| Year |
Nominee |
Show / Notes |
| 1947 |
Kurt Weill |
Street Scene Category was previously named 'Composer' |
| 1949 |
Cole Porter |
Kiss Me Kate Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1950 |
Richard Rodgers |
South Pacific |
| 1951 |
Irving Berlin |
Call Me Madam |
| 1962 |
Richard Rodgers |
No Strings Category was previously named 'Composer' |
| 1962 |
Richard Adler |
Kwamina Category was previously named 'Composer' |
| 1962 |
Jerry Herman |
Milk and Honey Category was previously named 'Composer' |
| 1962 |
Frank Loesser |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Category was previously named 'Composer' |
| 1963 |
Lionel Bart |
Oliver! Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1963 |
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley |
Stop the World--I Want to Get Off Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1963 |
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh |
Little Me Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1963 |
Milton Schafer and Ronny Graham |
Bravo Giovanni Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1964 |
Jerry Herman |
Hello, Dolly! Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1964 |
Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray |
High Spirits Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1964 |
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones |
110 in the Shade Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1964 |
Jule Styne and Bob Merrill |
Funny Girl Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1965 |
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick |
Fiddler on the Roof Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1965 |
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley |
The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1965 |
David Heneker |
Half a Sixpence Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1965 |
Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim |
Do I Hear a Waltz? Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1966 |
Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion |
Man of La Mancha Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1966 |
Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields |
Sweet Charity Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1966 |
Jerry Herman |
Mame Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1966 |
Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1967 |
John Kander and Fred Ebb |
Cabaret Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1967 |
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick |
The Apple Tree Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1967 |
Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen |
Walking Happy Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1967 |
Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt |
I Do! I Do! Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1968 |
Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green |
Hallelujah, Baby! Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1968 |
Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh |
How Now, Dow Jones Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1968 |
Manos Hadjidakis and Joe Darion |
Ilya Darling Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1968 |
John Kander and Fred Ebb |
The Happy Time Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist' |
| 1971 |
Stephen Sondheim |
Company |
| 1971 |
Jerry Bock |
The Rothschilds |
| 1971 |
Gary William Friedman |
The Me Nobody Knows |
| 1972 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Follies |
| 1972 |
Music and Lyrics by Melvin Van Peebles |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death |
| 1972 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
| 1972 |
Music by Galt MacDermot, lyrics by John Guare |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| 1973 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
A Little Night Music |
| 1973 |
Music and lyrics by Micki Grant |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope |
| 1973 |
Music by Peter Link |
Much Ado About Nothing |
| 1973 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |
Pippin |
| 1974 |
Music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner |
Gigi |
| 1974 |
Music by Peter Link, lyrics by Neil Simon |
The Good Doctor |
| 1974 |
Music by Judd Woldin, lyrics by Robert Brittan |
Raisin |
| 1974 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields |
Seesaw |
| 1975 |
Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls |
The Wiz |
| 1975 |
Music and lyrics by Alan Lloyd |
Letter for Queen Victoria |
| 1975 |
Music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell |
Shenandoah |
| 1975 |
Music and lyrics by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, and Chuck Strand |
The Lieutenant |
| 1976 |
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban |
A Chorus Line |
| 1976 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb |
Chicago |
| 1976 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Pacific Overtures |
| 1976 |
Music and lyrics by Scott Joplin |
Treemonisha |
| 1977 |
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin. |
Annie |
| 1977 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |
Godspell |
| 1977 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart |
I Love My Wife |
| 1977 |
Music by Kurt Weil, lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Michael Feingold |
Happy End |
| 1978 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
