Olivier Award for Best New Musical

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The Laurence Olivier Awards are a series of awards presented annually by the The Society of London Theatre. They are presented in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre, most notably plays and musicals in the West End of London, an area commonly referred to as "Theatreland". The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 and, in 1984 they were renamed in honour of the renowned British actor Sir Laurence Olivier. The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards.

This list comprises the winners of the Best New Musical category shown in bold. Where possible other nominees will be shown in italics.

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2000 Honk! - by Anthony Drewe; George Stiles, music; Anthony Drewe, lyrics

  • Mamma Mia!
  • Spend Spend Spend
  • The Lion King

2001 Merrily We Roll Along - by George Furth; Stephen Sondheim, music and lyrics

  • Fosse
  • The Beautiful Game
  • The Witches of Eastwick

2003 Our House - by Tim Firth; Madness, music and lyrics

  • Bombay Dreams
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Taboo

2004 Jerry Springer - The Opera - by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas

  • Ragtime
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie

2005 The Producers - by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan; Mel Brooks, music and lyrics

  • Mary Poppins
  • The Woman in White

2006 Billy Elliot the Musical - by Lee Hall; Elton John, music; Lee Hall, lyrics

  • Acorn Antiques - The musical!
  • The Big Life

2007 Caroline, Or Change - by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori

  • Avenue Q
  • Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Porgy & Bess

2008 Hairspray - by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan; Marc Shaiman, music; Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, lyrics

  • The Drowsy Chaperone
  • The Lord Of The Rings
  • Parade

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Olivier Award for Best New Musical

A Chorus Line (1976) · The Comedy of Errors (1977) · Evita (1978) · Songbook (1979) · Sweeney Todd (1980) · Cats (1981) · Poppy (1982) · Blood Brothers (1983) · 42nd Street (1984) · Me and My Girl (1985) · The Phantom of the Opera (1986) · Follies (1987) · Candide (1988) · Return to the Forbidden Planet (1989) · Return to the Forbidden Planet (1990) · Sunday in the Park with George (1991) · Carmen Jones (1992) · Crazy for You (1993) · City of Angels (1994) · Once on This Island (1995) · Jolson The Musical (1996) · Martin Guerre (1997) · Beauty and the Beast (1998) · Kat and the Kings (1999) · Honk! (2000) · Our House (2003) · Jerry Springer: The Opera (2004) · The Producers (2005) · Billy Elliot (2006) · Caroline, or Change (2007) · Hairspray (2008)
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