If you consider yourself a true Broadway aficionado, we challenge you to tally up how many of the following 30 years of “best musicals” (as awarded a Tony) you have seen.
- 1980 Evita
- 1981 42nd Street
- 1982 Nine
- 1983 Cats
- 1984 La Cage aux Folles
- 1985 Big River
- 1986 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- 1987 Les Miserables
- 1988 The Phantom of the Opera
- 1989 Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
- 1990 City of Angels
- 1991 The Will Rogers Follies
- 1992 Crazy for You
- 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman
- 1994 Passion
- 1995 Sunset Boulevard
- 1996 Rent
- 1997 Titanic
- 1998 The Lion King
- 1999 Fosse
- 2000 Contact
- 2001 The Producers
- 2001 Thoroughly Modern Millie
- 2003 Hairspray
- 2005 Monty Python’s Spamalot
- 2006 Jersey Boys
- 2007 Spring Awakening
- 2008 In the Heights
- 2009 Billy Elliott the Musical
- 2010 Memphis
And a bit of trivia for those “in the know,” Passion is the shortest running winner with only 280 performances!