On the Twentieth Century |
| 1978 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb |
The Act |
| 1978 |
Music and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados |
Runaways |
| 1978 |
Music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor |
Working |
| 1979 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Sweeney Todd |
| 1979 |
Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner |
Carmelina |
| 1979 |
Music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F. E. Miller, Johnny Brandon, and Jim Europe |
Eubie! |
| 1979 |
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman |
The Grand Tour |
| 1980 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice |
Evita |
| 1980 |
Music by Frank Lazarus, lyrics by Dick Vosburgh |
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| 1980 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart |
Barnum |
| 1980 |
Music and lyrics by Arthur Malvin |
Sugar Babies |
| 1981 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb |
Woman of the Year |
| 1981 |
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by David Rogers |
Charlie and Algernon |
| 1981 |
Music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn |
Copperfield |
| 1981 |
Music by Lance Mulcahy |
Shakespeare's Cabaret |
| 1982 |
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston |
Nine |
| 1982 |
Music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Tom Eyen |
Dreamgirls |
| 1982 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 1982 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Merrily We Roll Along |
| 1983 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by T.S. Eliot |
Cats |
| 1983 |
Music by Larry Grossman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
A Doll's Life |
| 1983 |
Music by Elmer Bernstein, lyrics by Don Black |
Merlin |
| 1983 |
Music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, and Joel Hirschhorn, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| 1984 |
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman |
La Cage aux Folles |
| 1984 |
Music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. |
Baby |
| 1984 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb |
The Rink |
| 1984 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Sunday in the Park with George |
| 1985 |
Music and lyrics by Roger Miller |
Big River |
| 1985 |
Music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh |
Grind |
| 1985 |
Music and lyrics by Barbara Damashek |
Quilters |
| 1986 |
Rupert Holmes |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| 1986 |
Paul Schierhorn |
The News |
| 1986 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Richard Maltby, Jr. |
Song & Dance |
| 1986 |
William Perry and Roger McGough |
Wind in the Willows |
| 1987 |
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil |
Les Miserables |
| 1987 |
Music by Noel Gay, lyrics by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber |
Me and My Girl |
| 1987 |
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |
Rags |
| 1987 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe |
Starlight Express |
| 1988 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Into the Woods |
| 1988 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe |
The Phantom of the Opera |
| 1988 |
Music by Keith Herrmann, lyrics by Barry Harman |
Romance/Romance |
| 1988 |
Music and lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakela |
Sarafina! |
| 1990 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel |
City of Angels |
| 1990 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart |
Aspects of Love |
| 1990 |
Music and lyrics by Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Maury Yeston |
Grand Hotel |
| 1990 |
Music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine |
Meet Me in St. Louis |
| 1991 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
The Will Rogers Follies |
| 1991 |
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil |
Miss Saigon |
| 1991 |
Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens |
Once on this Island |
| 1991 |
Music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by Marsha Norman |
The Secret Garden |
| 1992 |
Music and lyrics by William Finn |
Falsettos |
| 1992 |
Music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead |
Jelly's Last Jam |
| 1992 |
Music by Janusz Stoklosa, lyrics by Agata and Maryna Miklaszewska, and Mary Bracken Phillips |
Metro |
| 1992 |
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. |
Nick and Nora |
| 1993 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. |
Kiss of the Spider Woman tie |
| 1993 |
Music and lyrics by Pete Townshend |
The Who's Tommy tie |
| 1993 |
Music by Daniel Levine, lyrics by Peter Kellogg |
Anna Karenina |
| 1993 |
Music by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, lyrics by Tug Yourgrau and Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
The Song of Jacob Zulu |
| 1994 |
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
Passion |
| 1994 |
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice |
Beauty and the Beast |
| 1994 |
Music by Ad van Dijk, lyrics by Koen van Dijk, Peter Reeves, and Sheldon Harnick |
Cyrano: The Musical |
| 1995 |
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. |
Sunset Boulevard |
| 1996 |
Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson. |
Rent |
| 1996 |
Music by David Shire/Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. |
Big--The Musical |
| 1996 |
