Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
| Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical | |
|---|---|
 2020 Recipient: Adrienne Warren for Tina | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Adrienne Warren for Tina (2020) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical is awarded to the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been given since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been publicly announced since 1956.[1]
History[]
The award was not presented in 1947 or 1985.[2] Ken Mandelbaum wrote about the 1985 season: "Things get bad enough musically to require the elimination of the Best Musical Actor and Actress categories, as well as the choreography prize."[3] There have been three ties in this category, in 1958, 1962 and 1968.[4]
Winners and nominees[]
indicates the winner
1940s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 1st Tony Awards |
N/A | ||
| 1948 2nd Tony Awards | |||
| Grace Hartman | Angel in the Wings | Nettie / Mrs. Blodgett / Ruth / Mrs. Hutchinson | |
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | |||
| Nanette Fabray | Love Life | Susan Cooper | |
1950s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 4th Tony Awards | |||
| Mary Martin | South Pacific | Ensign Nellie Forbush | |
| 1951 5th Tony Awards | |||
| Ethel Merman | Call Me Madam | Sally Adams | |
| 1952 6th Tony Awards | |||
| Gertrude Lawrence | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
| 1953 7th Tony Awards | |||
| Rosalind Russell | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | |
| 1954 8th Tony Awards | |||
| Dolores Gray | Carnival in Flanders | Cornelia | |
| 1955 9th Tony Awards | |||
| Mary Martin | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | |||
| Gwen Verdon | Damn Yankees | Lola | |
| Carol Channing | The Vamp | Flora Weems | |
| Nancy Walker | Phoenix '55 | Various Characters | |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | |||
| Judy Holliday | Bells Are Ringing | Ella Peterson | |
| Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | |
| Ethel Merman | Happy Hunting | Liz Livingstone | |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards | |||
| Thelma Ritter | New Girl in Town | Marthy Owen | |
| Gwen Verdon | Anna Christopherson | ||
| Lena Horne | Jamaica | Savannah | |
| Beatrice Lillie | Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 | Various Characters | |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | |||
| Gwen Verdon | Redhead | Essie Whimple | |
| Miyoshi Umeki | Flower Drum Song | Mei-Li |
1960s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | |||
| Mary Martin | The Sound of Music | Maria von Trapp | |
| Carol Burnett | Once Upon a Mattress | Princess Winnifred | |
| Dolores Gray | Destry Rides Again | Frenchy | |
| Eileen Herlie | Take Me Along | Lily Miller | |
| Ethel Merman | Gypsy | Rose | |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | |||
| Elizabeth Seal | Irma La Douce | Irma La Douce | |
| Julie Andrews | Camelot | Guenevere | |
| Carol Channing | Show Girl | Various Characters | |
| Nancy Walker | Do Re Mi | Kay Cram | |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | |||
| Anna Maria Alberghetti | Carnival! | Lili Daurier | |
| Diahann Carroll | No Strings | Barbara Woodruff | |
| Molly Picon | Milk and Honey | Clara Weiss | |
| Elaine Stritch | Sail Away | Mimi Paragon | |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | |||
| Vivien Leigh | Tovarich | Tatiana | |
| Georgia Brown | Oliver! | Nancy | |
| Nanette Fabray | Mr. President | Nell Henderson | |
| Sally Ann Howes | Brigadoon | Fiona MacLaren | |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | |||
| Carol Channing | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | |
| Beatrice Lillie | High Spirits | Madame Arcati | |
| Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice | |
| Inga Swenson | 110 in the Shade | Lizzie Curry | |
| 1965 19th Tony Awards | |||
| Liza Minnelli | Flora the Red Menace | Flora Mezaros | |
| Elizabeth Allen | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Leona Samish | |
| Nancy Dussault | Bajour | Emily Kirsten | |
| Inga Swenson | Baker Street | Irene Adler | |
| 1966 20th Tony Awards | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Mame | Mame Dennis | |
