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Tony Award for Best Musical

 
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This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, first awarded in 1949.

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Awards and nominations

1940s

1950s

1960s

Fiorello! – Book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock. (tie)

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Records

Accumulated records as of 2008: [1]

  • The Sound of Music and Fiorello! are the only two musicals, to date, that have ever received a tie for the Best Musical award in 1960.
  • Passion is the shortest running winner, with 280 performances;
  • Phantom of the Opera is the longest currently running, with 8875 performances as of May 21, 2009;
  • Cats is the longest running winner that has closed, with 7485 performances.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facts About the Tony Awards". Tony Legacy. The American Theatre Wing. 2009. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-05. 

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