Music by Daryl Waters, Zane Mark and Ann Duquesnay/Lyrics by Reg E. Gaines, George C. Wolfe and Ann Duquesnay. |
Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk |
| 1996 |
Music by Richard Rodgers/Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II |
State Fair (only the songs Driving at Night, You Never Had It So Good, When I Go Out Walking With My Baby and Boys and Girls Like You and Me are eligible for Tony Award consideration.) |
| 1997 |
Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. |
Titanic |
| 1997 |
Music and lyrics by Elliot Goldenthal |
Juan Darien |
| 1997 |
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. |
Steel Pier |
| 1997 |
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Ira Gasman. |
The Life |
| 1998 |
Music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. |
Ragtime |
| 1998 |
Music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Bill Russell. |
Side Show |
| 1998 |
Music by Paul Simon, lyrics by Derek Walcott. |
The Capeman |
| 1998 |
Music and lyrics by Elton John, Tim Rice, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Hans Zimmer. |
The Lion King |
| 1999 |
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. |
Parade |
| 1999 |
Music and lyrics by Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman. |
Footloose |
| 1999 |
Music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy. |
The Civil War |
| 1999 |
Music by Jeanine Tesori. |
Twelfth Night |
| 2000 |
Music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. |
Aida |
| 2000 |
Music by Shaun Davey, lyrics by Richard Nelson & Shaun Davey. |
James Joyce's The Dead |
| 2000 |
Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa |
Marie Christine |
| 2000 |
Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa |
The Wild Party |
| 2001 |
Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks |
The Producers |
| 2001 |
Music & lyrics by Edward Kleban |
A Class Act |
| 2001 |
Music & lyrics by David Yazbek |
The Full Monty |
| 2001 |
Music by Paul Gordon (music) and lyrics by Paul Gordon/John Caird |
Jane Eyre |
| 2002 |
Music by Mark Hollmann and lyrics by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis |
Urinetown: The Musical |
| 2002 |
Music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Craig Carnelia |
Sweet Smell of Success |
| 2002 |
Music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by Dick Scanlan |
Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 2002 |
Music and lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr. |
Thou Shalt Not |
| 2003 |
Music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman |
Hairspray |
| 2003 |
Music by Robert Reale and lyrics by Willie Reale |
A Year with Frog and Toad |
| 2003 |
Music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Didier van Cauwelaert, English Adaptation by Jeremy Sams |
Amour |
| 2003 |
Music and lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz, Bob Stillman, Jason Robert Brown, Danny Arena, Sara Light, Lauren Lucas, Jerry Silverstein, Martie Maguire, Wayland D. Holyfield, Bob Lee House, Carl L. Byrd... |
Urban Cowboy: The Musical |
| 2004 |
Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx |
Avenue Q |
| 2004 |
Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner |
Caroline, or Change |
| 2004 |
Boy George |
Taboo |
| 2004 |
Stephen Schwartz |
Wicked |
| 2005 |
Adam Guettel |
The Light in the Piazza |
| 2005 |
David Yazbek |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| 2005 |
John Du Prez and Eric Idle |
Monty Python's Spamalot |
| 2005 |
William Finn |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| 2006 |
Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison |
The Drowsy Chaperone |
| 2006 |
Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray |
The Color Purple |
| 2006 |
Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |
The Wedding Singer |
| 2006 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel |
The Woman in White |
| 2007 |
Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater |
Spring Awakening |
| 2007 |
John Kander, Fred Ebb and Rupert Holmes |
Curtains |
| 2007 |
Scott Frankel and Michael Korie |
Grey Gardens |
| 2007 |
Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin |
Legally Blonde |
| 2008 |
Cry-Baby |
David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger |
| 2008 |
In The Heights |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2008 |
The Little Mermaid |
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater |
| 2008 |
Passing Strange |
Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew |
| 2009 |
Music by Elton John and lyrics by Lee Hall |
Billy Elliot, The Musical |
| 2009 |
Music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Brian Yorkey |
Next to Normal |
| 2009 |
Music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire |
Shrek The Musical |
| 2009 |
Music & lyrics by Dolly Parton |
9 to 5: The Musical |
| 2010 |
Music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
The Addams Family |
| 2010 |
Music by Adam Cork, lyrics by Lucy Prebble |
Enron |
| 2010 |
Music by Branford Marsalis |
Fences |
| 2010 |
Music by David Bryan, lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan |
Memphis |
| 2011 |
Music & Lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone |
The Book of Mormon |
| 2011 |
Music & Lyrics by John Kander & Fred Ebb |
The Scottsboro Boys |
| 2011 |
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater |
Sister Act |
| 2011 |
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek |
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