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Tony Best Musicals Quiz

Name the musical productions that have won a Tony Award for Best Musical.
This quiz will be updated every three years. Next update: 2024.
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First submittedOctober 14, 2012
Times taken19,921
Average score23.3%
Rating4.18
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Year
Musical
2020
Moulin Rouge!
2019
Hadestown
2018
The Band's Visit
2017
Dear Evan Hansen
2016
Hamilton
2015
Fun Home
2014
A Gentleman's Guide to
Love & Murder
2013
Kinky Boots
2012
Once
2011
The Book of Mormon
2010
Memphis
2009
Billy Elliot the Musical
2008
In the Heights
2007
Spring Awakening
2006
Jersey Boys
2005
Monty Python's Spamalot
2004
Avenue Q
2003
Hairspray
2002
Thoroughly Modern Millie
2001
The Producers
2000
Contact
1999
Fosse
1998
The Lion King
1997
Titanic
1996
Rent
Year
Musical
1995
Sunset Boulevard
1994
Passion
1993
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1992
Crazy for You
1991
The Will Rogers Follies
1990
City of Angels
1989
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
1988
The Phantom of the Opera
1987
Les Misérables
1986
Drood
1985
Big River
1984
La Cage aux Folles 
1983
Cats
1982
Nine
1981
42nd Street
1980
Evita
1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street
1978
Ain't Misbehavin'
1977
Annie
1976
A Chorus Line 
1975
The Wiz
1974
Raisin
1973
A Little Night Music
1972
Two Gentlemen of Verona 
Year
Musical
1971
Company
1970
Applause
1969
1776
1968
Hallelujah, Baby! 
1967
Cabaret
1966
Man of La Mancha 
1965
Fiddler on the Roof
1964
Hello, Dolly!
1963
A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum
1962
How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying
1961
Bye Bye Birdie
1960
Fiorello
1960
The Sound of Music 
1959
Redhead
1958
The Music Man
1957
My Fair Lady
1956
Damn Yankees
1955
The Pajama Game 
1954
Kismet
1953
Wonderful Town
1952
The King and I
1951
Guys and Dolls
1950
South Pacific
1949
Kiss Me, Kate
bebn123
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Level 59
Oct 20, 2012
I only got "Spring Awakening". Duncan Sheik forever!
Nyackjohn
+1
Level 78
Jun 11, 2013
Hello - I put in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" which is the title of the musical NOT "Drood" and your quiz didn't accept it? Really? Nor did it accept "Raisin in the Sun" for "Raisin" which again is the musical's name - REALLY? At least get the proper titles right, and have them ACCEPTED. Putting them down wrong, and then penalizing someone for getting them correct is just not nice.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jun 11, 2013
Having a rough day? Raisin in the Sun absolutely would have worked. The long version of Drood will work now too.
purpleandwhite
+2
Level 23
Apr 13, 2015
Well, technically the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood was rebranded as Drood, so both answers are correct (much like Seussical, The Musical was later shortened to simply Seussical). Also, Raisin is the correct title, the PLAY is called A Raisin in the Sun. So, I know that your post was in 2013, but hopefully you've calmed down by now and realized your error. :)
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 11, 2013
There are a bunch of super popular critically acclaimed and long-running shows not on here... I wonder what they all lost to, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
ashgreen2080
+1
Level 37
Sep 26, 2014
Yeah, I'm surprised how many shows that win do not become the shows with the most longevity.
CunnyBunny
+11
Level 44
Sep 1, 2018
If you're still interested... Wicked lost in 2004 to Avenue Q, Miss Saigon to Will Rodgers Follies, West Side Story to The Music Man, Chicago losing to A Chorus Line (It did win Best Revival however), Oliver! lost to A Funny Thing Happened in 1963, Grease lost to Two Gentlemen of Verona, both Dreamgirls and Joseph lost to Nine. I'm sure there are more but I don't want to bore anyone
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 15, 2021
Thanks that was informative. Another one I was wondering about was Oklahoma!, so I looked it up and apparently that one is so old that it predates the Tony Awards. It did recently win best revival, though.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 15, 2021
Now to track down how Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark got snubbed...
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Oct 15, 2021
Thank you CunnyBunny, you saved me looking up those very seven. Along with Jesus Christ Superstar and a couple of others.

It's a shame that all kinds of art forms are snubbed in any award system just because they are popular with the general public.

Newroadgirl
+2
Level 68
Oct 15, 2021
That's funny, I wrote that before I saw your post Kalbahamut. I realise you were joking.
clarissa
+1
Level 68
Jun 14, 2013
Ha, the ad at the top of the page totally gave away the answer for 2013!
plattitude
+1
Level 92
Jun 30, 2015
Needs to be updated for 2015--Fun Home.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2015
Updated
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
Jul 13, 2015
Boy, this is really not my category. I thought 22 answers was pretty good for someone who only ever hears about Broadway shows second-hand. Sadly, it landed me in the 35th percentile. Fail.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jun 13, 2016
I scored 19 for 28%, but with the new scoring system I gained four points because it beat nearly 90% of test takers.
pcarron
+1
Level 55
Apr 13, 2016
Might as well go ahead and add Hamilton for 2016 already. #psychic
geohillierneo
+1
Level 46
Jun 13, 2016
I only got 5, I couldn't believe it when it said i'd beaten 34% of people! Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this was ridiculously hard. I was putting stuff like Grease! haha
joeythelemur
+1
Level 84
Jun 13, 2016
Otherwise known as "I'm guessing every musical I remember our high school putting on when I was a kid." Then moving on to "every musical I can remember being made into a decent movie". Managed about 15 that way. :-)
swisscheesy
+1
Level 70
Jul 15, 2017
time to update!
CunnyBunny
+2
Level 44
Aug 31, 2018
I'm quite surprised to see that (as of the time I took this quiz) Cats was the most commonly guessed musical with 88%... I know its ALW and he's fantastic I just wasn't so sure it was that popular! Understandable seeing Les Mis, Phantom and Sound of Music so high
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 75
Dec 9, 2020
Needs updating I think.
Maix123
+2
Level 46
Mar 15, 2021
Time for some Hadestown!
MummyKaty
+1
Level 55
Jul 4, 2021
How has Wicked never won!
Rinaldo
+2
Level 32
Aug 30, 2021
The one year it was eligible, more people voted for Avenue Q. I preferred Avenue Q myself, but I'm not a Tony voter.
loganite
+1
Level 88
Jan 7, 2022
You forgot "Rochelle, Rochelle," ...A Young Girl's Erotic Journey from Milan to Minsk. ;)
Tomtrific
+1
Level 82
Jun 3, 2022
Hard to believe West Side Story lost out to The Music Man--not that The Music Man was all that bad, but it was no West Side Story (in my opinion). Others I'm surprised didn't win: Oklahoma, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair.
YamatoFans
+1
Level 69
Jun 12, 2023
I'm shocked Wicked didn't win
RaspberryBeret
+1
Level 43
Apr 3, 2024
Deeply amused by how people think the Tony Awards work.
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