson & Clifford Odets | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | |
| Half a Sixpence | Beverley Cross | David Heneker | ||
| Oh, What a Lovely War! | Joan Littlewood & Theatre Workshop | Various | ||
| 196620th Tony Awards | ||||
| Man of La Mancha | Dale Wasserman | Mitch Leigh | Joe Darion | |
| Mame | Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee | Jerry Herman | ||
| Skyscraper | Peter Stone | Jimmy Van Heusen | Sammy Cahn | |
| Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields | |
| 196721st Tony Awards | ||||
| Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| I Do! I Do! | Tom Jones | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | |
| The Apple Tree | Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| Walking Happy | Ketti Frings & Roger O. Hirson | Jimmy Van Heusen | Sammy Cahn | |
| 196822nd Tony Awards | ||||
| Hallelujah, Baby! | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | |
| The Happy Time | N. Richard Nash | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| How Now, Dow Jones | Max Shulman | Elmer Bernstein | Carolyn Leigh | |
| Illya Darling | Jules Dassin | Manos Hatzidakis | Joe Darion | |
| 196923rd Tony Awards | ||||
| 1776 | Peter Stone | Sherman Edwards | ||
| Hair | James Rado & Gerome Ragni | Galt MacDermot | James Rado | |
| Promises, Promises | Neil Simon | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | |
| Zorba | Joseph Stein | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
1970s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197024th Tony Awards | ||||
| Applause | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | |
| Coco | Alan Jay Lerner | André Previn | Alan Jay Lerner | |
| Purlie | Ossie Davis, Philip Rose & Peter Udell | Gary Geld | Peter Udell | |
| 197125th Tony Awards | ||||
| Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| The Me Nobody Knows | Stephen M. Joseph, Robert H. Livingston & Herb Schapiro | Gary William Friedman | Will Holt | |
| The Rothschilds | Sherman Yellen | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| 197226th Tony Awards | ||||
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | John Guare & Mel Shapiro | Galt MacDermot | John Guare | |
| Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Melvin Van Peebles | |||
| Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| Grease | Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs | |||
| 197327th Tony Awards | ||||
| A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Micki Grant | |||
| Pippin | Bob Fosse & Roger O. Hirson | Stephen Schwartz | ||
| Sugar | Peter Stone | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill | |
| 197428th Tony Awards | ||||
| Raisin | Robert Nemiroff & Charlotte Zaltzberg | Judd Woldin | Robert Brittan | |
| Over Here! | Will Holt | Sherman Brothers | ||
| Seesaw | Michael Bennett | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields | |
| 197529th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Wiz | William F. Brown | Charlie Smalls | ||
| Mack & Mabel | Michael Stewart | Jerry Herman | ||
| The Lieutenant | Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand | |||
| Shenandoah | James Lee Barrett, Philip Rose & Peter Udell | Gary Geld | Peter Udell | |
| 197630th Tony Awards | ||||
| A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood Jr. & Nicholas Dante | Marvin Hamlisch | Ed Kleban | |
| Bubbling Brown Sugar | Loften Mitchell | Various | ||
| Chicago | Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| Pacific Overtures | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| 197731st Tony Awards | ||||
| Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse | Martin Charnin | |
| Happy End | Elisabeth Hauptmann | Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht | |
| I Love My Wife | Michael Stewart | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | |
| Side by Side by Sondheim | N/A | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| 197832nd Tony Awards | ||||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller | Various | |
| Dancin' | N/A | Various | ||
| On the Twentieth Century | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Cy Coleman | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | |
| Runaways | Elizabeth Swados | |||
| 197933rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| Ballroom | Jerome Kass | Billy Goldenberg | Alan & Marilyn Bergman | |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Larry L. King & Peter Masterson | Carol Hall | ||
| They're Playing Our Song | Neil Simon | Marvin Hamlisch | Carole Bayer Sager | |
1980s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198034th Tony Awards | ||||
| Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice | |
| A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | Dick Vosburgh | Frank Lazarus | Dick Vosburgh | |
| Barnum | Mark Bramble | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | |
| Sugar Babies | Ralph G. Allen | Jimmy McHugh | Al Dubin & Dorothy Fields | |
| 198135th Tony Awards | ||||
| 42nd Street | Mark Bramble & Michael Stewart | Harry Warren | Al Dubin | |
| Sophisticated Ladies | Donald McKayle | Duke Ellington | Various | |
| Tintypes | Mel Marvin & Gary Pearle | Various | ||
| Woman of the Year | Peter Stone | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| 198236th Tony Awards | ||||
| Nine | Arthur Kopit | Maury Yeston | ||
| Dreamgirls | Tom Eyen | Henry Krieger | Tom Eyen | |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice | |
| Pump Boys and Dinettes | John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel & Jim Wann | |||
| 198337th Tony Awards | ||||
| Cats | T. S. Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber | T. S. Eliot & Trevor Nunn | |
| Blues in the Night | N/A | Various | ||
| Merlin | Richard Levinson & William Link | Elmer Bernstein | Don Black | |
| My One and Only | Timothy S. Mayer & Peter Stone | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | |
| 198438th Tony Awards | ||||
| La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | ||
| Baby | Sybille Pearson | David Shire | Richard Maltby Jr. | |
| Sunday in the Park with George | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| The Tap Dance Kid | Charles Blackwell | Henry Krieger | Robert Lorick | |
| 198539th Tony Awards | ||||
| Big River | William Hauptman | Roger Miller | ||
| Grind | Fay Kanin | Larry Grossman | Ellen Fitzhugh | |
| Leader of the Pack | Anne Beatts | Ellie Greenwich | Various | |
| Quilters | Barbara Damashek & Molly Newman | Damashek | ||
| 198640th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rupert Holmes | |||
| Big Deal | Bob Fosse | Various | ||
| Song and Dance | N/A | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black | |
| Tango Argentino | N/A | Various | ||
| 198741st Tony Awards | ||||
| Les Misérables | Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Herbert Kretzmer | |
| Me and My Girl | Douglas Furber & L. Arthur Rose | Noel Gay | Douglas Furber & L. Arthur Rose | |
| Rags | Joseph Stein | Charles Strouse | Stephen Schwartz | |
| Starlight Express | N/A | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Richard Stilgoe | |
| 198842nd Tony Awards | ||||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Charles Hart | |
| Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| Romance/Romance | Barry Harman | Keith Herrmann | Barry Harman | |
| Sarafina! | Mbongeni Ngema | |||
| 198943rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Jerome Robbins' Broadway | N/A | Various | ||
| Black and Blue | N/A | Various | ||
| Starmites | Barry Keating & Stuart Ross | Barry Keating | ||
1990s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199044th Tony Awards | ||||
| City of Angels | Larry Gelbart | Cy Coleman | David Zippel | |
| Aspects of Love | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black & Charles Hart | ||
| Grand Hotel | Luther Davis | Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston | ||
| Meet Me in St. Louis | Hugh Wheeler | Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin | ||
| 199145th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Will Rogers Follies | Peter Stone | Cy Coleman | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | |
| Miss Saigon | Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. | |
| Once on This Island | Lynn Ahrens | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | |
| The Secret Garden | Marsha Norman | Lucy Simon | Marsha Norman | |
| 199246th Tony Awards | ||||
| Crazy for You | Ken Ludwig | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | |
| Falsettos | William Finn & James Lapine | William Finn | ||
| Five Guys Named Moe | Clarke Peters | Various | ||
| Jelly's Last Jam | George C. Wolfe | Jelly Roll Morton | Susan Birkenhead | |
| 199347th Tony Awards | ||||
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | Terrence McNally | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| Blood Brothers | Willy Russell | |||
| The Goodbye Girl | Neil Simon | Marvin Hamlisch | David Zippel | |
| The Who's Tommy | Des McAnuff & Pete Townshend | Pete Townshend | ||
| 199448th Tony Awards | ||||
| Passion | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| A Grand Night for Singing | Walter Bobbie | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Linda Woolverton | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman & Tim Rice | |
