Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical
| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding New Broadway Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
| Currently held by | Maybe Happy Ending (2025) |
| Website | OuterCritics.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Broadway Musical is an annual award given to the best new musical on Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award has been given out since 1949-1950 season.
Gian Carlo Menotti won the inaugural award for Best New Broadway Musical for The Consul in 1950.
Award winners
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
1950s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||||
| The Consul | Gian Carlo Menotti | |||
| 1951 | ||||
| Guys and Dolls | Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling | Frank Loesser | [1][2] | |
| 1952 | No award given | |||
| 1953 | ||||
| Wonderful Town | Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov | Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green | [3] | |
| 1954 | ||||
| Kismet | Charles Lederer and Luther Davis | Robert Wright and George Forest | [4] | |
| 1955 | ||||
| 3 for Tonight: A Diversion in Song and Dance | Walter Schumann | Robert Wells | [5] | |
| 1956 | ||||
| My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe | [6] | |
| 1957 | No award given. | |||
| 1958 | ||||
| The Music Man | Meredith Willson | [7] | ||
| 1959 | No award given. | |||
1960s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ||||
| Bye Bye Birdie | Michael Stewart | Charles Strouse and Lee Adams | [8] | |
| 1961 | No award given. | |||
| 1962 | No award given. | |||
| 1963 | No award given. | |||
| 1964 | No award given. | |||
| 1965 | ||||
| Oh, What a Lovely War! | Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop | Various | [9] | |
| 1966 | ||||
| Man of La Mancha | Dale Wasserman | Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion | [10] | |
| 1967 | ||||
| Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander and Fred Ebb | [11] | |
| You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | John Gordon | Clark Gesner | ||
| 1968 | ||||
| George M! | Michael Stewart, John Pascal and Francine Pascal | George M. Cohan and Mary Cohan | [12] | |
| Your Own Thing | Donald Driver | Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar | ||
| 1969 | No award given. | |||
1970s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||
| Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | [13] | |
| 1971 | ||||
| Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | [14] | |
| No, No, Nanette | G. Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel and Burt Shevelove | Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach | ||
| 1972 | No award given. | |||
| 1973 | No award given. | |||
| 1974 | ||||
| Candide | Hugh Wheeler | Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein | [15] | |
| 1975 | No award given. | |||
| 1976 | No award given. | |||
| 1977 | ||||
| Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin | [16] | |
| 1978 | ||||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller and Various | [17] | |
| 1979 | ||||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | [18] | |
1980s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||
| Barnum | Mark Bramble | Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart | [19] | |
| 1981 | No award given. | |||
| 1982 | ||||
| Nine | Arthur Kopit | Maury Yeston | [20] | |
| 1983 | ||||
| Cats | T.S. Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe | [21] | |
| 1984 | ||||
| La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | [22] | |
| 1985 | ||||
| Sunday in the Park with George | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | [23] | |
| 1986 | ||||
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rupert Holmes | [24] | ||
| 1987 | ||||
| Les Misérables | Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer | [25] | |
| 1988 | ||||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart | [26] | |
| 1989 | ||||
| Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various | [27] | ||
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins
The following artists have won multiple times for their work in productions nominated for Best New Broadway Musical:
- 5 wins
- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
- Leonard Bernstein
- Hugh Wheeler
- Charles Strouse
- Richard Maltby Jr.
- Cy Coleman
- Harvey Fierstein
- Alain Boublil
- Claude-Michel Schönberg
- George Gershwin
- Ira Gershwin
- Scott Wittman
- Marc Shaiman
Multiple nominations
The following artists have been nominated multiple times for their work in productions nominated for Best New Broadway Musical:
- 10 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
See also
References
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- ^ "Outer Circle Names Best". The New York Times. May 2, 1951. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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- ^ "1964–1965 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "1978–1979 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "1979–1980 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "1981–1982 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "1982–1983 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "1996–1997 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "1997–1998 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "1998–1999 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "Contact and Kiss Me, Kate Big Winners of 2000 Outer Critics Awards". Playbill. April 30, 2000. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "1999–2000 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "The 2001–2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners". TheaterMania. April 29, 2002. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
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- ^ "Wicked, Wonderful Town, I Am My Own Wife Top 2004 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. May 2, 2004. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2003–2004 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "2005 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced". New York Theatre Guide. May 9, 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2004–2005 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio (May 14, 2006). "The Drowsy Chaperone and The History Boys Top Outer Critics Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2005–2006 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "Outer Critics Circle 2008–09 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 11, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2008–2009 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "MEMPHIS & LA CAGE Top Outer Critics Circle Winners". BroadwayWorld. May 17, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2009–2010 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "The Book of Mormon, War Horse and Anything Goes Top 2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Broadway.com. May 16, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2010–2011 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (May 14, 2012). "Outer Critics Circle Winners Announced; Once and One Man, Two Guvnors Are Top Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2011–2012 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle 2013 Award Winners". New York Theatre Guide. May 13, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2012–2013 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (May 12, 2014). "64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced; Gentleman's Guide Wins Four Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2013–2014 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards 2015: Full List". Variety. April 27, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2014–2015 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Honors 'She Loves Me' and 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'". The New York Times. May 9, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ Viagas, Robert (May 9, 2016). "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2015–2016 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 8, 2017). "2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Come From Away & More Win Top Prizes". Broadway.com. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2016–2017 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ McPhee, Ryan (May 7, 2018). "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, My Fair Lady Win Big at 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ "2017–2018 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ "2018–2019 Awards". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 16, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
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- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 12, 2025). "Maybe Happy Ending Leads 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
- ^ Evans, Greg (2025-04-25). "'Death Becomes Her' Broadway Musical Leads Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-09-01.