Tony Award for Best Orchestrations

Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Awarded for	Best Orchestrations
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Jonathan Tunick for Merrily We Roll Along (2024)
Website	TonyAwards.com

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.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1990s

Year	Musical	Nominees
1997 (51st) [1]
	Titanic	Jonathan Tunick
	The Life	Don Sebesky and Harold Wheeler
	Play On!	Luther Henderson
	Steel Pier	Michael Gibson
1998 (52nd) [2]
	Ragtime	Bill Brohn
	Cabaret	Michael Gibson
	The Capeman	Stanley Silverman
	The Lion King	Robert Elhai, Bruce Fowler and David Metzger
1999 (53rd) [3]
	Fosse	Doug Besterman and Ralph Burns
	Little Me	Harold Wheeler
	Parade	Don Sebesky
	Swan Lake	David Cullen

2000s

Year	Musical	Nominees
2000 (54th) [4]
	Kiss Me, Kate	Don Sebesky
	Marie Christine	Jonathan Tunick
	The Music Man	Doug Besterman
	Swing!	Harold Wheeler
2001 (55th) [5]
	The Producers	Doug Besterman
	A Class Act	Larry Hochman
	Follies	Jonathan Tunick
	The Full Monty	Harold Wheeler
2002 (56th) [6]
	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Doug Besterman and Ralph Burns
	Mamma Mia!	Benny Andersson, Martin Koch and Björn Ulvaeus
	Sweet Smell of Success	Bill Brohn
	Urinetown	Bruce Coughlin
2003 (57th) [7]
	Movin' Out	Billy Joel and Stuart Malina
	La bohème	Nicholas Kitsopoulos
	Hairspray	Harold Wheeler
	Nine	Jonathan Tunick
2004 (58th) [8]
	Assassins	Michael Starobin
	Bombay Dreams	Paul Bogaev
	Fiddler on the Roof	Larry Hochman
	Wicked	Bill Brohn
2005 (59th) [9]
	The Light in the Piazza	Bruce Coughlin, Adam Guettel and Ted Sperling
	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Harold Wheeler
	Monty Python's Spamalot	Larry Hochman
	Pacific Overtures	Jonathan Tunick
2006 (60th) [10]
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Sarah Travis
	The Drowsy Chaperone	Larry Blank
	Jersey Boys	Steve Orich
	The Pajama Game	Dick Lieb and Danny Troob
2007 (61st) [11]
	Spring Awakening	Duncan Sheik
	110 in the Shade	Jonathan Tunick
	Grey Gardens	Bruce Coughlin
	LoveMusik	Jonathan Tunick
2008 (62nd) [12]
	In the Heights	Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman
	A Catered Affair	Jonathan Tunick
	Passing Strange	Heidi Rodewald and Stew
	Sunday in the Park with George	Jason Carr
2009 (63rd) [13]
	Billy Elliot the Musical	Martin Koch
	Next to Normal	Tom Kitt and Michael Starobin
	Shrek the Musical	John Clancy and Danny Troob
	White Christmas	Larry Blank

2010s

Year	Musical	Nominees
2010 (64th) [14]
	Memphis	David Bryan and Daryl Waters
	Fela!	Aaron Johnson
	La Cage aux Folles	Jason Carr
	Promises, Promises	Jonathan Tunick
2011 (65th) [15]
	The Book of Mormon	Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus
	Catch Me If You Can	Larry Blank and Marc Shaiman
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Doug Besterman
	The Scottsboro Boys	Larry Hochman
2012 (66th) [16]
	Once	Martin Lowe
	Newsies	Danny Troob
	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Bill Elliott
	Porgy and Bess	Bill Brohn and Christopher Jahnke
2013 (67th) [17]
	Kinky Boots	Stephen Oremus
	Matilda the Musical	Chris Nightingale
	Motown: The Musical	Bryan Crook and Ethan Popp
	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella	Danny Troob
2014 (68th) [18]
	The Bridges of Madison County	Jason Robert Brown
	Beautiful: The Carole King Musical	Steve Sidwell
	Bullets Over Broadway	Doug Besterman
	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder	Jonathan Tunick
2015 (69th) [19]
	An American in Paris	Christopher Austin, Bill Elliott and Don Sebesky
	Fun Home	John Clancy
	The Last Ship	Rob Mathes
	Something Rotten!	Larry Hochman
2016 (70th) [20]
	Hamilton	Alex Lacamoire
	Bright Star	August Eriksmoen
	She Loves Me	Larry Hochman
	Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed	Daryl Waters
2017 (71st) [21]
	Dear Evan Hansen	Alex Lacamoire
	Bandstand	Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen
	Hello, Dolly!	Larry Hochman
	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Dave Malloy
2018 (72nd) [22]
	The Band's Visit	Jamshied Sharifi
	Carousel	Jonathan Tunick
	Mean Girls	John Clancy
	Once on This Island	Annmarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kitt
2019 (73rd) [23]
	Hadestown	Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose
	Ain’t Too Proud	Harold Wheeler
	Kiss Me, Kate	Larry Hochman
	Oklahoma!	Daniel Kluger
	Tootsie	Simon Hale

2020s

Year	Musical	Nominees
2020 (74th) [24]
	Moulin Rouge!	Katie Kresek, Justin Levine, Charlie Rosen and Matt Stine
	Jagged Little Pill	Tom Kitt
	Tina	Ethan Popp
2022 (75th) [25]
	Girl from the North Country	Simon Hale
	Company	David Cullen
	MJ	David Holcenberg and Jason Michael Webb
	Six	Tom Curran
	A Strange Loop	Charlie Rosen
2023 (76th) [26]
	Some Like It Hot	Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter
	& Juliet	Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro
	Kimberly Akimbo	John Clancy
	New York, New York	Daryl Waters and Sam Davis
	Shucked	Jason Howland
2024 (77th)
	Merrily We Roll Along	Jonathan Tunick
	Hell's Kitchen	Adam Blackstone and Tom Kitt
	Illinoise	Timo Andres
	The Outsiders	Matt Hinkley, Justin Levine, and Jamestown Revival (Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay)
	Stereophonic	Will Butler and Justin Craig

Multiple wins

3 Wins Doug Besterman Alex Lacamoire

2 Wins Ralph Burns Stephen Oremus Charlie Rosen Don Sebesky Michael Starobin Jonathan Tunick

Multiple nominations

12 Nominations Jonathan Tunick 9 Nominations Larry Hochman 7 Nominations Harold Wheeler

6 Nominations Doug Besterman 4 Nominations Bill Brohn John Clancy Tom Kitt Don Sebesky Danny Troob

3 Nominations Larry Blank Bruce Coughlin Bill Elliott Alex Lacamoire Charlie Rosen Michael Starobin Daryl Waters

2 Nominations Ralph Burns Jason Carr David Cullen Simon Hale Michael Gibson Martin Koch Stephen Oremus Bill Sherman

See also

• Tony Award for Best Original Score
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
• List of Tony Award-nominated productions

External links

• Tony Awards Official site
• Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
• Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com

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