Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | ||||
| A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante | Marvin Hamlisch | Edward Kleban | |
| Ipi Tombi | Bertha Egnos | Gail Lakier | ||
| Side by Side by Sondheim | Ned Sherrin | Various Artists | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Very Good Eddie | Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton | Jerome Kern | Schuyler Green and Herbert Reynolds | |
| 1977 | ||||
| The Comedy of Errors | Trevor Nunn | Guy Woolfenden | Trevor Nunn | |
| Bubbling Brown Sugar | Loften Mitchell | Eubie Blake | ||
| I Love My Wife | Michael Stewart | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | |
| Something's Afoot | James MacDonald, Davis Vos and Robert Gerlach | |||
| 1978 | ||||
| Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice | |
| Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse | Martin Charnin | |
| Elvis | Jack Good and Ray Cooney | Various Artists | ||
| 1979 | ||||
| Songbook | Monty Norman and Julian More | Monty Norman | Monty Norman and Julian More | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. | Fats Waller | Various Artists | |
| Bar Mitzvah Boy | Jack Rosenthal | Jule Styne | Don Black | |
| Chicago | Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple awards and nominations for Best New Musical
Awards
Five awards
Three awards
Two awards
Nominations
Ten nominations
Nine nominations
Four nominations
Three nominations
- Alain Boublil
- Fred Ebb
- Anthony Drewe
- Howard Goodall
- Elton John
- John Kander
- James Lapine
- Robert Lopez
- Richard Maltby Jr.
- Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Glenn Slater
- Alan Menken
- George Stiles
- Trevor Nunn
- Tim Rice
Two nominations
- Howard Ashman
- Benny Andersson
- Glen Ballard
- Leonard Bernstein
- Mark Bramble
- Mel Brooks
- Betty Comden
- Ben Elton
- Julian Fellowes
- Tim Firth
- Adolph Green
- Lee Hall
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Charles Hart
- Craig Lucas
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Toby Marlow
- Terrence McNally
- Tim Minchin
- Lucy Moss
- Willy Russell (nominated for Blood Brothers in 1983 and 1983 as "Musical of the Year" before the award for Best Musical Revival was introduced in 1991)
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Richard Stilgoe
- Björn Ulvaeus
- Hugh Wheeler
See also
- Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Musical
References
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