| Barbara Harris | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Daisy Gamble / Melinda Wells | |
| Julie Harris | Skyscraper | Georgina Allerton | |
| Gwen Verdon | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
| 1967 21st Tony Awards | |||
| Barbara Harris | The Apple Tree | Eve / Princess Barbara / Ella and Passionella | |
| Lotte Lenya | Cabaret | Fraulein Schneider | |
| Mary Martin | I Do! I Do! | She (Agnes) | |
| Louise Troy | Walking Happy | Maggie Hobson | |
| 1968 22nd Tony Awards | |||
| Patricia Routledge | Darling of the Day | Alice Challice | |
| Leslie Uggams | Hallelujah, Baby! | Georgina | |
| Melina Mercouri | Illya Darling | Illya | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | How Now, Dow Jones | Cynthia Pike | |
| 1969 23rd Tony Awards | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Dear World | Countess Aurelia | |
| Maria Karnilova | Zorba | Madame Hortense | |
| Dorothy Loudon | The Fig Leaves Are Falling | Lillian Stone | |
| Jill O'Hara | Promises, Promises | Fran Kubelik |
1970s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 24th Tony Awards | |||
| Lauren Bacall | Applause | Margo Channing | |
| Katharine Hepburn | Coco | Coco Chanel | |
| Dilys Watling | Georgy | Georgina "Georgy" Parkin | |
| 1971 25th Tony Awards | |||
| Helen Gallagher | No, No, Nanette | Lucille Early | |
| Sandy Duncan | The Boy Friend | Maisie | |
| Susan Browning | Company | April | |
| Elaine Stritch | Joanne | ||
| 1972 26th Tony Awards | |||
| Alexis Smith | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
| Jonelle Allen | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Silvia | |
| Dorothy Collins | Follies | Sally Durant Plummer | |
| Mildred Natwick | 70, Girls, 70 | Ida Dodd | |
| 1973 27th Tony Awards | |||
| Glynis Johns | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | |
| Leland Palmer | Pippin | Fastrada | |
| Debbie Reynolds | Irene | Irene O'Dare | |
| Marcia Rodd | Shelter | Maud | |
| 1974 28th Tony Awards | |||
| Virginia Capers | Raisin | Lena Younger | |
| Carol Channing | Lorelei | Lorelei Lee | |
| Michele Lee | Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | |
| 1975 29th Tony Awards | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Gypsy | Rose | |
| Lola Falana | Doctor Jazz | Edna Mae Sheridan | |
| Bernadette Peters | Mack & Mabel | Mabel Normand | |
| Ann Reinking | Goodtime Charley | Joan of Arc | |
| 1976 30th Tony Awards | |||
| Donna McKechnie | A Chorus Line | Cassie Ferguson | |
| Vivian Reed | Bubbling Brown Sugar | Marsha / Young Irene | |
| Chita Rivera | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
| Gwen Verdon | Roxie Hart | ||
| 1977 31st Tony Awards | |||
| Dorothy Loudon | Annie | Miss Hannigan | |
| Clamma Dale | Porgy and Bess | Bess | |
| Ernestine Jackson | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | |
| Andrea McArdle | Annie | Annie | |
| 1978 32nd Tony Awards | |||
| Liza Minnelli | The Act | Michelle Craig | |
| Madeline Kahn | On the Twentieth Century | Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka | |
| Eartha Kitt | Timbuktu! | Shaleem La Lume | |
| Frances Sternhagen | Angel | Eliza Gant | |
| 1979 33rd Tony Awards | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
| Tovah Feldshuh | Sarava | Flor | |
| Dorothy Loudon | Ballroom | Bea Asher | |
| Alexis Smith | Platinum | Lila Halliday |
1980s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 34th Tony Awards | |||
| Patti LuPone | Evita | Eva Perón | |
| Christine Andreas | Oklahoma! | Laurey Williams | |
| Sandy Duncan | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
| Ann Miller | Sugar Babies | Ann | |
| 1981 35th Tony Awards | |||
| Lauren Bacall | Woman of the Year | Tess Harding | |
| Meg Bussert | Brigadoon | Fiona MacLaren | |
| Chita Rivera | Bring Back Birdie | Rosie Alvarez | |
| Linda Ronstadt | The Pirates of Penzance | Mabel | |
| 1982 36th Tony Awards | |||
| Jennifer Holliday | Dreamgirls | Effie White | |
| Lisa Mordente | Marlowe | Emelia Bossano | |
| Mary Gordon Murray | Little Me | Belle Poitrine | |
| Sheryl Lee Ralph | Dreamgirls | Deena Jones | |
| 1983 37th Tony Awards | |||
| Natalia Makarova | On Your Toes | Vera Barnova | |
| Lonette McKee | Show Boat | Julie LaVerne | |
| Chita Rivera | Merlin | The Queen | |
| Twiggy | My One and Only | Edith Herbert | |
| 1984 38th Tony Awards | |||
