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.
| 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 |
Gian Carlo Menotti won the inaugural award for Best New Broadway Musical for The Consul in 1950.
Award winners
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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 | ||
| 1952 | No award given | |||
| 1953 | ||||
| Wonderful Town | Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov | Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green | ||
| 1954 | ||||
| Kismet | Charles Lederer and Luther Davis | Robert Wright and George Forest | ||
| 1955 | ||||
| 3 for Tonight: A Diversion in Song and Dance | Walter Schumann | Robert Wells | ||
| 1956 | ||||
| My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe | ||
| 1957 | No award given. | |||
| 1958 | ||||
| The Music Man | Meredith Willson | |||
| 1959 | No award given. | |||
1960s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ||||
| Bye Bye Birdie | Michael Stewart | Charles Strouse and Lee Adams | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1966 | ||||
| Man of La Mancha | Dale Wasserman | Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion | ||
| 1967 | ||||
| Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1971 | ||||
| Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1975 | No award given. | |||
| 1976 | No award given. | |||
| 1977 | ||||
| Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin | ||
| 1978 | ||||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller and Various | ||
| 1979 | ||||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | ||
1980s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||
| Barnum | Mark Bramble | Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart | ||
| 1981 | No award given. | |||
| 1982 | ||||
| Nine | Arthur Kopit | Maury Yeston | ||
| 1983 | ||||
| Cats | T.S. Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe | ||
| 1984 | ||||
| La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | ||
| 1985 | ||||
| Sunday in the Park with George | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| 1986 | ||||
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rupert Holmes | |||
| 1987 | ||||
| Les Misérables | Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer | ||
| 1988 | ||||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart | ||
| 1989 | ||||
| Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Various | |||
1990s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||
| City of Angels | Larry Gelbart | Cy Coleman and David Zippel | ||
| Aspects of Love | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart | ||
| Grand Hotel | Luther Davis | Robert Wright, George Forrest and Maury Yeston | ||
| Meet Me in St. Louis | Hugh Wheeler | Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane | ||
| 1991 | ||||
| Miss Saigon | Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Richard Maltby Jr. | ||
| Buddy | Alan Janes | Buddy Holly, Various | ||
| Once on This Island | Lynn Ahrens | Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty | ||
| The Secret Garden | Marsha Norman | Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman | ||
| 1992 | ||||
| Crazy for You | Ken Ludwig | George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | ||
| Five Guys Named Moe | Clarke Peters | Louis Jordan | ||
| The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club | Allen Toussaint | Various | ||
| The Will Rogers Follies | Peter Stone | Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green | ||
| 1993 | ||||
| The Who's Tommy | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | ||
| The Goodbye Girl | Neil Simon | Marvin Hamlisch and David Zippel | ||
| Jelly's Last Jam | George C. Wolfe | Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson and Susan Birkenhead | ||
| Ain't Broadway Grand | Lee Adams | Lee Adams, Thomas Meehan and Mitch Leigh | ||
| 1994 | ||||
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | Terrence McNally | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| Blood Brothers | Willy Russell | Willy Russell | ||
| The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | Larry L. King and Peter Masterson | Carol Hall | ||
| Beauty and the Beast | Linda Woolverton | Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice | ||
| 1995 | ||||
| Sunset Boulevard | Don Black and Christopher Hampton | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton | ||
| Smokey Joe's Cafe | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | ||
| Passion | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| 1996 | ||||
| Victor/Victoria | Terrence McNally | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| Swinging on a Star | Michael Leeds | Johnny Burke, Various | ||
| State Fair | Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli | Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | ||
| Big | John Weidman | David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr. | ||
| 1997 | ||||
| The Life | David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman | Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman | ||
| Titanic | Peter Stone | Maury Yeston | ||
| Steel Pier | David Thompson | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| Jekyll & Hyde | Leslie Bricusse | Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse and Steve Cuden | ||
| 1998 | ||||
| Ragtime | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens | ||
| The Lion King | Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi | Elton John and Tim Rice | ||
