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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Broadway production of "Aida" → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Will Rogers Follies → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Curtains (musical) → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: Curtains
Scott Wittman → notableAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Hairspray
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
David Bryan → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Ragtime → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tom Kirdahy → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Martin Richards → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Jerry Bock → notableAwardWork → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical for Fiddler on the Roof
South Pacific (stage production) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Avenue Q → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Drowsy Chaperone → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Spring Awakening → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Applause (musical) → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Robert Meredith Willson → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Stacey Mindich → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Sheldon Harnick → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Matt Stone → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Leland Hayward → notableAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical (for The Sound of Music)
Leland Hayward → notableAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical (for South Pacific)
Jill Furman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Jill Furman → awardReceivedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical for Hamilton
Jill Furman → awardReceivedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical for In the Heights
Do Re Mi → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Jersey Boys → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Bye Bye Birdie → awarded → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Hadestown → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Parade → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Martin Charnin → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
The Band’s Visit → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Redhead → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Sweet Charity → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Basya Cohen → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
A Little Night Music → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Pacific Overtures → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Passion → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Nine (stage musical) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
subject surface form: Nine (musical)
Maury Yeston → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
La Cage aux Folles → award → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Carmen Pavlovic → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Margo Lion → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Daryl Roth → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Hal Luftig → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