| Ceremony | Date | Best Musical | Best Play | Host(s) | Location | Network(s) | U.S. viewers
(millions) |
|---|
| 1st | April 6, 1947 | — | — | Brock Pemberton | Waldorf Astoria New York | WOR, Mutual | |
| 2nd | March 28, 1948 | — | Mister Roberts | Bert Lytell, Hiram Sherman, Harry Hirshfield |
| 3rd | April 24, 1949 | Kiss Me, Kate | Death of a Salesman | Brock Pemberton, James Sauter |
| 4th | April 9, 1950 | South Pacific | The Cocktail Party | no formal host |
| 5th | March 25, 1951 | Guys and Dolls | The Rose Tattoo | James Sauter |
| 6th | March 30, 1952 | The King and I | The Fourposter | Helen Hayes |
| 7th | March 29, 1953 | Wonderful Town | The Crucible | Faye Emerson | NBC radio |
| 8th | March 28, 1954 | Kismet | The Teahouse of the August Moon | James Sauter | Plaza Hotel | NBC |
| 9th | March 27, 1955 | The Pajama Game | The Desperate Hours | Helen Hayes |
| 10th | April 1, 1956 | Damn Yankees | The Diary of Anne Frank | Jack Carter | DuMont |
| 11th | April 21, 1957 | My Fair Lady | Long Day's Journey into Night | Bud Collyer | Waldorf Astoria New York | none |
| 12th | April 13, 1958 | The Music Man | Sunrise at Campobello |
| 13th | April 12, 1959 | Redhead | J.B. | WCBS-TV |
| 14th | April 24, 1960 | Fiorello! / The Sound of Music | The Miracle Worker | Eddie Albert | Hotel Astor |
| 15th | April 16, 1961 | Bye Bye Birdie | Becket | Phil Silvers | Waldorf Astoria New York |
| 16th | April 29, 1962 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | A Man for All Seasons | Ray Bolger, Robert Preston |
| 17th | April 28, 1963 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Abe Burrows, Robert Morse | Hotel Americana | WWOR-TV |
| 18th | May 24, 1964 | Hello, Dolly! | Luther | Sidney Blackmer | New York Hilton Midtown |
| 19th | June 13, 1965 | Fiddler on the Roof | The Subject Was Roses | Tom Bosley, José Ferrer, Van Johnson | Hotel Astor |
| 20th | June 16, 1966 | Man of La Mancha | Marat/Sade | George Abbott, Ginger Rogers | Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center | CBS (radio) |
| 21st | March 26, 1967 | Cabaret | The Homecoming | Mary Martin, Robert Preston | Shubert Theatre | ABC |
| 22nd | April 21, 1968 | Hallelujah, Baby! | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Angela Lansbury, Peter Ustinov | NBC |
| 23rd | April 20, 1969 | 1776 | The Great White Hope | Diahann Carroll, Alan King | Mark Hellinger Theatre |
| 24th | April 19, 1970 | Applause | Borstal Boy | Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau |
| 25th | March 28, 1971 | Company | Sleuth | Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn | Palace Theatre | ABC |
| 26th | April 23, 1972 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Sticks and Bones | Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov | The Broadway Theatre |
| 27th | March 25, 1973 | A Little Night Music | That Championship Season | Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm | Imperial Theatre |
| 28th | April 21, 1974 | Raisin | The River Niger | Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston, Cicely Tyson | Shubert Theatre | 20.0 [4] |
| 29th | April 20, 1975 | The Wiz | Equus | Larry Blyden, George S. Irving, Larry Kert,
Carol Lawrence, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, Bobby Van | Winter Garden Theatre | 17.9 [4] |
| 30th | April 18, 1976 | A Chorus Line | Travesties | Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere | Shubert Theatre | 16.0 [4] |
| 31st | June 5, 1977 | Annie | The Shadow Box | Jack Albertson, Bea Arthur, Buddy Ebsen, Damon Evans, Jean Stapleton, Leslie Uggams | |
| 32nd | June 4, 1978 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Da | no formal host | CBS |
| 33rd | June 3, 1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | The Elephant Man | Jane Alexander, Henry Fonda, Liv Ullmann |
| 34th | June 8, 1980 | Evita | Children of a Lesser God | Mary Tyler Moore, Jason Robards | Mark Hellinger Theatre |
| 35th | June 7, 1981 | 42nd Street | Amadeus | Ellen Burstyn, Richard Chamberlain |
| 36th | June 6, 1982 | Nine | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Tony Randall | Imperial Theatre |
