Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical | |
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| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Katrina Lenk for The Band's Visit (2018) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Winners and nominees
2.1 1940s
2.2 1950s
2.3 1960s
2.4 1970s
2.5 1980s
2.6 1990s
2.7 2000s
2.8 2010s
3 Multiple wins
4 Multiple nominations
5 Multiple character wins
6 Multiple character nominations
7 Musicals with multiple lead nominations
8 References
9 External links
History
The award was not presented in 1947 or 1985.[2]Ken Mandelbaum wrote about the 1985 season: "Things get bad enough musically to require the elimination of the Best Musical Actor and Actress categories, as well as the choreography prize."[3] There have been three ties in this category, in 1958, 1962 and 1968.[4]
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1940s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1947 1st Tony Awards | N/A | ||
1948 2nd Tony Awards | |||
Grace Hartman | Angel in the Wings | Nettie / Mrs. Blodgett / Ruth / Mrs. Hutchinson | |
1949 3rd Tony Awards | |||
Nanette Fabray | Love Life | Susan Cooper | |
1950s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1950 4th Tony Awards | |||
Mary Martin | South Pacific | Ensign Nellie Forbush | |
1951 5th Tony Awards | |||
Ethel Merman | Call Me Madam | Sally Adams | |
1952 6th Tony Awards | |||
Gertrude Lawrence | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
1953 7th Tony Awards | |||
Rosalind Russell | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | |
1954 8th Tony Awards | |||
Dolores Gray | Carnival in Flanders | Cornelia | |
1955 9th Tony Awards | |||
Mary Martin | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
1956 10th Tony Awards | |||
Gwen Verdon | Damn Yankees | Lola | |
Carol Channing | The Vamp | Flora Weems | |
Nancy Walker | Phoenix '55 | Various Characters | |
1957 11th Tony Awards | |||
Judy Holliday | Bells Are Ringing | Ella Peterson | |
Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | |
Ethel Merman | Happy Hunting | Liz Livingstone | |
1958 12th Tony Awards | |||
Thelma Ritter | New Girl in Town | Marthy Owen | |
Gwen Verdon | Anna Christopherson | ||
Lena Horne | Jamaica | Savannah | |
Beatrice Lillie | Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 | Various Characters | |
1959 13th Tony Awards | |||
Gwen Verdon | Redhead | Essie Whimple | |
Miyoshi Umeki | Flower Drum Song | Mei-Li |
1960s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1960 14th Tony Awards | |||
Mary Martin | The Sound of Music | Maria von Trapp | |
Carol Burnett | Once Upon a Mattress | Princess Winnifred | |
Dolores Gray | Destry Rides Again | Frenchy | |
Eileen Herlie | Take Me Along | Lily Miller | |
Ethel Merman | Gypsy | Mama Rose | |
1961 15th Tony Awards | |||
Elizabeth Seal | Irma La Douce | Irma La Douce | |
Julie Andrews | Camelot | Guenevere | |
Carol Channing | Show Girl | Various Characters | |
Nancy Walker | Do Re Mi | Kay Cram | |
1962 16th Tony Awards | |||
Anna Maria Alberghetti | Carnival! | Lili Daurier | |
Diahann Carroll | No Strings | Barbara Woodruff | |
Molly Picon | Milk and Honey | Clara Weiss | |
Elaine Stritch | Sail Away | Mimi Paragon | |
1963 17th Tony Awards | |||
Vivien Leigh | Tovarich | Tatiana | |
Georgia Brown | Oliver! | Nancy | |
Nanette Fabray | Mr. President | Nell Henderson | |
Sally Ann Howes | Brigadoon | Fiona MacLaren | |
1964 18th Tony Awards | |||
Carol Channing | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | |
Beatrice Lillie | High Spirits | Madame Arcati | |
Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice | |
Inga Swenson | 110 in the Shade | Lizzie Curry | |
1965 19th Tony Awards | |||
Liza Minnelli | Flora the Red Menace | Flora Mezaros | |
Elizabeth Allen | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Leona Samish | |
Nancy Dussault | Bajour | Emily Kirsten | |
Inga Swenson | Baker Street | Irene Adler | |
1966 20th Tony Awards | |||
Angela Lansbury | Mame | Mame Dennis | |
