Tony Award / Best Musical Director
The Tony Award / Best Musical Director has been presented since 1960. Until then, the Tony Award for best director was given for both plays and musicals .
1960-1969
- 1960: George Abbott (for Fiorello! )
- 1961: Gower Champion (for Bye Bye Birdie )
- 1962: Abe Burrows (for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying )
- 1963: George Abbott ( the ancient Romans drove for Toll )
- 1964: Gower Champion (for Hello, Dolly! )
- 1965: Jerome Robbins (for Anatevka )
- 1966: Albert Marre (for The Man from La Mancha )
- 1967: Harold Prince (for cabaret )
- 1968: Gower Champion (for The Happy Time )
- 1969: Peter H. Hunt (for 1776 )
1970-1979
- 1970: Ron Field (for Applause )
- 1971: Harold Prince (for Company )
- 1972: Harold Prince and Michael Bennett (for Follies )
- 1973: Bob Fosse (for Pippin )
- 1974: Harold Prince (for Candide )
- 1975: Geoffrey Holder (for The Wiz )
- 1976: Michael Bennett (for A Chorus Line )
- 1977: Gene Saks (for I Love My Wife )
- 1978: Richard Maltby, Jr. (for Ain't Misbehavin ' )
- 1979: Harold Prince (for Sweeney Todd )
1980-1989
- 1980: Harold Prince (for Evita )
- 1981: Wilford Leach (for The Pirates of Penzance )
- 1982: Tommy Tune (for Nine )
- 1983: Trevor Nunn (for Cats )
- 1984: Arthur Laurents (for La Cage aux Folles )
- 1985: Des McAnuff (for Big River )
- 1986: Wilford Leach (for The Mystery of Edwin Drood )
- 1987: Trevor Nunn and John Caird (for Les Misérables )
- 1988: Harold Prince (for The Phantom of the Opera )
- 1989: Jerome Robbins (for Broadway )
1990-1999
- 1990: Tommy Tune (for Grand Hotel )
- 1991: Tommy Tune (for Will Rogers Follies )
- 1992: Jerry Zaks (for Guys and Dolls ) (revival)
- 1993: Des McAnuff (for Tommy )
- 1994: Nicholas Hytner (for Carousel )
- 1995: Harold Prince (for Show Boat )
- 1996: George C. Wolfe (for Bring in 'da Noise / Bring in' da Funk )
- 1997: Walter Bobbie (for Chicago )
- 1998: Julie Taymor (for The Lion King )
- 1999: Matthew Bourne (for Swan Lake )
2000-2010
- 2000: Michael Blakemore (for Kiss Me, Kate ) (revived 2000)
- 2001: Susan Stroman (for The Producers )
- 2002: John Rando (for Pinkelstadt )
- 2003: Jack O'Brien (for Hairspray )
- 2004: Joe Mantello (for Assassins )
- 2005: Mike Nichols (for Monty Python's Spamalot )
- 2006: John Doyle (for Sweeney Todd )
- 2007: Michael Mayer (for Spring Awaking )
- 2008: Bartlett Sher (for South Pacific )
- 2009: Stephen Daldry (for Billy Elliot the Musical )
Since 2010
- 2010: Terry Johnson (for La Cage aux Folles )
- 2011: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (for The Book of Mormon )
- 2012: John Tiffany (for Once )
- 2013: Dennis Kelly (for Matilda )
- 2014: Darko Tresnjak (for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder )
- 2015: Sam Gold (for Fun Home )
- 2016: Thomas Kail (for Hamilton )