| Chita Rivera | The Rink | Anna | |
| Rhetta Hughes | Amen Corner | Sister Margaret Alexander | |
| Liza Minnelli | The Rink | Angel | |
| Bernadette Peters | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | |
| 1985 39th Tony Awards |
N/A | ||
| 1986 40th Tony Awards | |||
| Bernadette Peters | Song and Dance | Emma | |
| Debbie Allen | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
| Cleo Laine | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Angela Prysock / The Princess Puffer | |
| Chita Rivera | Jerry's Girls | Various Characters | |
| 1987 41st Tony Awards | |||
| Maryann Plunkett | Me and My Girl | Sally Smith | |
| Catherine Cox | Oh, Coward! | Various Characters | |
| Teresa Stratas | Rags | Rebecca Hershkowitz | |
| 1988 42nd Tony Awards | |||
| Joanna Gleason | Into the Woods | The Baker's Wife | |
| Alison Fraser | Romance/Romance | Josefine Weninger / Monica | |
| Judy Kuhn | Chess | Florence Vassy | |
| Patti LuPone | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
| 1989 43rd Tony Awards | |||
| Ruth Brown | Black and Blue | Various Characters | |
| Charlotte d'Amboise | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Anita / Peter Pan / Company | |
| Linda Hopkins | Black and Blue | Various Characters | |
| Sharon McNight | Starmites | Diva / Mother | |
1990s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 44th Tony Awards | |||
| Tyne Daly | Gypsy | Rose | |
| Georgia Brown | The Threepenny Opera | Celia Peachum | |
| Beth Fowler | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
| Liliane Montevecchi | Grand Hotel | Elizaveta Grushinskaya | |
| 1991 45th Tony Awards | |||
| Lea Salonga | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
| June Angela | Shōgun: The Musical | Lady Mariko | |
| Dee Hoty | The Will Rogers Follies | Betty Blake | |
| Cathy Rigby | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | |
| 1992 46th Tony Awards | |||
| Faith Prince | Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide | |
| Jodi Benson | Crazy for You | Polly Baker | |
| Josie de Guzman | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | |
| Sophie Hayden | The Most Happy Fella | Rosabella | |
| 1993 47th Tony Awards | |||
| Chita Rivera | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Aurora / Spider Woman | |
| Ann Crumb | Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina | |
| Stephanie Lawrence | Blood Brothers | Mrs. Johnstone | |
| Bernadette Peters | The Goodbye Girl | Paula McFadden | |
| 1994 48th Tony Awards | |||
| Donna Murphy | Passion | Fosca | |
| Susan Egan | Beauty and the Beast | Belle | |
| Dee Hoty | The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | Mona Stangley | |
| Judy Kuhn | She Loves Me | Amalia Balash | |
| 1995 49th Tony Awards | |||
| Glenn Close | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | |
| Rebecca Luker | Show Boat | Magnolia Hawks | |
| 1996 50th Tony Awards | |||
| Donna Murphy | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
| Julie Andrews (nomination declined)[5] | Victor/Victoria | Victoria Grant | |
| Crista Moore | Big: the musical | Susan Lawrence | |
| Daphne Rubin-Vega | Rent | Mimi Marquez | |
| 1997 51st Tony Awards | |||
| Bebe Neuwirth | Chicago | Velma Kelly | |
| Pamela Isaacs | The Life | Queen | |
| Tonya Pinkins | Play On | Lady Liv | |
| Karen Ziemba | Steel Pier | Rita Racine | |
| 1998 52nd Tony Awards | |||
| Natasha Richardson | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | |
| Betty Buckley | Triumph of Love | Hesione | |
| Marin Mazzie | Ragtime | Mother | |
| Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner | Side Show | Violet and Daisy Hilton | |
| 1999 53rd Tony Awards | |||
| Bernadette Peters | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | |
| Carolee Carmello | Parade | Lucille Frank | |
| Dee Hoty | Footloose | Vi Moore | |
| Siân Phillips | Marlene | Marlene Dietrich |
2000s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 54th Tony Awards | |||
| Heather Headley | Aida | Aida | |
| Toni Collette | The Wild Party | Queenie | |
| Rebecca Luker | The Music Man | Marian Paroo | |
| Marin Mazzie | Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi / Katherine | |
| Audra McDonald | Marie Christine | Marie Christine L'Adrese | |
| 2001 55th Tony Awards | |||
| Christine Ebersole | 42nd Street | Dorothy Brock | |
| Blythe Danner | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
| Randy Graff | A Class Act | Sophie | |
| Faith Prince | Bells Are Ringing | Ella Peterson | |
| Marla Schaffel | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | |
| 2002 56th Tony Awards | |||
| Sutton Foster | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Millie Dillmount | |
| Louise Pitre | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | |
| Nancy Opel | Urinetown | Penelope Pennywise | |
| Jennifer Laura Thompson | Hope Cladwell | ||
| Vanessa Williams | Into the Woods | The Witch | |
| 2003 57th Tony Awards | |||
| Marissa Jaret Winokur | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | |
| Melissa Errico | Amour | Isabella | |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza / Dulcinea | |
| Elizabeth Parkinson | Movin' Out | Brenda | |
| Bernadette Peters | Gypsy | Rose | |
| 2004 58th Tony Awards | |||
| Idina Menzel | Wicked | Elphaba | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | Wicked | Glinda | |
| Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Avenue Q | Kate Monster / Lucy the Slut / Company | |
| Donna Murphy | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | |
| Tonya Pinkins | Caroline, or Change | Caroline Thibodeaux | |
| 2005 59th Tony Awards | |||
| Victoria Clark | The Light in the Piazza | Margaret Johnson | |
| Christina Applegate | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | |
| Erin Dilly | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Truly Scrumptious | |
| Sutton Foster | Little Women | Josephine 'Jo' March | |
| Sherie Rene Scott | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Christine Colgate | |
| 2006 60th Tony Awards | |||
| LaChanze | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | |
| Sutton Foster | The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet Van De Graaff | |
| Patti LuPone | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Mrs. Lovett | |
| Kelli O'Hara | The Pajama Game | Catherine 'Babe' Williams | |
| Chita Rivera | Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life | Chita Rivera | |
| 2007 61st Tony Awards | |||
| Christine Ebersole | Grey Gardens | 'Little Edie' Beale | |
| Laura Bell Bundy | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods | |
| Audra McDonald | 110 in the Shade | Lizzie Curry | |
| Debra Monk | Curtains | Carmen Bernstein | |
| Donna Murphy | LoveMusik | Lotte Lenya | |
| 2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
| Patti LuPone | Gypsy | Rose | |
| Kerry Butler | Xanadu | Kira / Clio | |
| Kelli O'Hara | South Pacific | Ensign Nellie Forbush | |
| Faith Prince | A Catered Affair | Agnes 'Aggie' Hurley | |
| Jenna Russell | Sunday in the Park with George | Dot / Marie | |
| 2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
| Alice Ripley | Next to Normal | Diana Goodman | |
| Stockard Channing | Pal Joey | Vera Simpson | |
| Sutton Foster | Shrek the Musical | Princess Fiona | |
| Allison Janney | 9 to 5 | Violet Newstead | |
| Josefina Scaglione | West Side Story | Maria |
2010s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
| Catherine Zeta-Jones | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | |
| Kate Baldwin | Finian's Rainbow | Sharon McLonergan | |
| Montego Glover | Memphis | Felicia Farrell | |
| Christiane Noll | Ragtime | Mother | |
| Sherie Rene Scott | Everyday Rapture | Sherie Rene Scott | |
| 2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
| Sutton Foster | Anything Goes | Reno Sweeney | |
| Beth Leavel | Baby It's You! | Florence Greenberg | |
| Patina Miller | Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier | |
| Donna Murphy | The People in the Picture | Bubbie / Raisel | |
| 2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
| Audra McDonald | Porgy and Bess | Bess | |
| Jan Maxwell | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | |
| Cristin Milioti | Once | Girl | |
| Kelli O'Hara | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Billie Bendix | |
| Laura Osnes | Bonnie and Clyde | Bonnie Parker | |
| 2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
| Patina Miller | Pippin | The Leading Player | |
| Stephanie J. Block | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting | |
| Carolee Carmello | Scandalous | Aimee Semple McPherson | |
| Valisia LeKae | Motown: The Musical | Diana Ross | |