Barbara Harris | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Daisy Gamble / Melinda Wells | |
Julie Harris | Skyscraper | Georgina Allerton | |
Gwen Verdon | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
1967 21st Tony Awards | |||
Barbara Harris | The Apple Tree | Eve / Princess Barbara / Ella and Passionella | |
Lotte Lenya | Cabaret | Fraulein Schneider | |
Mary Martin | I Do! I Do! | She (Agnes) | |
Louise Troy | Walking Happy | Maggie Hobson | |
1968 22nd Tony Awards | |||
Patricia Routledge | Darling of the Day | Alice Challice | |
Leslie Uggams | Hallelujah, Baby! | Georgina | |
Melina Mercouri | Illya Darling | Illya | |
Brenda Vaccaro | How Now, Dow Jones | Cynthia Pike | |
1969 23rd Tony Awards | |||
Angela Lansbury | Dear World | Countess Aurelia | |
Maria Karnilova | Zorba | Madame Hortense | |
Dorothy Loudon | The Fig Leaves Are Falling | Lillian Stone | |
Jill O'Hara | Promises, Promises | Fran Kubelik |
1970s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1970 24th Tony Awards | |||
Lauren Bacall | Applause | Margo Channing | |
Katharine Hepburn | Coco | Coco Chanel | |
Dilys Watling | Georgy | Georgina "Georgy" Parkin | |
1971 25th Tony Awards | |||
Helen Gallagher | No, No, Nanette | Lucille Early | |
Sandy Duncan | The Boy Friend | Maisie | |
Susan Browning | Company | April | |
Elaine Stritch | Joanne | ||
1972 26th Tony Awards | |||
Alexis Smith | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
Jonelle Allen | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Silvia | |
Dorothy Collins | Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | |
Mildred Natwick | 70, Girls, 70 | Ida Dodd | |
1973 27th Tony Awards | |||
Glynis Johns | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | |
Leland Palmer | Pippin | Fastrada | |
Debbie Reynolds | Irene | Irene O'Dare | |
Marcia Rodd | Shelter | Maud | |
1974 28th Tony Awards | |||
Virginia Capers | Raisin | Lena Younger | |
Carol Channing | Lorelei | Lorelei Lee | |
Michele Lee | Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | |
1975 29th Tony Awards | |||
Angela Lansbury | Gypsy | Mama Rose | |
Lola Falana | Doctor Jazz | Edna Mae Sheridan | |
Bernadette Peters | Mack & Mabel | Mabel Normand | |
Ann Reinking | Goodtime Charley | Joan of Arc | |
1976 30th Tony Awards | |||
Donna McKechnie | A Chorus Line | Cassie Ferguson | |
Vivian Reed | Bubbling Brown Sugar | Marsha / Young Irene | |
Chita Rivera | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
Gwen Verdon | Roxie Hart | ||
1977 31st Tony Awards | |||
Dorothy Loudon | Annie | Miss Hannigan | |
Clamma Dale | Porgy and Bess | Bess | |
Ernestine Jackson | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | |
Andrea McArdle | Annie | Annie | |
1978 32nd Tony Awards | |||
Liza Minnelli | The Act | Michelle Craig | |
Madeline Kahn | On the Twentieth Century | Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka | |
Eartha Kitt | Timbuktu! | Shaleem La Lume | |
Frances Sternhagen | Angel | Eliza Gant | |
1979 33rd Tony Awards | |||
Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
Tovah Feldshuh | Sarava | Flor | |
Dorothy Loudon | Ballroom | Bea Asher | |
Alexis Smith | Platinum | Lila Halliday |
1980s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1980 34th Tony Awards | |||
Patti LuPone | Evita | Eva Perón | |
Christine Andreas | Oklahoma! | Laurey Williams | |
Sandy Duncan | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
Ann Miller | Sugar Babies | Ann | |
1981 35th Tony Awards | |||
Lauren Bacall | Woman of the Year | Tess Harding | |
Meg Bussert | Brigadoon | Fiona MacLaren | |
Chita Rivera | Bring Back Birdie | Rosie Alvarez | |
Linda Ronstadt | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | |
1982 36th Tony Awards | |||
Jennifer Holliday | Dreamgirls | Effie White | |
Lisa Mordente | Marlowe | Emelia Bossano | |
| Mary Gordon Murray | Little Me | Belle Poitrine | |
Sheryl Lee Ralph | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones | |
1983 37th Tony Awards | |||
Natalia Makarova | On Your Toes | Vera Barnova | |
