The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple awards and nominations for Best New Musical
Awards
Five awards
- Stephen Sondheim
Three awards
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Two awards
- Thomas Meehan
- Tim Minchin
- Trevor Nunn
- Tim Rice
- Hugh Wheeler
Nominations
Ten nominations
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Nine nominations
- Stephen Sondheim
Four nominations
- Don Black
- Cy Coleman
- Thomas Meehan
- Michael Stewart
- Jeanine Tesori
Three nominations
- Alain Boublil
- Fred Ebb
- Anthony Drewe
- Howard Goodall
- Elton John
- John Kander
- James Lapine
- Robert Lopez
- Richard Maltby Jr.
- Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Glenn Slater
- Alan Menken
- George Stiles
- Trevor Nunn
- Tim Rice
Two nominations
- Howard Ashman
- Benny Andersson
- Glen Ballard
- Leonard Bernstein
- Mark Bramble
- Mel Brooks
- Betty Comden
- Ben Elton
- Julian Fellowes
- Tim Firth
- Adolph Green
- Lee Hall
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Charles Hart
- Craig Lucas
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Toby Marlow
- Terrence McNally
- Tim Minchin
- Lucy Moss
- Willy Russell (nominated for Blood Brothers in 1983 and 1983 as "Musical of the Year" before the award for Best Musical Revival was introduced in 1991)
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Richard Stilgoe
- Björn Ulvaeus
- Hugh Wheeler
See also
- Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Musical
References
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners 1976–2008" (.PDF). The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
External links
- Official website
