THE BROADWAY BEAT

       THE TONY AWARDS FOR

            BEST MUSICALS....

SOME BASIC FACTS:

 Musical productions with the most Tony nominations: The Producers  (2001) and Billy Elliot, The Musical (2009)  -15 

Musical production that has won the most Tonys: The Producers, the new Mel  Brooks musical (2001) -- 12 

Musical revival with most Tony Awards: South Pacific (2008) - 7 

Musical revival with most Tony nominations: Kiss Me, Kate (2000) - 
12 

Performer with most Tony nominations: Julie Harris - 10 

Performers with the most Tony Awards: Julie Harris - 6 including one
Special Tony Award;  Angela Lansbury - 5 

Individual who has received most Tony Awards: Harold Prince - 21 

Composer with most Tony Awards: Stephen Sondheim - 8 

Choreographer with most Tony Awards: Bob Fosse - 8 (plus one for direction) 
 
Host of most Tony Awards telecasts: Angela Lansbury - 5 

Longest-running Best Musical: The Phantom of the Opera (1988 - ) 

Theatre that housed the most Tony-winning Best Plays and Best Musicals:   Richard Rodgers Theatre - 10 

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     MUSICALS THAT WON
      THE TONY BY YEAR

                         1949-1975

Kiss Me, Kate (1949) ·South Pacific (1950) ·Guys and Dolls (1951) ·The King and I (1952) ·Wonderful Town (1953) ·Kismet(1954) ·The Pajama Game (1955) ·Damn Yankees (1956) ·My Fair Lady (1957) ·The Music Man (1958)· Redhead (1959) ·The Sound of Music / tie Fiorello (1960) ·Bye Bye Birdie (1961) ·How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(1962) ·A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963) ·Hello, Dolly! (1964) ·Fiddler on the Roof (1965) ·Man of La Mancha (1966) ·Cabaret (1967) ·Hallelujah, Baby! (1968) ·1776 (1969) ·Applause (1970) . Company (1971) ·Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972) ·A Little Night Music(1973) ·Raisin (1974) ·The Wiz (1975)

               1976-2000

A Chorus Line (1976) ·Annie (1977) ·Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) · Sweeney Todd (1979) ·Evita (1980) ·42nd Street (1981) ·Nine (1982)Cats (1983) ·La Cage aux Folles (1984) ·Big River (1985) · The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986) ·Les Misérables (1987) ·The Phantom of the Opera (1988) ·Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989) · City of Angels (1990) ·The Will Rogers Follies (1991) ·Crazy for You (1992) ·Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993) ·Passion (1994) · Sunset Boulevard (1995) ·Rent (1996) ·Titanic (1997) ·The Lion King (1998) ·Fosse (1999) ·Contact (2000)

          2001-2014

The Producers (2001) ·Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) ·Hairspray (2003) ·Avenue Q (2004) ·Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) ·Jersey Boys (2006) ·Spring Awakening (2007) ·In the Heights (2008) ·Billy Elliot the Musical (2009) . Memphis (2010) . The Book of Mormon (2011) . Once (2012)  . Kinky Boots (2013) .A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder (2014) 
 

FOR A SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN ON THE SINGLE SHOWS, YEAR BY YEAR, CLICK ON THE SUBPAGES FOR THE YEARS COMPLETED. CHECK BACK OFTEN, AS THIS SET OF PAGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WORK OF PROGRESS UNTIL ALL 60 SHOWS ARE FEATURED.