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Nan Knighton | Nan Knighton and Frank Wildhorn | ||
| High Society | Arthur Kopit | Cole Porter and Susan Birkenhead | ||
| 1999 | ||||
| Fosse | Various | |||
| Parade | Alfred Uhry | Jason Robert Brown | ||
| Swan Lake | n/a | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||
| The Civil War | Gregory Boyd and Frank Wildhorn | Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy | ||
2000s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||
| Contact | John Weidman | Various | ||
| Swing! | Paul Kelly | Various | ||
| James Joyce's The Dead | Richard Nelson | Shaun Davey and Richard Nelson | ||
| Saturday Night Fever | Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas and Robert Stigwood | Bee Gees, Others | ||
| 2001 | ||||
| The Producers | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | ||
| A Class Act | Linda Kline and Lonny Price | Edward Kleban | ||
| The Full Monty | Terrence McNally | David Yazbek | ||
| Jane Eyre | John Caird | Paul Gordon | ||
| 2002 | ||||
| Urinetown | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | ||
| Sweet Smell of Success | John Guare | Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia | ||
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan | Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan | ||
| Mamma Mia! | Catherine Johnson | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| Hairspray | Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman | ||
| Amour | Jeremy Sams | Michel Legrand and Jeremy Sams | ||
| Urban Cowboy | Aaron Latham and Phillip Oesterman | Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jason Robert Brown and Others | ||
| Movin' Out | N/A | Billy Joel | ||
| 2004 | ||||
| Wicked | Winnie Holzman | Stephen Schwartz | ||
| The Boy From Oz | Martin Sherman | Peter Allen | ||
| Bombay Dreams | Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan | A. R. Rahman and Don Black | ||
| Caroline, Or Change | Tony Kushner | Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| Spamalot | Eric Idle | John Du Prez and Eric Idle | ||
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Jeffrey Lane | David Yazbek | ||
| The Light in the Piazza | Craig Lucas | Adam Guettel | ||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Jeremy Sams | Richard and Robert Sherman | ||
| All Shook Up | Joe DiPietro | Various | ||
| 2006 | ||||
| Jersey Boys | Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice | Various | ||
| The Color Purple | Marsha Norman | Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray | ||
| The Drowsy Chaperone | Bob Martin and Don McKellar | Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison | ||
| The Woman in White | Charlotte Jones | Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| Spring Awakening | Steven Sater | Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik | ||
| Mary Poppins | Julian Fellowes | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe | ||
| LoveMusik | Alfred Uhry | Kurt Weill, Various | ||
| Curtains | Rupert Holmes | John Kander, Fred Ebb and Rupert Holmes | ||
| 2008 (tie) | ||||
| Young Frankenstein | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Mel Brooks | ||
| Xanadu | Douglas Carter Beane | Jeff Lynne and John Farrar | ||
| A Catered Affair | Harvey Fierstein | John Bucchino | ||
| Cry-Baby | Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| Billy Elliot | Lee Hall | Elton John and Lee Hall | ||
| Rock of Ages | Chris D'Arienzo | Various | ||
| Shrek the Musical | David Lindsay-Abaire | David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori | ||
| A Tale of Two Cities | Jill Santoriello | |||
2010s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||
| Memphis | Joe DiPietro | David Bryan and Joe DiPietro | ||
| American Idiot | Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer | Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day | ||
| Come Fly Away | Twyla Tharp | Various | ||
| Fela! | Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis | Fela Kuti | ||
| Sondheim on Sondheim | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim, Others | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| The Book of Mormon | Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone | |||
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Jeffrey Lane | David Yazbek | ||
| Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott | Various | ||
| Sister Act | Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner | Alan Menken and Glenn Slater | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| Once | Enda Walsh | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | ||
| Disney's Newsies | Harvey Fierstein | Alan Menken and Jack Feldman | ||
| Bonnie & Clyde | Ivan Menchell | Frank Wildhorn and Don Black | ||
| Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark | Julie Taymor, Glen Berger and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | Bono and The Edge | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| Kinky Boots | Harvey Fierstein | Cyndi Lauper | ||
| Chaplin the Musical | Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan | Christopher Curtis | ||
| Hands on a Hardbody | Doug Wright | Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green | ||
| Matilda the Musical | Dennis Kelly | Tim Minchin | ||
| A Christmas Story: The Musical | Joseph Robinette | Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | ||
| 2014 | ||||