| 37th | June 5, 1983 | Cats | Torch Song Trilogy | Richard Burton, Lena Horne, Jack Lemmon | Gershwin Theatre |
| 38th | June 3, 1984 | La Cage aux Folles | The Real Thing | Julie Andrews, Robert Preston |
| 39th | June 2, 1985 | Big River | Biloxi Blues | no formal host | Shubert Theatre |
| 40th | June 1, 1986 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | I'm Not Rappaport | Minskoff Theatre |
| 41st | June 7, 1987 | Les Misérables | Fences | Angela Lansbury | Mark Hellinger Theatre |
| 42nd | June 5, 1988 | The Phantom of the Opera | M. Butterfly | Minskoff Theatre | 12.1 [4] |
| 43rd | June 4, 1989 | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | The Heidi Chronicles | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | 12.3 [4] |
| 44th | June 3, 1990 | City of Angels | The Grapes of Wrath | Kathleen Turner | 10.1 [4] |
| 45th | June 2, 1991 | The Will Rogers Follies | Lost in Yonkers | Julie Andrews, Jeremy Irons | Minskoff Theatre | 12.2 [4] |
| 46th | May 31, 1992 | Crazy for You | Dancing at Lughnasa | Glenn Close | Gershwin Theatre | 11.7 [4] |
| 47th | June 6, 1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Liza Minnelli | 11.1 [4] |
| 48th | June 12, 1994 | Passion | Angels in America: Perestroika | Anthony Hopkins, Amy Irving | 10.4 [4] |
| 49th | June 4, 1995 | Sunset Boulevard | Love! Valour! Compassion! | Nathan Lane, Glenn Close, Gregory Hines | Minskoff Theatre | 10.2 [4] |
| 50th | June 2, 1996 | Rent | Master Class | Nathan Lane | Majestic Theatre | 8.7 [4] |
| 51st | June 1, 1997 | Titanic | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Rosie O'Donnell | Radio City Music Hall | 13.0 [4] |
| 52nd | June 7, 1998 | The Lion King | Art | 11.7 [4] |
| 53rd | June 6, 1999 | Fosse | Side Man | no formal host | Gershwin Theatre | 9.1 [4] |
| 54th | June 4, 2000 | Contact | Copenhagen | Rosie O'Donnell, Nathan Lane | Radio City Music Hall | 8.5 [4] |
| 55th | June 3, 2001 | The Producers | Proof | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick | 8.9 [4] |
| 56th | June 2, 2002 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? | Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines | 7.9 [4] |
| 57th | June 8, 2003 | Hairspray | Take Me Out | Hugh Jackman | 7.8 [4] |
| 58th | June 6, 2004 | Avenue Q | I Am My Own Wife | 6.4 [4] |
| 59th | June 5, 2005 | Monty Python's Spamalot | Doubt | 6.5 [4] |
| 60th | June 11, 2006 | Jersey Boys | The History Boys | no formal host | 7.7 [4] |
| 61st | June 10, 2007 | Spring Awakening | The Coast of Utopia | 5.7 [4] |
| 62nd | June 15, 2008 | In the Heights | August: Osage County | Whoopi Goldberg | 6.2 [4] |
| 63rd | June 7, 2009 | Billy Elliot the Musical | God of Carnage | Neil Patrick Harris | 7.4 [4] |
| 64th | June 13, 2010 | Memphis | Red | Sean Hayes | 7.0 [5] |
| 65th | June 12, 2011 | The Book of Mormon | War Horse | Neil Patrick Harris | Beacon Theatre | 6.9 [6] |
| 66th | June 10, 2012 | Once | Clybourne Park | 6.0 [7] |
| 67th | June 9, 2013 | Kinky Boots | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Radio City Music Hall | 7.2 [8] |
| 68th | June 8, 2014 | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | All the Way | Hugh Jackman | 7.0 [9] |
| 69th | June 7, 2015 | Fun Home | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming | 6.4 [10] |
| 70th | June 12, 2016 | Hamilton | The Humans | James Corden | Beacon Theatre | 8.7 [11] |
| 71st | June 11, 2017 | Dear Evan Hansen | Oslo | Kevin Spacey | Radio City Music Hall | 6.0 [12] |
| 72nd | June 10, 2018 | The Band's Visit | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban | 6.3 [13] |
| 73rd | June 9, 2019 | Hadestown | The Ferryman | James Corden | 5.4 [14] |
| 74th | September 26, 2021 | Moulin Rouge! | The Inheritance | Audra McDonald (ceremony)
Leslie Odom Jr. (Broadway's Back!) | Winter Garden Theatre | CBS/Paramount+ | 2.8 [15] |
| 75th | June 12, 2022 | A Strange Loop | The Lehman Trilogy | Ariana DeBose | Radio City Music Hall | 3.9 |
| 76th | June 11, 2023 | Kimberly Akimbo | Leopoldstadt | United Palace | 4.3 |
| 77th | June 16, 2024 | The Outsiders | Stereophonic | David H. Koch Theater | 3.5 |
| 78th | June 8, 2025 | Maybe Happy Ending | Purpose | Cynthia Erivo | Radio City Music Hall | 4.9 |