Lonette McKee | Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | |
Chita Rivera | Merlin | The Queen | |
Twiggy | My One and Only | Edith Herbert | |
1984 38th Tony Awards | |||
Chita Rivera | The Rink | Anna | |
Rhetta Hughes | Amen Corner | Sister Margaret Alexander | |
Liza Minnelli | The Rink | Angel | |
Bernadette Peters | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | |
1985 39th Tony Awards | N/A | ||
1986 40th Tony Awards | |||
Bernadette Peters | Song and Dance | Emma | |
Debbie Allen | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
Cleo Laine | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Angela Prysock / The Princess Puffer | |
Chita Rivera | Jerry's Girls | Various Characters | |
1987 41st Tony Awards | |||
Maryann Plunkett | Me and My Girl | Sally Smith | |
Catherine Cox | Oh, Coward! | Various Characters | |
Teresa Stratas | Rags | Rebecca Hershkowitz | |
1988 42nd Tony Awards | |||
Joanna Gleason | Into the Woods | The Baker's Wife | |
Alison Fraser | Romance/Romance | Josefine Weninger / Monica | |
Judy Kuhn | Chess | Florence Vassy | |
Patti LuPone | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
1989 43rd Tony Awards | |||
Ruth Brown | Black and Blue | Various Characters | |
Charlotte d'Amboise | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Anita / Peter Pan / Company | |
Linda Hopkins | Black and Blue | Various Characters | |
Sharon McNight | Starmites | Diva / Mother | |
1990s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1990 44th Tony Awards | |||
Tyne Daly | Gypsy | Mama Rose | |
Georgia Brown | The Threepenny Opera | Celia Peachum | |
Beth Fowler | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
Liliane Montevecchi | Grand Hotel | Elizaveta Grushinskaya | |
1991 45th Tony Awards | |||
Lea Salonga | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
June Angela | Shōgun: The Musical | Lady Mariko | |
Dee Hoty | The Will Rogers Follies | Betty Blake | |
Cathy Rigby | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
1992 46th Tony Awards | |||
Faith Prince | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
Jodi Benson | Crazy for You | Polly Baker | |
Josie de Guzman | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | |
| Sophie Hayden | The Most Happy Fella | Rosabella | |
1993 47th Tony Awards | |||
Chita Rivera | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Aurora / Spider Woman | |
Ann Crumb | Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina | |
Stephanie Lawrence | Blood Brothers | Mrs. Johnstone | |
Bernadette Peters | The Goodbye Girl | Paula McFadden | |
1994 48th Tony Awards | |||
Donna Murphy | Passion | Fosca | |
Susan Egan | Beauty and the Beast | Belle | |
Dee Hoty | The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | Mona Stangley | |
Judy Kuhn | She Loves Me | Amalia Balash | |
1995 49th Tony Awards | |||
Glenn Close | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | |
Rebecca Luker | Show Boat | Magnolia Hawks | |
1996 50th Tony Awards | |||
Donna Murphy | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
Julie Andrews (This nomination was declined by Andrews)[5] | Victor/Victoria | Victoria Grant | |
Crista Moore | Big: the musical | Susan Lawrence | |
Daphne Rubin-Vega | Rent | Mimi Marquez | |
1997 51st Tony Awards | |||
Bebe Neuwirth | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
Pamela Isaacs | The Life | Queen | |
Tonya Pinkins | Play On | Lady Liv | |
Karen Ziemba | Steel Pier | Rita Racine | |
1998 52nd Tony Awards | |||
Natasha Richardson | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | |
Betty Buckley | Triumph of Love | Hesione | |
Marin Mazzie | Ragtime | Mother | |
Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner | Side Show | Violet and Daisy Hilton | |
1999 53rd Tony Awards | |||
Bernadette Peters | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | |
Carolee Carmello | Parade | Lucille Frank | |
Dee Hoty | Footloose | Vi Moore | |
Siân Phillips | Marlene | Marlene Dietrich |
2000s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
2000 54th Tony Awards | |||
