Tony Award for Best Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.

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Tony Award for Best Musical canonical 89
Best Musical Tony Award 1
Tony Award for Best Musical (for South Pacific) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
surface form: Best Musical Tony Award
awardedFor outstanding achievement in musical theatre production ⓘ
awardFor Broadway musical production ⓘ
best new musical ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility Broadway season ⓘ
new musical production ⓘ
field theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded 1949 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasAwardType competitive award ⓘ
hasCategoryType production award ⓘ
hasMedium live theatre ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.tonyawards.com/ ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Antoinette Perry ⓘ
partOf Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedAt annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
relatedTo Drama Desk Award ⓘ
surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ
surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ⓘ
scope Broadway ⓘ
selectionCriteria artistic excellence ⓘ
impact on Broadway season ⓘ
overall production quality ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
significance Broadway's highest honor for a musical ⓘ
typicalRecipients producers of the winning musical ⓘ

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Cole Porter → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Wonderful Town → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Dear Evan Hansen → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Next to Normal → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: Hamilton
Meredith Willson → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical (for The Music Man, as composer-lyricist)
The Book of Mormon (musical) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Music Man → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The King and I → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Betty Comden → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Annie → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Mean Girls (musical) → nominations → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Phantom of the Opera → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
Moulin Rouge! The Musical → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Kiss of the Spider Woman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Man of La Mancha → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Wedding Singer → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Kinky Boots → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Spamalot → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Barnum (1980 Broadway production) → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production) → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Producers (2001 Broadway production) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Evita → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Hamilton → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
In the Heights → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Cats (musical) → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Lion King (stage musical) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Hamilton (musical) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play → distinctionFrom → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
1776 (stage musical) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: 1776 (musical)
Fiorello! (musical) → awarded → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Guys and Dolls → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Sweeney Todd (stage production) → awarded → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Cabaret (stage production) → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Kiss Me, Kate → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical → alsoKnownAs → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Musical Tony Award
Rocky → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Follies → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical nomination
Cats → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
On the Twentieth Century → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Promises, Promises → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Hallelujah, Baby! → awarded → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Rent → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Broadway production of "Rent" → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: Broadway production of Rent