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• My Fair Lady

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  MY FAIR LADY won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1957. Rex Harrison also won that year for Best Actor, as well as Moss Hart for Best Direction of a Musical, Oliver Smith for Best Scenic Design, Cecil Beaton for Best Costume Design and Franz…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wiz

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  THE WIZ won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1975. It garnered six other Tony Awards that year including Ted Ross for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Dee Dee Bridgewater for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, George Faison for Best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Heights

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  IN THE HEIGHTS won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical. Lin Manuel-Miranda also won for Original Musical Score, Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman won for Best Orchestrations, and Andy Blankenbuehler won for Best Choreography.

• The King and I

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  THE KING AND I won the 1952 Tony Award for Best Musical. Gertrude Lawrence also won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Yul Brynner won for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Jo Mielziner won for Best Scenic Design…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1776

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  1776 won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical. It garnered two other awards: Ronald Holgate for best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Peter Hun for Best Direction of a Musical.

• The Sound of Music

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  THE SOUND OF MUSIC tied for the 1960 Best Musical Tony Award. It shard the honor with FIORELLO. It scored 5 other Tony Awards including Mary Martin for Best Actress, Patricia Neway for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Frederick Dvonch for Best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweeney Todd

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  SWEENEY TODD won the 1979 Best Musical Tony Award. It also took home awards for Best Actor in a Musical (Len Cariou), Best Actress in a Musical (Angela Lansbury), Best Director of a Musical (Harold Prince), Best Book of a Musical (Hugh Wheeler),…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cabaret

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  CABARET won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Musical. It's other honorees included Joel Grey for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Peg Murray for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Harold Prince for Best Director of a Musical, John Kander and Fred Ebb…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rent

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  RENT won the 1996 award for Best Musical. It also took home awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), Best Book of a Musical (Jonathan Larson), and Best Original Musical Score (Jonathan Larson).

• South Pacific

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  SOUTH PACIFIC took home the 1950 award for Best Musical. Other Tony Awards went to Mary Martin for Best Actress in a Musical, Ezio Pinza for Best Actor in a Musical, Juanita Hall for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Myron McCormick for Best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Annie

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  ANNIE won the 1977 award for Best Musical. Other Tony Award wins included Dorothy Loudon for Best Actress in a Musical, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin for Best Original Musical Score, Thomas Meehan for Best Book of a Musical, Peter Gennaro for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kiss Me Kate

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  KISS ME KATE was the first show to ever win the award for Best Musical in 1949. Cole Porter also won for Best Musical Score.

• Guys and Dolls

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  GUYS AND DOLLS won the 1951 Tony Award for Best Musical. Robert Alda also won for Best Actor in a Musical, Isabel Bigley won for Best featured Actress in a Musical, George S. Kaufman won for Best Director of a Play or Musical, Michael Kidd won for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pajama Game

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  THE PAJAMA GAME won for Best Musical in 1955. Carol Haney also won for Best featured Actress in a Musical, Bob Fosse won for Best Choreographer, and Frederick Brisson, Robert Griffith, and Harold S. Prince won for Best Producer of a Musical.

• Damn Yankees

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  DAMN YANKEES won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1956. It's other awards that year included Gwen Verdon for Best Actress in a Musical, Ray Walston for Best Actor in a Musical, Russ Brown for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Bob Fosse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Music Man

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  THE MUSIC MAN won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1958. Other Tonys went to Robert Preston for Best Actor in a Musical, Barbara Cook for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, David Burns for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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  HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1962. Other wins that year included Robert Morse for Best Actor in a Musical, Charles Nelson Reilly for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Abe Burrows for Best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hello, Dolly!

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  HELLO, DOLLY! won for Best Musical in 1964. It won multiple other awards including Carol Channing for Best Actress in a Musical, Gower Champion for both Best Director of a Musical and Best Choreographer, Jerry Herman for Best Original Musical Score,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fiddler on the Roof

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  FIDDLER ON THE ROOF won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1965. It also won for Best Actor in a Musical (Zero Mostel), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Maria Karnilova), Best Book of a Musical (Joseph Stein), Best Original Musical Score (Jerry…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Chorus Line

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  A CHORUS LINE won the Best Musical Tony Award in 1976. Donna McKechnie also won for Best Actress in a Musical, Sammy Williams won for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Carole Bishop won for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical,…Read moreRead more of this annotation