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Stage theatre award
This is a list of the winners and nominations of
Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. The award has been given since 1947, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple winners
Multiple nominees
4 Nominations
3 Nominations
2 Nominations
Character nomination total
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
Productions with multiple nominations
Winners are in boldface
Multiple awards and nominations
Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
Other statistics
There was one tie in the history of this category, in 1959.
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The role of Herbie, in
Gypsy , holds the record for most nominations in this category, with four:
Hinton Battle remains the most successful performer in the history of this category with a perfect score of three wins in three nominations.
Danny Burstein has received the most nominations in this category with four, but has only been victorious once.
Gregg Edelman ,
Marc Kudisch , and
Christopher Fitzgerald have received three nominations but never won and are this category's biggest "losers." Coincidentally, Edelman and Kudisch were nominated and lost to
Shuler Hensley in 2002.
There has never been a consecutive winner in this category. There have been, though, some consecutive nominations.
Jack Cassidy was consecutively nominated in 1964 and 1965, while
Bruce Adler achieved the same honor in 1991 and 1992. Cassidy won in 1964, for his portrayal of Steve Kodaly, in
She Loves Me .
The record for the longest span between wins is held by
Hiram Sherman , whose wins for
Two's Company , in 1953, and
How Now, Dow Jones , in 1968, are set apart by 15 years.
The record for the longest span between nominations is held by
John McMartin , whose nominations for
Sweet Charity , in 1966, and
High Society , in 1998, are set apart by 32 years. McMartin never won a Tony Award in this category.
The oldest winner in this category is
Dick Latessa who was 73 when he won for
Hairspray in 2003. The youngest winner is
Frankie Michaels who won for
Mame in 1966 at age 11.
See also
References
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"1956 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1957 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1958 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1959 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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" Redhead Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved March 17, 2017
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"1960 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1961 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1962 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1963 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1964 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1965 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1966 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1967 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1968 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1969 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1970 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1971 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1972 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1973 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1974 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1975 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1976 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1977 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1978 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1979 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1980 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1981 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1982 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1983 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1984 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1986 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1987 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1988 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1989 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1990 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1991 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1992 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1993 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1994 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1995 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1996 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1997 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1998 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"1999 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2000 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2001 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2002 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2003 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2004 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2005 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2006 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2007 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2008 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2009 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
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"2010 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2011 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2012 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2013 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2014 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"Tony Nominations 2015: Full List" . Variety . April 28, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2016 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2017 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2018 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2019 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2022 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"2023 Tony Awards Nominees" .
American Theatre Wing . May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023 .
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"Tony Trivia" tonyawards.com, retrieved March 19, 2017
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