My Favorite Musicals by Year

You may ask— why start at 1949? Well, that was the year that the Tony Awards first included a Best Musical category, so I thought it fitting to begin there.

TOP 9 FAV MUSICALS

In no particular order

1949 - South Pacific

1950 - Guys and Dolls

1951 - The King and I

1952 - ?

1953 - Me and Juliet

1954 - The Pajama Game

1955 - Damn Yankees

1956 - The Most Happy Fella

1957 - West Side Story

1958 - ?

1959 - Gypsy

1960 - Oliver

1961 - Carnival!

1962 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum

1963 - She Loves Me

1964 - Hello, Dolly!

1965 - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

1966 - The Apple Tree

1967 - Hair

1968 - Zorba

1969 - Dear World

1970 - Company

1971 - Follies

1972 - Pippin

1973 - Raisin

1974 - The Frogs

1975 - A Chorus Line

1976 - Your Arms Too Short To Box With God

1977 - Annie

1978 - Working

1979 - In Trousers

1980 - Les Misérables

1981 - March of the Falsettos

1982 - Nine

1983 - Sunday in the Park with George

1984 - The Rink

1985 - Nunsense

1986 - Raggedy Ann

1987 - Sarafina!

1988 - Lucky Stiff

1989 - City of Angels

1990 - Once on This Island

1991 - The Secret Garden

1992 - Ruthless!

1993 - Sunset Boulevard

1994 - A Christmas Carol

1995 - Songs for a New World

1996 - Floyd Collins

1997 - Side Show

1998 - Ragtime

1999 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

2000 - Seussical

2001 - The Producers

2002 - Hairspray

2003 - Wicked

2004 - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

2005 - The Color Purple

2006 - Spring Awakening

2007 - Legally Blonde

2008 - Ride The Cyclone

2009 - Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

2010 - Matilda

2011 - Murder for Two

2012 - Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

2013 - Come From Away

2014 - Witness Uganda

2015 - Something Rotten / Head Over Heels

2016 - Hadestown

2017 - 36 Questions / SIX

2018 - Soft Power

2019 - In The Green

2020 - Unknown Soldier

2021 - Flying Over Sunset

2022 - The Violet Hour

2023 - Kimberly Akimbo

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2029 -