Accumulated records as of 2025: •
The Producers has won the most Tonys, winning in 12 categories, including Best Musical. •
Hamilton is the most-nominated production in Tony history, with 16 nominations. •
The Sound of Music and
Fiorello! are the only two musicals to date to have ever tied for the Best Musical award (in 1960). •
Passion, with 280 performances, is the Best Musical winner with the shortest official run. (If preview performances are included in the tally, then the shortest-run distinction belongs to
A Strange Loop.) •
The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running Best Musical winner, with 16 previews and over 13,981 performances. •
Hallelujah, Baby! is the only show thus far to have won the Tony Award for Best Musical after closing. •
Kiss Me, Kate and
Titanic are the only two shows to win the Best Musical award without any Tony nominations in the acting categories. (In the case of
Kiss Me, Kate, only winners were announced that year, and only in the lead performance categories.) •
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972),
Raisin (1974),
42nd Street (1981), and
A Strange Loop (2022) won Best Musical and only one other Tony Award. • What is now the
Richard Rodgers Theatre has housed more Best Musical winners than any other Broadway venue:
Guys and Dolls (1951),
Damn Yankees (1956),
Redhead (1959),
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962),
1776 (1969),
Raisin (1974),
Nine (1982),
In the Heights (2008), and
Hamilton (2016). •
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986) was the first winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical to be entirely written by one person (
Rupert Holmes), a feat unmatched until
Rent (1996, by
Jonathan Larson), then recurring with
Hamilton (2016, by
Lin-Manuel Miranda),
Hadestown (2019, by
Anaïs Mitchell, the first woman), and
A Strange Loop (2022, by
Michael R. Jackson). •
Fun Home (2015) was the first Best Musical winner written entirely by a team of women. • The
74th Tony Awards (2020) marked the first ceremony when all the Best Musical nominees were
jukebox musicals. ==See also==