| Cyrano: The Musical | Koen van Dijk | Ad van Dijk | K. van Dijk | |
| 199549th Tony Awards | ||||
| Sunset Boulevard | Christopher Hampton & Don Black | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Christopher Hampton & Don Black | |
| Smokey Joe's Cafe | N/A | Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller | ||
| 199650th Tony Awards | ||||
| Rent | Jonathan Larson | |||
| Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Reg E. Gaines | Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark & Daryl Waters | Ann Duquesnay, Reg E. Gaines & George C. Wolfe | |
| Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Graciela Daniele & Jim Lewis | Bob Telson | Graciela Daniele & Jim Lewis | |
| Swinging on a Star | Michael Leeds | Various | Johnny Burke | |
| 199751st Tony Awards | ||||
| Titanic | Peter Stone | Maury Yeston | ||
| Juan Darien | Elliot Goldenthal & Julie Taymor | Elliot Goldenthal | ||
| Steel Pier | David Thompson | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| The Life | Cy Coleman, David Newman & Ira Gasman | Cy Coleman | Ira Gasman | |
| 199852nd Tony Awards | ||||
| The Lion King | Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi | Elton John | Tim Rice | |
| Side Show | Bill Russell | Henry Krieger | Bill Russell | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Nan Knighton | Frank Wildhorn | Nan Knighton | |
| Ragtime | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens | |
| 199953rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Fosse | N/A | Various | ||
| The Civil War | Gregory Boyd & Frank Wildhorn | Frank Wildhorn | Jack Murphy | |
| It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor & Dan Wheetman | Various | ||
| Parade | Alfred Uhry | Jason Robert Brown | ||
2000s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200054th Tony Awards | ||||
| Contact | John Weidman | Various | ||
| James Joyce's The Dead | Richard Nelson | Shaun Davey | Shaun Davey & Richard Nelson | |
| Swing! | Paul Kelley | Various | ||
| The Wild Party | Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe | Michael John LaChiusa | ||
| 200155th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Producers | Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | ||
| A Class Act | Linda Kline & Lonny Price | Ed Kleban | ||
| The Full Monty | Terrence McNally | David Yazbek | ||
| Jane Eyre | John Caird | Paul Gordon | John Caird & Paul Gordon | |
| 200256th Tony Awards | ||||
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Richard Morris & Dick Scanlan | Jeanine Tesori | Dick Scanlan | |
| Mamma Mia! | Catherine Johnson | Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | ||
| Sweet Smell of Success | John Guare | Marvin Hamlisch | Craig Carnelia | |
| Urinetown | Greg Kotis | Mark Hollman | Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis | |
| 200357th Tony Awards | ||||
| Hairspray | Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell | Marc Shaiman | Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | |
| Amour | Jeremy Sams & Didier Van Cauwelaert | Michel Legrand | Jeremy Sams & Didier Van Cauwelaert | |
| A Year with Frog and Toad | Willie Reale | Robert Reale | Willie Reale | |
| Movin' Out | Twyla Tharp | Billy Joel | ||
| 200458th Tony Awards | ||||
| Avenue Q | Jeff Whitty | Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx | ||
| The Boy from Oz | Martin Sherman | Peter Allen | ||
| Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner | |
| Wicked | Winnie Holzman | Stephen Schwartz | ||
| 200559th Tony Awards | ||||
| Spamalot | Eric Idle | John Du Prez & Eric Idle | Eric Idle | |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Jeffrey Lane | David Yazbek | ||
| The Light in the Piazza | Craig Lucas | Adam Guettel | ||
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rachel Sheinkin | William Finn | ||
| 200660th Tony Awards | ||||
| Jersey Boys | Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice | Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio | ||
| The Color Purple | Marsha Norman | Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis | ||
| The Drowsy Chaperone | Bob Martin & Don McKellar | Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison | ||
| The Wedding Singer | Chad Beguelin & Tim Herlihy | Matthew Sklar | Chad Beguelin | |
| 200761st Tony Awards | ||||
| Spring Awakening | Steven Sater | Duncan Sheik | Steven Sater | |
| Curtains | Rupert Holmes | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| Grey Gardens | Doug Wright | Scott Frankel | Michael Korie | |
| Mary Poppins | Julian Fellowes | Anthony Drewe, Sherman Brothers & George Stiles | ||
| 200862nd Tony Awards | ||||
| In the Heights | Quiara Alegría Hudes | Lin-Manuel Miranda | ||
