Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical is given annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by the Outer Critics Circle, an organization of theater critics, journalists, and feature writers representing national and digital publications. This award has been presented each year since 1950 (when it was known as simply the award for Best Musical). The award goes to the producers of the winning musical.

This is a list of winners and nominees for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical through the years.

Winners and nominees

1950s YearMusicalBookMusicLyricsRef.1951Guys and DollsAbe Burrows and Jo SwerlingFrank LoesserFrank Loesser1953Wonderful TownJerome Chodorov and Joseph FieldsLeonard BernsteinBetty Comden and Adolph Green1954KismetLuther Davis and Charles LedererAlexander BorodinChet Forrest and Robert Wright1955Three for Tonight1956My Fair LadyAlan Jay LernerFrederick LoeweAlan Jay Lerner1958The Music ManMeredith WillsonMeredith WillsonMeredith Willson

2010s YearMusicalBookMusicLyrics2010MemphisJoe DiPietroDavid BryanJoe DiPietroAmerican IdiotMichael Mayer and Billie Joe ArmstrongGreen DayBillie Joe ArmstrongCome Fly AwayTwyla TharpVariousFela!Bill T. Jones and Jim LewisFela KutiSondheim on SondheimJames LapineStephen Sondheim2011The Book of MormonTrey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt StoneMemphisJoe DiPietroDavid BryanJoe DiPietroPriscilla, Queen of the DesertStephan Elliott and Allan ScottvariousSister Act Bill and Cheri Steinkellner Alan MenkenGlenn SlaterWomen on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownJeffrey LaneDavid Yazbek2012OnceEnda WalshGlen Hansard and Markéta IrglováBonnie & ClydeIvan Menchell Frank WildhornDon BlackNewsiesHarvey FiersteinAlan MenkenJack FeldmanSpider-Man: Turn Off the DarkJulie Taymor, Glen Berger and Roberto Aguirre-SacasaBono and The Edge2013Kinky BootsHarvey FiersteinCindy LauperChaplin: the MusicalA Christmas Story, the MusicalJoseph RobinetteBenji Pasek and Justin PaulHands on a HardbodyDoug WrightTrey Anastasio and Amanda GreenAmanda GreenMatilda the MusicalDennis KellyTim Minchin2014A Gentleman's Guide to Love and MurderRobert L. FreedmanSteven LutvakSteven Lutvak and Robert L. FreedmanAfter MidnightvariousvariousAladdinChad BeguelinAlan MenkenHoward AshmanBeautiful: the Carole King MusicalDouglas McGrathCarole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia WeilRocky the MusicalThomas Meehan and Sylvester StalloneStephen FlahertyLynn Ahrens2015An American in ParisCraig LucasGeorge and Ira GershwinIt Shoulda Been YouBrian HargroveBarbara AnselmiBrian HargroveThe Last ShipJohn Logan and Brian YorkeyStingSomething Rotten!John O'Farrell and Karey KirkpatrickKarey and Wayne KirkpatrickThe VisitTerrence McNallyFred EbbJohn Kander2016Bright StarSteve Martin and Edie BrickellAmerican PsychoRoberto Aguirre-SacasaDuncan SheikOn Your Feet!Alexander Dinelaris Jr.Gloria EstefanTuck EverlastingClaudia Shear and Tim FederleChris MillerNathan TysenWaitressJessie NelsonSara Bareilles2017Come From AwayIrene Sankoff and David HeinAnastasiaTerrence McNallyStephen Flaherty and Lynn AhrensA Bronx TaleChazz PalminteriAlan MenkenGlenn SlaterGroundhog DayDanny RubinTim MinchinHoliday InnGordon Greenberg and Chad HodgeIrving Berlin2018SpongeBob SquarePantsKyle JarrowvariousEscape to MargaritavilleGreg Garcia and Mike O'MalleyJimmy BuffettFrozenJennifer LeeKristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert LopezMean GirlsTina FeyJeff RichmondNell BenjaminPrince of BroadwayDavid Thompsonvarious2019HadestownAnaïs MitchellBe More ChillJoe TraczJoe IconisHead Over HeelsJeff WhittyThe Go-Go'sThe PromBob Martin and Chad BeguelinMatthew SklarChad BeguelinTootsieRobert HornDavid Yazbek

2020s YearMusicalBookMusicLyrics2021-2022SixToby Marlow and Lucy MossMJLynn NottageMichael Jackson and othersMr Saturday NightBilly Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo MandelJason Robert BrownAmanda GreenMrs DoubtfireKarey Kirkpatrick and John O'FarrellKarey and Wayne KirkpatrickParadise SquareChristina Anderson, Larry Kirwan and Craig Lucas2022-2023Some Like it HotMatthew López and Amber RuffinMarc ShaimanMarc Shaiman and Scott Wittman& JulietDavid West ReadMax MartinA Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond MusicalAnthony McCartenNeil DiamondNew York, New York David Thompson and Sharon WashingtonJohn KanderFred Ebb and Lin-Manuel MirandaShuckedRobert HornBrandy Clark and Shane McAnally2023-2024SuffsShaina TaubDays of Wine and RosesCraig LucasAdam Guettel The Great GasbyKait KerriganJason Howland and Nathan TysenThe OutsidersAdam Rapp and Justin LevineJonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Justin LevineWater for ElephantsRick ElicePigPen Theatre Co.2024-2025Maybe Happy EndingHue Park and Will AronsonWill Aronson Hue ParkBoop! The MusicalBob Martin Susan BirkenheadDavid FosterDeath Becomes HerMarco PennetteJulia Mattison and Noel CareyOperation MincemeatDavid Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts Real Women Have CurvesLisa Loomer with Nell BenjaminJoy Huerta and Benjamin Velez2025-2026Schmigadoon!Cinco PaulThe Lost BoysDavid Hornsby and Chris HochThe RescuesTwo Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)Kit BuchanJim BarneKit Buchan

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical

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