Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in Off-Broadway musical productions since 1991, when the category was added.
Winners and nominees
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1990s
Year |
Production |
Author(s) |
Producers |
Ref. |
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1991 |
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Falsettoland |
William Finn and James Lapine |
Playwrights Horizons |
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1992 |
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And the World Goes 'Round |
John Kander and Fred Ebb |
Manhattan Theatre Club |
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1993 |
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Forbidden Broadway |
Gerard Alessandrini |
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1994 |
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Wings |
Maury Yeston |
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1995 |
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Jelly Roll! |
Eubie Blake and Fredi Washington |
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1996 |
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Floyd Collins |
Adam Guettel and Tina Landau |
Playwrights Horizons |
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1997 |
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Violet |
Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley |
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1998 |
No award given. |
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1999 |
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2000s
Year |
Production |
Author(s) |
Producers |
Ref. |
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2000 |
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James Joyce's The Dead |
Richard Nelson and Adam Guettel |
Playwrights Horizons |
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2001 |
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Bat Boy: The Musical |
Keythe Farley and Brian Fleming |
Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Riot Entertainment, Robyn Goodman, Jean Doumanian, Michael Alden |
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American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue |
Ruth Leon, KT Sullivan, Mark Nadler |
Louise Westergaard, Stephen Downey, Peter Martin |
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The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin |
Kirsten Childs |
Playwrights Horizons |
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Newyorkers |
Stephen Weiner, Glenn Slater |
Manhattan Theatre Club |
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Suburb |
David Javerbaum, Robert S. Cohen |
York Theatre Company |
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2002 |
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Urinetown |
Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann |
The Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals, in association with TheaterDreams Inc. and Lauren Mitchell |
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Dragapella! |
The Kinsey Sicks |
Ben Schatz, Irwin Keller, Maurice Kelly, Chris Dilley, in association with Maria DiDia |
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The Last Five Years |
Jason Robert Brown |
Arielle Tepper, Marty Bell in association with Libby Adler Mages/Mari Glick, Rose/Land Productions |
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Tick, Tick… Boom! |
Jonathan Larson |
Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith |
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2003 |
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Avenue Q |
Jeff Whitty, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx |
Vineyard Theatre and The New Group |
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Hank Williams: Lost Highway |
Hank Williams, Randal Myler and Mark Harelik |
Manhattan Ensemble Theater |
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Radiant Baby |
Stuart Ross, Ira Gasman and Debra Barsha |
The Public Theater and New York Shakespeare Festival |
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Zanna, Don't! |
Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris |
Jack M. Dalgleish in association with Stephanie Joel |
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2004 |
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Caroline, or Change |
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori |
The Public Theater |
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Johnny Guitar |
Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Joel Higgins and Martin Silvestri |
Definite Maybe Productions and Mark Kress, in association with Victoria Lang & Pier Paolo Piccoli and The Century Center for the Performing Arts |
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The Musical of Musicals–The Musical! |
Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart |
York Theatre Company |
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2005 |
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
Rachel Sheinkin, William Finn and Rebecca Feldman |
Second Stage Theatre |
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Altar Boyz |
Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker |
Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket |
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Junie B. Jones |
Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich |
Theatreworks USA |
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Lone Star Love |
John L. Haber, Jack Herrick and Robert Horn |
Amas Musical Theatre |
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2006 |
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The Seven |
Will Power |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Bernarda Alba |
Michael John LaChiusa |
Lincoln Center Theater |
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Grey Gardens |
Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie |
Playwrights Horizons |
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See What I Wanna See |
Michael John LaChiusa |
The Public Theater |
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2007 (tie) |
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In the Heights |
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda |
Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman |
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Spring Awakening |
Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik |
Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! |
Scott Brown, Anthony King |
Trevor Brown, Ron Kastner, Terry Allen Kramer, Joseph Smith, in association with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre |
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Striking 12 |
Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin and Valerie Vigoda |
Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, in association with Mark Johannes and Amy Danis |
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2008 |
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Adding Machine |
Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith |
Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter, Margaret Cotter |
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Next to Normal |
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey |
Second Stage Theatre |
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Passing Strange |
Stew and Heidi Rodewald |
The Public Theater, in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre |
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The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower) |
Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy |
Vineyard Theatre |
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Wanda's World |
Eric H. Weinberger and Beth Falcone |
Amas Musical Theatre, in association with Terry Schnuck |
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2009 |
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Fela! |
Jim Lewis, Bill T. Jones, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean |
Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay |
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My Vaudeville Man! |
Jeff Hochhauser and Bob Johnston |
York Theatre Company and Melanie Herman |
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Road Show |
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman |
The Public Theater |
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Saved |
Michael Friedman, John Dempsey and Rinne Groff |
Playwrights Horizons, in association with Elephant Eye Theatrical |
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This Beautiful City |
Michael Friedman, Steve Cosson and Jim Lewis |
Vineyard Theatre |
2010s
Year |
Production |
Author(s) |
Producers |
Ref. |
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2010 |
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The Scottsboro Boys |
David Thompson, John Kander, Fred Ebb |
Vineyard Theatre |
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Click, Clack, Moo |
Billy Aronson, Kevin Del Aguila, Brad Alexander, Doreen Cronin |
Theatreworks USA |
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Everyday Rapture |
Dick Scanlan, Sherie Rene Scott |
Second Stage Theatre |
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The Toxic Avenger |
Joe DiPietro and David Bryan |
Jean Cheever and Tom Polum |
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Yank! A WWII Love Story |
Joseph Zellnik and David Zellnik |
York Theatre Company, Maren Berthelsen, Pamela Koslow, Stuart Wilk, Matt Schicker, Hugh Hayes, Jim Kierstead, Sondra Healy, Shidan Majidi |
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2011 |
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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson |
Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers |
The Public Theater, Center Theatre Group and Les Freres Corbusier |
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In Transit |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth |
Primary Stages, the Baruch/Viertel/Routh/Frankel Group, Jane Bergere, Jodi Glucksman, Ken Greiner, Chip Meyrelles, Christina Papagjika, and Janet Rosen |
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The Burnt Part Boys |
Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder |
Playwrights Horizons and Vineyard Theatre |
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The Kid |
Andy Monroe, Jack Lechner and Michael Zam |
The New Group |
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We the People: America Rocks! |
Joe Iconis, Brad Alexander, Kevin Del Aguila, Eli Bolin, Sam Forman, Tommy Newman, Ryan Scott Oliver, Adam Overett, Mark Weiner, and Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton |
Theatreworks USA |
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2012 |
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Once |
Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Queen of the Mist |
Michael John LaChiusa |
Transport Group |
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SILENCE! The Musical |
Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan, and Hunter Bell |
Victoria Lang, Rich Affannato, Donna Trinkoff in association with Scott Kirschenbaum, Theater Mogul, Kitefliers Studio, Terry Schnuck, and John Arthur Pinckard |
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The Blue Flower |
Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer |
Second Stage Theatre |
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The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World |
Joy Gregory, Gunnar Madsen, and John Langs |
Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop |
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2013 |
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Dogfight |
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Peter Duchan |
Second Stage Theatre |
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Giant |
Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson |
The Public Theater in association with Dallas Theater Center |
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Murder Ballad |
Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash |
Manhattan Theatre Club |
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The Other Josh Cohen |
David Rossmer and Steve Rosen |
Amas Musical Theatre in association with Scandobean Productions, LLC |
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Skippyjon Jones |
Kevin Del Aguila and Eli Bolin |
Theatreworks USA |
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2014 |
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Fun Home |
Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron |
The Public Theater |
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Here Lies Love |
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, additional music by Tom Gandy and J Pardo |
The Public Theater |
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 |
Dave Malloy |
Howard & Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, Vertical Ent./Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer |
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What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined |
Burt Bacharach and Hal David, conceived by Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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2015 |
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Hamilton |
Lin-Manuel Miranda |
The Public Theater |
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The Fortress of Solitude |
Itamar Moses and Michael Friedman |
The Public Theater in association with Dallas Theater Center |
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The Lightning Thief |
Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz |
Theatreworks USA |
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Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe |
Jonathan Christenson |
Radio Mouse Entertainment, Martin Hummel, Caiola Productions, Terry Schnuck, Susan Jaffe Tane, Hernreich-Horvath Productions, Catalyst Theatre in association with Fireboat Productions, Mary Cossette, and Meredith Lynsey Schade |
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Pretty Filthy |
Michael Friedman and Bess Wohl, conceived by Steve Cosson |
The Civilians in association with Jon B. Platt |
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2016 |
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Futurity |
César Alvarez and The Lisps |
Soho Rep, Ars Nova and Carole Shorenstein Hays |
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Iowa |
Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond |
Playwrights Horizons |
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Southern Comfort |
Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis, Kate Davis, Robert DuSold and Thomas Caruso |
The Public Theater |
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Tappin’ Thru Life |
Maurice Hines |
Leonard Soloway, Bud Martin, Riki Kane Larimer, Jeff Wolk, Phyllis and Buddy Aerenson, and Darren P. DeVerna/Jeremiah J. Harris and the Shubert Organization |
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The Wildness: Sky-Pony's Rock Fairy Tale |
Kyle Jarrow and Lauren Worsham |
Ars Nova in collaboration with The Play Company |
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2017 |
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The Band's Visit |
David Yazbek and Itamar Moses and Eran Kolirin |
Atlantic Theater Company |
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Dear Evan Hansen |
Steven Levenson and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul |
Second Stage Theatre in association with Stacey Mindich Productions |
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Hadestown |
Anaïs Mitchell |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Ride the Cyclone |
Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond |
MCC Theater |
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The Total Bent |
Stew and Heidi Rodewald |
The Public Theater |
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2018 |
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KPOP |
Woodshed Collective, Jason Kim, Helen Park and Max Vernon |
Ars Nova in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective |
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Bella: An American Tall Tale |
Kirsten Childs |
Playwrights Horizons |
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Desperate Measures |
Peter Kellogg and David Friedman |
York Theatre Company in association with Cecilia Lin and Hu Guo |
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Hundred Days |
The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Jerry Springer: The Opera |
Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas |
The New Group |
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2019 |
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Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future |
Andrew R. Butler |
Ars Nova |
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Be More Chill |
Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz |
Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Marc David Levine, Marlene and Gary Cohen, 42nd.club, The Baruch Frankel Viertel Group, Alisa and Charlie Thorne, Jenny Niederhoffer, Chris Blasting/Simpson & Longthorne, Brad Blume/Gemini Theatrical, Jonathan Demar/Kim Vasquez, Ben Holtzman and Sammy Lopez, Koenigsberg/Federman/Adler, Ashlee Latimer and Jenna Ushkowitz, Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun, Robert and Joan Rechnitz, Fred and Randi Sternfeld, YesBroadway Productions, in association with Two River Theater |
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Girl from the North Country |
Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan |
The Public Theater |
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Midnight at the Never Get |
Mark Sonnenblick and Sam Bolen |
York Theatre Company by arrangement with Visceral Entertainment and Mark Cortale Productions, Nathaniel Granor, Jeff G. Peters, Daryl Roth, Megan Savage |
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Miss You Like Hell |
Quiara Alegría Hudes and Erin McKeown |
The Public Theater |
2020s
Year |
Production |
Author(s) |
Producers |
Ref. |
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2020 |
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Octet |
Dave Malloy |
Signature Theatre |
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A Strange Loop |
Michael R. Jackson |
Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions |
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In the Green |
Grace McLean |
Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 |
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Soft Power |
David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori |
The Public Theater and Center Theatre Group |
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The Secret Life of Bees |
