Carol Channing never let a parade pass HER by!
Jerry Herman's Hello Dolly! was the big winner of 1964.
(That HAT!)
winning all 5 Tonys it was nominated for.
Above, Walter Bobbie as Nicely Nicely in the 1992 revival.
Frank Loesser's OTHER smash hit...
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying,
took the Tony home in 1961.
Above, Sammy Smith and Robert Morse do it "The Company Way".
The Music Man (above, with Robert Preston and Barbara Cook)
won in 1958...music by Meredith Willson.
The Book Of Morman, Best Musical of 2011,
with Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.
Great shot of Dick Gautier
as Conrad Birdie
in Bye Bye Birdie,
the winner in 1961.
Charles Strouse and Lee Adams were the musical perpetrators.
(That SUIT!)
A Chorus Line did it in 1976,
winning 9 Tonys.
Music created by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban.
Hamilton broke records in 2016,
with the most Tony nominations (16),
and winning 11!
Above Leslie Odom, Jr...waiting for it (but not for long)!
Dear Evan Hansen,
the winner in 2017,
with Ben Platt starring.
Music: Pasek and Paul!
And last year's winner,
The Band's Visit,
with Katrina Lenk and Tony Shaloub.
This production was one of only 4 musicals to be the
winner of the unofficial "Big 6":
Tonys for Best Musical, Score, Book, Direction,
Actor, and Actress!
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