| Laura Osnes | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Ella | |
| 2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
| Jessie Mueller | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Carole King | |
| Mary Bridget Davies | A Night with Janis Joplin | Janis Joplin | |
| Sutton Foster | Violet | Violet Karl | |
| Idina Menzel | If/Then | Elizabeth Vaughan | |
| Kelli O'Hara | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | |
| 2015 69th Tony Awards | |||
| Kelli O'Hara | The King and I | Anna Leonowens | |
| Kristin Chenoweth | On the Twentieth Century | Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka | |
| Leanne Cope | An American in Paris | Lise Dassin | |
| Beth Malone | Fun Home | Alison Bechdel | |
| Chita Rivera | The Visit | Claire Zachanassian | |
| 2016 70th Tony Awards | |||
| Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple | Celie Harris Johnson | |
| Laura Benanti | She Loves Me | Amalia Balash | |
| Carmen Cusack | Bright Star | Alice Murphy | |
| Jessie Mueller | Waitress | Jenna Hunterson | |
| Phillipa Soo | Hamilton | Eliza Hamilton | |
| 2017 71st Tony Awards | |||
| Bette Midler | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi | |
| Denée Benton | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Natasha Rostova | |
| Christine Ebersole | War Paint | Elizabeth Arden | |
| Patti LuPone | Helena Rubinstein | ||
| Eva Noblezada | Miss Saigon | Kim | |
| 2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
| Katrina Lenk | The Band's Visit | Dina | |
| Lauren Ambrose | My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle | |
| Hailey Kilgore | Once on This Island | Ti Moune | |
| LaChanze | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Diva Donna / Mary Gaines | |
| Taylor Louderman | Mean Girls | Regina George | |
| Jessie Mueller | Carousel | Julie Jordan | |
| 2019 73rd Tony Awards | |||
| Stephanie J. Block | The Cher Show | Star | |
| Caitlin Kinnunen | The Prom | Emma Nolan | |
| Beth Leavel | Dee Dee Allen | ||
| Eva Noblezada | Hadestown | Eurydice | |
| Kelli O'Hara | Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi / Katharine |
2020s[]
| Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th Tony Awards | |||
| Adrienne Warren | Tina | Tina Turner | |
| Karen Olivo | Moulin Rouge! | Satine | |
| Elizabeth Stanley | Jagged Little Pill | Mary Jane Healy |
Multiple wins[]
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Multiple nominations[]
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Multiple character wins[]
- 3 Wins
- Anna Leonowens from The King and I
- Rose from Gypsy
- 2 Wins
- Desiree Armfeldt from A Little Night Music
- Celie Harris Johnson from The Color Purple
- Dolly Gallagher Levi from Hello, Dolly!
Multiple character nominations[]
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Musicals with multiple lead nominations[]
- New Girl in Town – Thelma Ritter (winner) and Gwen Verdon (winner)
- Company – Susan Browning and Elaine Stritch
- Follies – Dorothy Collins and Alexis Smith (winner)
- Chicago – Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon
- Annie – Dorothy Loudon (winner) and Andrea McArdle
- Dreamgirls – Jennifer Holliday (winner) and Sheryl Lee Ralph
- The Rink – Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera (winner)
- Black and Blue – Ruth Brown (winner) and Linda Hopkins
- Guys and Dolls – Josie de Guzman and Faith Prince (winner)
- Urinetown – Nancy Opel and Jennifer Laura Thompson
- Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel (winner)
- War Paint – Christine Ebersole and Patti LuPone
- The Prom – Caitlin Kinnunen and Beth Leavel
Multiple awards and nominations[]
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
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See also[]
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
References[]
- ^ Gelb, Arthur. "Popularizing the 'Tony' Awards", The New York Times, April 1, 1956, p.93
- ^ Freedman, Samuel G. The New York Times, June 3, 1985, p.C15
- ^ Mandelbaum, Ken."Ken Mandelbaum's Aisle View: Tony Highs And Lows" playbill.com, May 11, 1997
- ^ History, Ties in Tony History" tonyawards.com, accessed June 13, 2014
- ^ Viagas, Robert. "Julie Andrews Declines Tony Nomination" playbill.com, May 8, 1996
External links[]
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