Lynn Nottage and Duncan Sheik and Susan Birkenhead |
Atlantic Theater Company |
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2021 |
No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
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2022 |
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Kimberly Akimbo |
David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori |
Atlantic Theater Company |
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Black No More |
John Ridley, Tariq Trotter, Anthony Tidd, James Poyser and Daryl Waters |
The New Group |
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Intimate Apparel: A New Opera |
Lynn Nottage and Ricky Ian Gordon |
Lincoln Center Theater |
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Oratorio for Living Things |
Heather Christian |
Ars Nova |
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2023 |
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Titanique |
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue |
Eva Price, James L. Nederlander, Diamond Dog Entertainment LLC, Benj Pasek, Blumenthal Performing Arts, Penny Rousouli, Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum, Philip Byron, Marcia Ellis, Iris Smith and Stellar Live, Inc. |
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Dreaming Zenzile |
Somi Kakoma |
New York Theatre Workshop & National Black Theatre |
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Harmony |
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman |
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran, Garry C. Kief, Amuse Inc., Patty Baker, Tom & Michael D’Angora, Susan DuBow, Michelle Kaplan, Mapleseed Productions, Harold Matzner and Neil Gooding Productions |
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Suffs |
Shaina Taub |
The Public Theater |
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Weightless |
The Kilbanes |
WP Theater |
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2024 |
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(pray) |
nicHi douglas, S T A R R Busby and JJJJJerome Ellis |
Ars Nova and National Black Theatre |
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Buena Vista Social Club |
Marco Ramirez and Buena Vista Social Club |
Atlantic Theater Company |
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Dead Outlaw |
David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna and Itamar Moses |
Audible Theater |
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Hell's Kitchen |
Alicia Keys and Kristoffer Diaz |
The Public Theater |
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Teeth |
Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson |
Playwrights Horizons |
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2025 |
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Three Houses |
Dave Malloy |
Signature Theatre Company |
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Drag: The Musical |
Tomas Costanza, Justin Andrew Honard, and Ashley Gordon |
Liza Minnelli, Tomas Costanza, Scott Prisand, Matthew Weaver, Paolo Coppola, Jodie Coppola, et al. |
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Medea: Re-Versed |
Luis Quintero |
Red Bull Theater and Bedlam in a co-production with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival |
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The Big Gay Jamboree |
Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage |
Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Luckychap, Jillian Robbins, Hillary Wyatt, Indian Paintbrush, Runyonland et al. |
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We Live in Cairo |
The Lazours |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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2026 |
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Mexodus |
Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson |
Audible Theater, P3 Productions, Gabrielle Palitz, Gina Maria Leonetti, Todd B. Rubin, Willette and Manny Klausner, and QM Productions / The Movement Theatre Company, MTTM Theatrics / Barzach Productions |
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Bigfoot! The Musical |
Amber Ruffin, David Schmoll and Kevin Sciretta |
Benson Drive Productions, David Carter, Frankly Spoken Productions, The Shubert Organization, Robin Thede, Carson Gleberman, Sean Nyberg, Adam Riemer, Stark Sands and Manhattan Theatre Club |
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My Joy is Heavy |
The Bengsons |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Night Side Songs |
The Lazours |
Lincoln Center Theatre |
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Saturday Church |
Sia, Damon Cardasis, James Ijames and Honey Dijon |
New York Theatre Workshop |
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Artists with multiple wins
- 4 wins
- Jeanine Tesori
- 2 wins
- William Finn
- John Kander
- Fred Ebb
- Adam Guettel
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Dave Malloy
Artists with multiple nominations
- 5 nominations
- Jeanine Tesori
- 4 nominations
- Kevin Del Aguila
- Michael John LaChiusa
- 3 nominations
- Benj Pasek
- Dave Malloy
- Itamar Moses
- 2 nominations
- William Finn
- John Kander
- Fred Ebb
- Adam Guettel
- Kirsten Childs
- Rachel Sheinkin
- Quiara Alegría Hudes
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Duncan Sheik
- Stew
- Heidi Rodewald
- Michael Friedman
- Steve Cosson
- Brad Alexander
- Joe Iconis
- Joe Tracz
- Eli Bolin
- Michael R. Jackson
- Lynn Nottage
- Marla Mindelle
- David Yazbek
- The Lazours
Theatres with multiple wins
- 4 wins
- Playwrights Horizons
- Manhattan Theatre Club
- The Public Theater
- Ars Nova
- 3 wins
- Atlantic Theater Company
- 2 wins
- Vineyard Theatre
- Second Stage Theatre
- New York Theatre Workshop
Theatres with multiple nomination
- 18 nominations
- The Public Theater
- 13 nominations
- Playwrights Horizons
- 10 nominations
- New York Theatre Workshop
- 6 nominations
- Manhattan Theatre Club
- York Theatre Company
- Second Stage Theatre
- Ars Nova
- 5 nominations
- Vineyard Theatre
- Theatreworks USA
- Atlantic Theater Company
- 4 nominations
- The New Group
- Lincoln Center Theater
- 3 nominations
- Amas Musical Theatre
- 2 nominations
- Center Theatre Group
- Dallas Theater Center
- National Black Theatre
- Audible Theater
See also
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical