Tony Award for Best Musical

This is a list of Winners and Nominations for the Tony Award for Best Musical, first award in 1949. This Award is presented to the Producers of the Musical.

1940s

 * 1949: Kiss Me, Kate -- Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, Book by Samuel and Bella Spewack. Based on the Play, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

1950s

 * 1950: South Pacific -- Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Based on the Book, Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
 * 1951: Guys and Dolls -- Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Based on the Stories, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure by Damon Runyon
 * 1952: [[The King and I]] -- Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the Novel Anna and the King of Slam by Margaret London
 * 1953: Wonderful Town -- Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Betty Condem and Adolph Green, Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on the Short Stoires, My Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenney
 * 1954: Kismet -- Music by Alexander Borodin, Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on the Play of the same Title by Edward Knoblock
 * 1955: Peter Pan -- Music by Moose Charlap, Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, additional Music by Jule Styne, additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (based on the Play Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie)
 * Fanny -- Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome, Book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan Based on the Novel, 7 and a Half Cents by Bissell
 * Plain and Fancy -- Music by Albert Hague, Lyrics by Arnold Horwitt, Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman
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 * 1957
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 * 1959