Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Definition


Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Definition

The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956.

In the lists below, the winner is displayed first, the non-winning nominees second.

1948 Paul Hartman. Angel in the Wings

1949 Ray Bolger. Where's Charley?

1950 Ezio Pinza. South Pacific

1951 Robert Alda. Guys and Dolls

1952 Phil Silvers. Top Banana

1953 Thomas Mitchell. Hazel Flagg

1954 Alfred Drake. Kismet

1955 Walter Slezak. Fanny

1956 Ray Walston. Damn Yankees
- Stephen Douglass. Damn Yankees
- William Johnson. Pipe Dream

1957 Rex Harrison. My Fair Lady
- Fernando Lamas. Happy Hunting
- Robert Weede. The Most Happy Fella

1958 Robert Preston. The Music Man
- Ricardo Montalban. Jamaica
- Eddie Foy, Jr.. Rumple
- Tony Randall. Oh, Captain!

1959 Richard Kiley. Redhead
- Larry Blyden. Flower Drum Song

1960 Jackie Gleason. Take Me Along

1961 Richard Burton. Camelot
- Phil Silvers. Do Re Mi
- Maurice Evans. Tenderloin

1962 Robert Morse. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Ray Bolger. All American
- Alfred Drake. Kean
- Richard Kiley. No Strings

1963 Zero Mostel. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1964 Bert Lahr. Foxy
- Sydney Chaplin. Funny Girl
- Bob Fosse. Pal Joey
- Steve Lawrence. What Makes Sammy Run

1965 Zero Mostel. Fiddler on the Roof

1966 Richard Kiley. Man of La Mancha

1967 Robert Preston. I Do! I Do!
- Alan Alda. The Apple Tree
- Jack Gilford. Cabaret
- Norman Wisdom. Walking Happy

1968 Robert Goulet. The Happy Time

1969 Jerry Orbach. Promises, Promises
- Herschel Bernardi. Zorba
- Jack Cassidy. Maggie Flynn
- Joel Grey. George M!

1970 Cleavon Little. Purlie
- Len Cariou. Applause
- Robert Weede. Cry for Us All

1971 Hal Linden. The Rothschilds

1972 Phil Silvers. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1973 Ben Vereen. Pippin
- Len Cariou. A Little Night Music
- Robert Morse. Sugar
- Brock Peters. Lost in the Stars

1974 Christopher Plummer. Cyrano
- Alfred Drake. Gigi
- Joe Morton. Raisin
- Lewis J. Stadlen. Candide

1975 John Cullum. Shenandoah

1976 George Rose. My Fair Lady
- Makoto Iwamatsu. Pacific Overtures
- Jerry Orbach. Chicago
- Ian Richardson. My Fair Lady

1977 Barry Bostwick. The Robber Bridegroom
- Robert Guillaume. Guys and Dolls
- Ra�l Juli�. Threepenny Opera
- Reid Shelton. Annie

1978 John Cullum. On the Twentieth Century
- Eddie Bracken. Hello, Dolly!
- Barry Nelson. The Act
- Gilbert Price. Timbuktu!

1979 Len Cariou. Sweeney Todd

1980 Jim Dale. Barnum

1981 Kevin Kline. The Pirates of Penzance

1982 Ben Harney. Dreamgirls
- Herschel Bernardi. Fiddler on the Roof
- Victor Garber. Little Me
- Ra�l Juli�. Nine

1983 Tommy Tune. My One and Only

1984 George Hearn. La Cage aux Folles

1986 George Rose. The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1987 Robert Lindsay. Me and My Girl

1988 Michael Crawford. Phantom of the Opera
- Scott Bakula. Romance/Romance
- David Carroll. Chess
- Howard McGillin. Anything Goes

1989 Jason Alexander. Jerome Robbins' Broadway

1990 James Naughton. City of Angels

1991 Jonathan Pryce. Miss Saigon
- Keith Carradine. The Will Rogers Follies
- Paul Hipp. Buddy
- Topol. Fiddler on the Roof

1992 Gregory Hines. Jelly's Last Jam
- Harry Groener. Crazy for You
- Nathan Lane. Guys and Dolls
- Michael Rupert. Falsettos

1993 Brent Carver. Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical
- Tim Curry. My Favorite Year
- Con O'Neill. Blood Brothers
- Martin Short. The Goodbye Girl

1994 Boyd Gaines. She Loves Me
- Victor Garber. Damn Yankees
- Terrence Mann. Beauty and the Beast
- Jere Shea. Passion

1995 Matthew Broderick. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Alan Campbell. Sunset Boulevard
- Mark Jacoby. Show Boat
- John McMartin. Show Boat

1996 Nathan Lane. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1997 James Naughton. Chicago
- Robert Cuccioli. Jekyll and Hyde
- Jim Dale. Candide
- Daniel McDonald. Steel Pier

1998 Alan Cumming. Cabaret

1999 Martin Short. Little Me
- Brent Carver. Parade
- Adam Cooper. Swan Lake
- Tom Wopat. Annie Get Your Gun

2000 Brian Stokes Mitchell. Kiss Me, Kate

2001 Nathan Lane. The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical

2002 John Lithgow. Sweet Smell of Success

2003 Harvey Fierstein. Hairspray
- Antonio Banderas. "Nine, The Musical"
- Malcolm Gets. Amour
- Brian Stokes Mitchell. Man of La Mancha
- John Selya. Movin' Out

2004 Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
- Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors
- Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof
- Euan Morton, Taboo
- John Tartaglia, Avenue Q

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