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Robert L. Freedman | Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman | ||
| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Douglas McGrath | Various | ||
| After Midnight | N/A | Various | ||
| Disney's Aladdin | Chad Beguelin | Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin | ||
| Rocky the Musical | Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone | Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| An American in Paris | Craig Lucas | George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | ||
| The Last Ship | Lorne Campbell | Sting | ||
| It Shoulda Been You | Brian Hargrove | Barbara Anselmi, Brian Hargrove | ||
| The Visit | Terrence McNally | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| Something Rotten! | Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell | Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| Bright Star | Steve Martin | Steve Martin and Edie Brickell | ||
| Waitress | Jessie Nelson | Sara Bareilles | ||
| American Psycho | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | Duncan Sheik | ||
| On Your Feet! | Alexander Dinelaris Jr. | Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | ||
| Tuck Everlasting | Claudia Shear and Tim Federle | Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| Come From Away | Irene Sankoff and David Hein | |||
| A Bronx Tale | Chazz Palminteri | Alan Menken and Glenn Slater | ||
| Anastasia | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens | ||
| Groundhog Day | Danny Rubin | Tim Minchin | ||
| Holiday Inn | Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge | Irving Berlin | ||
| 2018 | ||||
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Kyle Jarrow | Various | ||
| Escape to Margaritaville | Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley | Jimmy Buffett | ||
| Frozen | Jennifer Lee | Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez | ||
| Mean Girls | Tina Fey | Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin | ||
| Prince of Broadway | David Thompson | Various | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| Hadestown | Anaïs Mitchell | |||
| The Prom | Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin | Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin | ||
| Be More Chill | Joe Tracz | Joe Iconis | ||
| Head Over Heels | Jeff Whitty and James Magruder | The Go-Go's | ||
| Tootsie | Robert Horn | David Yazbek | ||
2020s
| Year | Production | Bookwriter | Composer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Honorees) | Jagged Little Pill | Diablo Cody | Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, Michael Farrell and Guy Sigsworth | |
| Moulin Rouge! | John Logan | Various | ||
| Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins | Various | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| Six | Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss | |||
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell | Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick | ||
| MJ the Musical | Lynn Nottage | Various | ||
| Mr. Saturday Night | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel | Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green | ||
| Paradise Square | Christina Anderson, Larry Kirwan and Craig Lucas | Jason Howland,Masi Asare and Nathan Tysen | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| Some Like It Hot | Matthew López and Amber Ruffin | Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman | ||
| & Juliet | David West Read | Max Martin and Bill Sherman | ||
| A Beautiful Noise | Anthony McCarten | Neil Diamond, Various | ||
| New York, New York | David Thompson and Sharon Washington | John Kander and Fred Ebb | ||
| Shucked | Robert Horn | Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally | ||
| 2024 | ||||
| Suffs | Shaina Taub | |||
| Water for Elephants | Rick Elice | PigPen Theatre Co. | ||
| The Outsiders | Adam Rapp and Justin Levine | Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Justin Levine | ||
| The Great Gatsby | Kait Kerrigan | Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen | ||
| Days of Wine and Roses | Craig Lucas | Adam Guettel | ||
| 2025 | ||||
| Maybe Happy Ending | Hue Park and Will Aronson | |||
| Real Women Have Curves | Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin | Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez | ||
| Operation Mincemeat | David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts | |||
| Death Becomes Her | Marco Pennette | Julia Mattison and Noel Carey | ||
| Boop! The Musical | Bob Martin | David Foster and Susan Birkenhead | ||
Multiple wins
The following artists have won multiple times for their work in productions nominated for Best New Broadway Musical:
- 5 wins
- Stephen Sondheim
- 4 wins
- Thomas Meehan
- 3 wins
- John Kander
- Fred Ebb
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Terrence McNally
- 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
- Thomas Meehan
- 7 nominations
- Stephen Sondheim
- John Kander
- Fred Ebb
- 6 nominations
- Terrence McNally
- 5 nominations
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Don Black
- Alan Menken
- 4 nominations
- Cy Coleman
- Harvey Fierstein
- Lynn Ahrens
- Stephen Flaherty
- Frank Wildhorn
- David Yazbek
- Craig Lucas
- 3 nominations
- Hugh Wheeler
- Richard Maltby Jr.
- David Zippel
- Maury Yeston
- James Lapine
- David Thompson
- Tim Rice
- Susan Birkenhead
- Jason Robert Brown
- Jeanine Tesori
- Bob Martin
- Nathan Tysen
- 2 nominations
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