Tony Award for Best Orchestrations

The Tony Award for Best Orchestrations is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of musical orchestrators in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1997.

Tony Award for
Best Orchestrations
Awarded forBest Orchestrations
LocationUnited States New York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held byCharlie Rosen and Bryan Carter for Some Like It Hot (2023)
WebsiteTonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees edit

  indicates the winner

1990s edit

YearMusicalNominees
1997
(51st)
[1]
TitanicJonathan Tunick
The LifeDon Sebesky and Harold Wheeler
Play On!Luther Henderson
Steel PierMichael Gibson
1998
(52nd)
[2]
RagtimeBill Brohn
CabaretMichael Gibson
The CapemanStanley Silverman
The Lion KingRobert Elhai, Bruce Fowler and David Metzger
1999
(53rd)
[3]
FosseDoug Besterman and Ralph Burns
Little MeHarold Wheeler
ParadeDon Sebesky
Swan LakeDavid Cullen

2000s edit

YearMusicalNominees
2000
(54th)
[4]
Kiss Me, KateDon Sebesky
Marie ChristineJonathan Tunick
The Music ManDoug Besterman
Swing!Harold Wheeler
2001
(55th)
[5]
The ProducersDoug Besterman
A Class ActLarry Hochman
FolliesJonathan Tunick
The Full MontyHarold Wheeler
2002
(56th)
[6]
Thoroughly Modern MillieDoug Besterman and Ralph Burns
Mamma Mia!Benny Andersson, Martin Koch and Björn Ulvaeus
Sweet Smell of SuccessBill Brohn
UrinetownBruce Coughlin
2003
(57th)
[7]
Movin' OutBilly Joel and Stuart Malina
La bohèmeNicholas Kitsopoulos
HairsprayHarold Wheeler
NineJonathan Tunick
2004
(58th)
[8]
AssassinsMichael Starobin
Bombay DreamsPaul Bogaev
Fiddler on the RoofLarry Hochman
WickedBill Brohn
2005
(59th)
[9]
The Light in the PiazzaBruce Coughlin, Adam Guettel and Ted Sperling
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsHarold Wheeler
Monty Python's SpamalotLarry Hochman
Pacific OverturesJonathan Tunick
2006
(60th)
[10]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSarah Travis
The Drowsy ChaperoneLarry Blank
Jersey BoysSteve Orich
The Pajama GameDick Lieb and Danny Troob
2007
(61st)
[11]
Spring AwakeningDuncan Sheik
110 in the ShadeJonathan Tunick
Grey GardensBruce Coughlin
LoveMusikJonathan Tunick
2008
(62nd)
[12]
In the HeightsAlex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman
A Catered AffairJonathan Tunick
Passing StrangeHeidi Rodewald and Stew
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeJason Carr
2009
(63rd)
[13]
Billy Elliot the MusicalMartin Koch
Next to NormalTom Kitt and Michael Starobin
Shrek the MusicalJohn Clancy and Danny Troob
White ChristmasLarry Blank

2010s edit

YearMusicalNominees
2010
(64th)
[14]
MemphisDavid Bryan and Daryl Waters
Fela!Aaron Johnson
La Cage aux FollesJason Carr
Promises, PromisesJonathan Tunick
2011
(65th)
[15]
The Book of MormonLarry Hochman and Stephen Oremus
Catch Me If You CanLarry Blank and Marc Shaiman
How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingDoug Besterman
The Scottsboro BoysLarry Hochman
2012
(66th)
[16]
OnceMartin Lowe
NewsiesDanny Troob
Nice Work If You Can Get ItBill Elliott
Porgy and BessBill Brohn and Christopher Jahnke
2013
(67th)
[17]
Kinky BootsStephen Oremus
Matilda the MusicalChris Nightingale
Motown: The MusicalBryan Crook and Ethan Popp
Rodgers + Hammerstein's CinderellaDanny Troob
2014
(68th)
[18]
The Bridges of Madison CountyJason Robert Brown
Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalSteve Sidwell
Bullets Over BroadwayDoug Besterman
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and MurderJonathan Tunick
2015
(69th)
[19]
An American in ParisChristopher Austin, Bill Elliott and Don Sebesky
Fun HomeJohn Clancy
The Last ShipRob Mathes
Something Rotten!Larry Hochman
2016
(70th)
[20]
HamiltonAlex Lacamoire
Bright StarAugust Eriksmoen
She Loves MeLarry Hochman
Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That FollowedDaryl Waters
2017
(71st)
[21]
Dear Evan HansenAlex Lacamoire
BandstandBill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen
Hello, Dolly!Larry Hochman
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812Dave Malloy
2018
(72nd)
[22]
The Band's VisitJamshied Sharifi
CarouselJonathan Tunick
Mean GirlsJohn Clancy
Once on This IslandAnnmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin
SpongeBob SquarePantsTom Kitt
2019
(73rd)
[23]
HadestownMichael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose
Ain’t Too ProudHarold Wheeler
Kiss Me, KateLarry Hochman
Oklahoma!Daniel Kluger
TootsieSimon Hale

2020s edit

YearMusicalNominees
2020
(74th)
[24]
Moulin Rouge!Katie Kresek, Justin Levine, Charlie Rosen and Matt Stine
Jagged Little PillTom Kitt
TinaEthan Popp
2022
(75th)
[25]
Girl from the North CountrySimon Hale
CompanyDavid Cullen
MJDavid Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb
SixTom Curran
A Strange LoopCharlie Rosen
2023
(76th)
[26]
Some Like It HotCharlie Rosen and Bryan Carter
& JulietBill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro
Kimberly AkimboJohn Clancy
New York, New YorkDaryl Waters and Sam Davis
ShuckedJason Howland
2024
(77th)
Hell's KitchenAdam Blackstone and Tom Kitt
IllinoiseTimo Andres
The OutsidersMatt Hinkley, Justin Levine, and Jamestown Revival (Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay)
Merrily We Roll AlongJonathan Tunick
StereophonicWill Butler and Justin Craig

Multiple wins edit

Multiple nominations edit

See also edit

External links edit

References edit

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  22. ^ "2018 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  23. ^ "2019 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  24. ^ "2020 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  25. ^ "2022 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  26. ^ "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.