| Cry-Baby | Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell | Adam Schlesinger | David Javerbaum | |
| Passing Strange | Stew | Heidi Rodewald & Stew | Stew | |
| Xanadu | Douglas Carter Beane | John Farrar & Jeff Lynne | ||
| 200963rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Billy Elliot the Musical | Lee Hall | Elton John | Lee Hall | |
| Next to Normal | Brian Yorkey | Tom Kitt | Brian Yorkey | |
| Rock of Ages | Chris D'Arienzo | Various | ||
| Shrek The Musical | David Lindsay-Abaire | Jeanine Tesori | David Lindsay-Abaire | |
2010s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201064th Tony Awards | ||||
| Memphis | Joe DiPietro | David Bryan | David Bryan & Joe DiPietro | |
| American Idiot | Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer | Green Day | Billie Joe Armstrong | |
| Fela! | Bill T. Jones & Jim Lewis | Fela Kuti | ||
| Million Dollar Quartet | Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux | Various | ||
| 201165th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Book of Mormon | Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone | |||
| Catch Me If You Can | Terrence McNally | Marc Shaiman | Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | |
| The Scottsboro Boys | David Thompson | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| Sister Act | Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner & Douglas Carter Beane | Alan Menken | Glenn Slater | |
| 201266th Tony Awards | ||||
| Once | Enda Walsh | Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | ||
| Leap of Faith | Janus Cercone & Glenn Slater | Alan Menken | Glenn Slater | |
| Newsies | Harvey Fierstein | Alan Menken | Jack Feldman | |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Joe DiPietro | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | |
| 201367th Tony Awards | ||||
| Kinky Boots | Harvey Fierstein | Cyndi Lauper | ||
| Bring It On: The Musical | Jeff Whitty | Tom Kitt & Lin-Manuel Miranda | Amanda Green & Lin-Manuel Miranda | |
| A Christmas Story: The Musical | Joseph Robinette | Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | ||
| Matilda the Musical | Dennis Kelly | Tim Minchin | ||
| 201468th Tony Awards | ||||
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Robert L. Freedman | Steven Lutvak | Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak | |
| After Midnight | Jack Viertel | Various | ||
| Aladdin | Chad Beguelin | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman, Chad Beguelin & Tim Rice | |
| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Douglas McGrath | Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil | ||
| 201569th Tony Awards | ||||
| Fun Home | Lisa Kron | Jeanine Tesori | Lisa Kron | |
| An American in Paris | Craig Lucas | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | |
| Something Rotten! | Karey Kirkpatrick & John O'Farrell | Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick | ||
| The Visit | Terrence McNally | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| 201670th Tony Awards | ||||
| Hamilton | Lin-Manuel Miranda | |||
| Bright Star | Steve Martin | Edie Brickell & Steve Martin | Edie Brickell | |
| School of Rock | Julian Fellowes | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Glenn Slater | |
| Shuffle Along | George C. Wolfe | Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle | ||
| Waitress | Jessie Nelson | Sara Bareilles | ||
| 201771st Tony Awards | ||||
| Dear Evan Hansen | Steven Levenson | Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | ||
| Come from Away | David Hein & Irene Sankoff | |||
| Groundhog Day | Danny Rubin | Tim Minchin | ||
| Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Dave Malloy | |||
| 201872nd Tony Awards | ||||
| The Band's Visit | Itamar Moses | David Yazbek | ||
| Frozen | Jennifer Lee | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | ||
| Mean Girls | Tina Fey | Jeff Richmond | Nell Benjamin | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Kyle Jarrow | Various | ||
| 201973rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Hadestown | Anaïs Mitchell | |||
| Ain't Too Proud | Dominique Morisseau | The Temptations | ||
| Beetlejuice | Scott Brown & Anthony King | Eddie Perfect | ||
| The Prom | Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin | Matthew Sklar | Chad Beguelin | |
| Tootsie | Robert Horn | David Yazbek | ||
2020s[edit][]
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202074th Tony Awards | ||||
| Moulin Rouge! | John Logan | Various | ||
| Jagged Little Pill | Diablo Cody | Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette | Morissette | |
| Tina | Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar & Kees Prins | Various | ||