Heather Headley | Aida | Aida | |
Toni Collette | The Wild Party | Queenie | |
Rebecca Luker | The Music Man | Marian Paroo | |
Marin Mazzie | Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi / Katherine | |
Audra McDonald | Marie Christine | Marie Christine L'Adrese | |
2001 55th Tony Awards | |||
Christine Ebersole | 42nd Street | Dorothy Brock | |
Blythe Danner | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
Randy Graff | A Class Act | Sophie | |
Faith Prince | Bells Are Ringing | Ella Peterson | |
Marla Schaffel | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | |
2002 56th Tony Awards | |||
Sutton Foster | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Millie Dillmount | |
Louise Pitre | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | |
Nancy Opel | Urinetown | Penelope Pennywise | |
Jennifer Laura Thompson | Hope Cladwell | ||
Vanessa Williams | Into the Woods | The Witch | |
2003 57th Tony Awards | |||
Marissa Jaret Winokur | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | |
Melissa Errico | Amour | Isabella | |
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza / Dulcinea | |
Elizabeth Parkinson | Movin' Out | Brenda | |
Bernadette Peters | Gypsy | Mama Rose | |
2004 58th Tony Awards | |||
Idina Menzel | Wicked | Elphaba | |
Kristin Chenoweth | Wicked | Glinda | |
Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Avenue Q | Kate Monster / Lucy the Slut / Company | |
Donna Murphy | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | |
Tonya Pinkins | Caroline, or Change | Caroline Thibodeaux | |
2005 59th Tony Awards | |||
Victoria Clark | The Light in the Piazza | Margaret Johnson | |
Christina Applegate | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
Erin Dilly | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Truly Scrumptious | |
Sutton Foster | Little Women | Josephine 'Jo' March | |
Sherie Rene Scott | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Christine Colgate | |
2006 60th Tony Awards | |||
LaChanze | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | |
Sutton Foster | The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet Van De Graaff | |
Patti LuPone | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
Kelli O'Hara | The Pajama Game | Catherine 'Babe' Williams | |
Chita Rivera | Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life | Chita Rivera | |
2007 61st Tony Awards | |||
Christine Ebersole | Grey Gardens | 'Little Edie' Beale | |
Laura Bell Bundy | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods | |
Audra McDonald | 110 in the Shade | Lizzie Curry | |
Debra Monk | Curtains | Carmen Bernstein | |
Donna Murphy | LoveMusik | Lotte Lenya | |
2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
Patti LuPone | Gypsy | Mama Rose | |
Kerry Butler | Xanadu | Kira / Clio | |
Kelli O'Hara | South Pacific | Ensign Nellie Forbush | |
Faith Prince | A Catered Affair | Agnes 'Aggie' Hurley | |
Jenna Russell | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | |
2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
Alice Ripley | Next to Normal | Diana Goodman | |
Stockard Channing | Pal Joey | Vera Simpson | |
Sutton Foster | Shrek the Musical | Princess Fiona | |
Allison Janney | 9 to 5 | Violet Newstead | |
Josefina Scaglione | West Side Story | Maria |
2010s
| Year | Actor | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
Catherine Zeta-Jones | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | |
Kate Baldwin | Finian's Rainbow | Sharon McLonergan | |
Montego Glover | Memphis | Felicia Farrell | |
Christiane Noll | Ragtime | Mother | |
Sherie Rene Scott | Everyday Rapture | Sherie Rene Scott | |
2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
Sutton Foster | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
Beth Leavel | Baby It's You! | Florence Greenberg | |
Patina Miller | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier | |
Donna Murphy | The People in the Picture | Bubbie / Raisel | |
2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
Audra McDonald | Porgy and Bess | Bess | |
