Best Musical
From "Kiss Me Kate" in 1949 to "The Book Of Mormon" in 2011, the Tony Awards have awarded excellence in musical theatre on Broadway throughout the years.
| 2011 The Book Of Mormon | |
| Other Nominees: Catch Me If You Can; The Scottsboro Boys; Sister Act | |
| 2010 Memphis | |
| Other Nominees: American Idiot; Fela!; Million Dollar Quartet | |
| 2009 Billy Elliot The Musical | |
| Other Nominees: Next To Normal; Rock Of Ages; Shrek the Musical | |
| 2008 In The Heights | |
| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; Passing Strange; Xanadu | |
| 2007 Spring Awakening | |
| Other Nominees: Curtains; Grey Gardens; Mary Poppins | |
| 2006 Jersey Boys | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Wedding Singer | |
| 2005 Monty Python's Spamalot | |
| Other Nominees: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Light in the Piazza; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
| 2004 Avenue Q | |
| Other Nominees: Caroline or Change; The Boy from Oz; Wicked | |
| 2003 Hairspray | |
| Other Nominees: Amour; A Year with Frog and Toad; Movin' Out | |
| 2002 Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| Other Nominees: Mamma Mia!; Sweet Smell of Success; Urinetown the Musical | |
| 2001 The Producers | |
| Other Nominees: A Class Act; The Full Monty; Jane Eyre | |
| 2000 Contact | |
| Other Nominees: James Joyce's The Dead; Swing!; The Wild Party | |
| 1999 Fosse | |
| Other Nominees: The Civil War; It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues; Parade | |
| 1998 The Lion King | |
| Other Nominees: Ragtime; Side Show; The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 1997 Titanic | |
| Other Nominees: Juan Darien; Steel Pier; The Life | |
| 1996 Rent | |
| Other Nominees: Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; Swinging On a Star | |
| 1995 Sunset Boulevard | |
| Other Nominees: Smokey Joe's Caf | |
| 1994 Passion | |
| Other Nominees: A Grand Night for Singing; Beauty and the Beast; Cyrano: The Musical | |
| 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
| Other Nominees: Blood Brothers; The Goodbye Girl; The Who's Tommy | |
| 1992 Crazy For You | |
| Other Nominees: Falsettos; Five Guys Named Moe; Jelly's Last Jam | |
| 1991 The Will Rogers Follies | |
| Other Nominees: Miss Saigon; Once On This Island; The Secret Garden | |
| 1990 City of Angels | |
| Other Nominees: Aspects of Love; Grand Hotel; Meet Me In St Louis | |
| 1989 Jerome Robbins' Broadway | |
| Other Nominees: Black and Blue; Starmites | |
| 1988 The Phantom Of The Opera | |
| Other Nominees: Into the Woods; Romance/Romance; Sarafina! | |
| 1987 Les Miserables | |
| Other Nominees: Me and My Girl; Rags; Starlight Express | |
| 1986 The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
| Other Nominees: Big Deal; Song & Dance; Tango Argentino | |
| 1985 Big River | |
| Other Nominees: Grind; Leader of the Pack; Quilters | |
| 1984 La Cage aux Folles | |
| Other Nominees: Baby; Sunday In the Park With George; The Tap Dance Kid | |
| 1983 Cats | |
| Other Nominees: Blues in the Night; Merlin; My One and Only | |
| 1982 Nine | |
| Other Nominees: Dreamgirls; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Pump Boys and Dinettes | |
| 1981 42nd Street | |
| Other Nominees: Sophisticated Ladies; Tintypes; Woman of the Year | |
| 1980 Evita | |
| Other Nominees: A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine; Barnum; Sugar Babies | |
| 1979 Sweeney Todd | |
| Other Nominees: Ballroom; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; They're Playing Our Song | |
| 1978 Ain't Misbehavin' | |
| Other Nominees: Dancin'; On the Twentieth Century; Runaways | |
| 1977 Annie | |
| Other Nominees: Happy End; I Love My Wife; Side By Side By Sondheim | |
| 1976 A Chorus Line | |
| Other Nominees: Bubbling Brown Sugar; Chicago; Pacific Overtures | |
| 1975 The Wiz | |
| Other Nominees: Mack and Mabel; The Lieutenant; Shenandoah | |
| 1974 Raisin | |
| Other Nominees: Over Here!; Seesaw | |
| 1973 A Little Night Music | |
| Other Nominees: Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope; Pippin; Sugar | |
| 1972 Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| Other Nominees: Ain't Supposed To Die a Natural Death; Follies; Grease | |
| 1971 Company | |
| Other Nominees: The Me Nobody Knows; The Rothschilds | |
| 1970 Applause | |
| Other Nominees: Coco; Purlie | |
| 1969 1776 | |
| Other Nominees: Hair; Promises Promises; Zorba | |
| 1968 Hallelujah Baby! | |
| Other Nominees: The Happy Time; How Now Dow Jones; Illya Darling | |
| 1967 Cabaret | |
| Other Nominees: I Do! I Do!; The Apple Tree; Walking Happy | |
| 1966 Man of La Mancha | |
| Other Nominees: Mame; Skyscraper; Sweet Charity | |
| 1965 Fiddler On The Roof | |
| Other Nominees: Golden Boy; Half A Sixpence; Oh What A Lovely War | |
| 1964 Hello Dolly | |
| Other Nominees: Funny Girl; High Spirits; She Loves Me | |
| 1963 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | |
| Other Nominees: Little Me; Oliver!; Stop the World - I Want To Get Off | |
| 1962 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying | |
| Other Nominees: Carnival; Milk and Honey; No Strings | |
| 1961 Bye Bye Birdie | |
| Other Nominees: Do Re Mi; Irma La Douce | |
| 1960 Fiorello! | |
| Other Nominees: Gyspy; Once Upon A Mattress; Take Me Along | |
| 1960 The Sound Of Music | |
| Other Nominees: Gyspy; Once Upon A Mattress; Take Me Along | |
| 1959 Redhead | |
| Other Nominees: Flower Drum Song; La Plume de Ma Tante | |
| 1958 The Music Man | |
| Other Nominees: West Side Story; New Girl In Town; Oh Captain!; Jamaica | |
| 1957 My Fair Lady | |
| Other Nominees: Bells Are Ringing; Candide; The Most Happy Fella | |
| 1956 Damn Yankees | |
| 1955 The Pajama Game | |
| 1954 Kismet | |
| 1953 Wonderful Town | |
| 1952 The King and I | |
| 1951 Guys and Dolls | |
| 1950 South Pacific | |
| 1949 Kiss Me Kate | |