Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.

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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical canonical 38
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical 22
Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 5

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instanceOf Tony Award category ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical ⓘ
awardedForSeason Broadway theatre season ⓘ
awardFor best leading performance by an actress in a musical ⓘ
awardType performance award ⓘ
ceremonyBroadcastOn CBS ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility leading actress in a Broadway musical ⓘ
field Broadway theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedFor 1947–1948 Broadway season ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasCategoryType leading role ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
notableWinner Angela Lansbury ⓘ
Audra McDonald ⓘ
Bernadette Peters ⓘ
Chita Rivera ⓘ
Julie Andrews ⓘ
Patti LuPone ⓘ
organisedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
partOf Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedAt Tony Awards telecasts ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards ceremony
presentedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
relatedAward Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
scope Broadway productions only ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
significance one of the highest honors for musical theatre actresses on Broadway ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Bette Midler → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Kristin Chenoweth → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Leslie Uggams → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Idina Menzel → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Vivien Leigh → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Christine Ebersole → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play → relatedCategory → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Catherine Zeta-Jones → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Angela Lansbury → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Mean Girls (musical) → nominations → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Lauren Bacall → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Kiss of the Spider Woman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway production) → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Glynis Johns → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Wicked (musical) → award → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Audra McDonald → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Flora the Red Menace → award → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Ethel Merman → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Aida → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Idina Kim Mentzel → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Patti LuPone → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical → relatedAward → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Natasha Richardson → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Bernadette Peters → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Christina Applegate → nominatedFor → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Alice Ripley → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Lea Salonga → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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Bebe Neuwirth → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
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