Jan Maxwell | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
Cristin Milioti | Once | Girl | |
Kelli O'Hara | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Billie Bendix | |
Laura Osnes | Bonnie and Clyde | Bonnie Parker | |
2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
Patina Miller | Pippin | The Leading Player | |
Stephanie J. Block | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting | |
Carolee Carmello | Scandalous | Aimee Semple McPherson | |
Valisia LeKae | Motown: The Musical | Diana Ross | |
Laura Osnes | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Ella | |
2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
Jessie Mueller | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Carole King | |
Mary Bridget Davies | A Night with Janis Joplin | Janis Joplin | |
Sutton Foster | Violet | Violet Karl | |
Idina Menzel | If/Then | Elizabeth Vaughan | |
Kelli O'Hara | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | |
2015 69th Tony Awards | |||
Kelli O'Hara | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
Kristin Chenoweth | On the Twentieth Century | Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka | |
Leanne Cope | An American in Paris | Lise Dassin | |
Beth Malone | Fun Home | Alison Bechdel | |
Chita Rivera | The Visit | Claire Zachanassian | |
2016 70th Tony Awards | |||
Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | |
Laura Benanti | She Loves Me | Amalia Balash | |
Carmen Cusack | Bright Star | Alice Murphy | |
Jessie Mueller | Waitress | Jenna Hunterson | |
Phillipa Soo | Hamilton | Eliza Hamilton | |
2017 71st Tony Awards | |||
Bette Midler | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | |
Denée Benton | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Natasha Rostova | |
Christine Ebersole | War Paint | Elizabeth Arden | |
Patti LuPone | Helena Rubinstein | ||
Eva Noblezada | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
Katrina Lenk | The Band's Visit | Dina | |
Lauren Ambrose | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | |
Hailey Kilgore | Once on This Island | Ti Moune | |
LaChanze | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Diva Donna / Mary Gaines | |
Taylor Louderman | Mean Girls | Regina George | |
Jessie Mueller | Carousel | Julie Jordan |
Multiple wins
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Multiple nominations
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Multiple character wins
- 3 Wins
Anna Leonowens from The King and I
Mama Rose from Gypsy
- 2 Wins
- Desiree Armfeldt from A Little Night Music
- Celie Harris Johnson from The Color Purple
- Dolly Gallagher Levi from Hello, Dolly!
Multiple character nominations
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Musicals with multiple lead nominations
New Girl in Town – Thelma Ritter (winner) and Gwen Verdon (winner)
Company – Susan Browning and Elaine Stritch
Follies – Dorothy Collins and Alexis Smith (winner)
Chicago – Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon
Annie – Dorothy Loudon (winner) and Andrea McArdle
Dreamgirls – Jennifer Holliday (winner) and Sheryl Lee Ralph
The Rink – Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera (winner)
Black and Blue – Ruth Brown (winner) and Linda Hopkins
Guys and Dolls – Josie de Guzman and Faith Prince (winner)
Side Show – Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner
Urinetown – Nancy Opel and Jennifer Laura Thompson
Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel (winner)
War Paint – Christine Ebersole and Patti LuPone
References
^ Gelb, Arthur. "Popularizing the 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p.93
^ Freedman, Samuel G. The New York Times, June 3, 1985, p.C15
^ Mandelbaum, Ken."Ken Mandelbaum's Aisle View: Tony Highs And Lows" playbill.com, May 11, 1997
^ History, Ties in Tony History" tonyawards.com, accessed June 13, 2014
^ Viagas, Robert. "Julie Andrews Declines Tony Nomination" playbill.com, May 8, 1996
External links
- Internet Broadway Database Awards Archive
- Official Tony Awards Website Archive
