The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical is awarded to the actress who is voted the best non-starring actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. This award was introduced in 1950; prior to 1976, it was known as "Best Performance by a Featured or Supporting Actress in a Musical". Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...

Winners and Nominees

In the following list, the winner is displayed first; the non-winning nominees, where known, are second. Prior to 1956, records of nominees were not kept.

1950s

• 1950 Juanita Hall in South Pacific as "Bloody Mary"

• 1951 Isabel Bigley in Guys and Dolls as "Sarah Brown"

• 1952 Helen Gallagher in Pal Joey as "Gladys Bumps"

• 1953 Sheila Bond in Wish You Were Here as "Fay Fromkin"

• 1954 Gwen Verdon in Can-Can as "Claudine" / "Eve"

• 1955 Carol Haney in The Pajama Game as "Gladys"

• 1956 Lotte Lenya in The Threepenny Opera as "Jenny"
  • Rae Allen in Damn Yankees as "Gloria Thorpe"
  • Pat Carroll in Catch a Star as "'Gift of the Magi' Performer" / "Co-respondent" / "Girl in 'Las Vegas'" / "Mom" / "Mrs Ennis" / "Southern Belle" / "The Ingenue" / "Trixie"
  • Judy Tyler in Pipe Dream as "Suzy"

• 1957 Edie Adams in Li'l Abner as "Daisy Mae"
  • Virginia Gibson in Happy Hunting as "Beth Livingstone"
  • Irra Petina in Candide as "Madame Sofronia" / "Old Lady"
  • Jo Sullivan in The Most Happy Fella as "Rosabella"

• 1958 Barbara Cook in The Music Man as "Marian Paroo"
  • Susan Johnson in Oh, Captain! as "Mae"
  • Carol Lawrence in West Side Story as "Maria"
  • Jacquelyn McKeever in Oh Captain! as "Mrs. Maud St. James"
  • Josephine Premice in Jamaica as "Ginger"

• 1959 Pat Stanley in Goldilocks as "Lois Lee"
  • Julienne Marie in Whoop-Up as "Mary Champlain"

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1960s

• 1960 Patricia Neway in The Sound of Music as "The Mother Abbess"
  • Sandra Church in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Pert Kelton in Greenwillow as "Gramma Briggs"
  • Lauri Peters and the Children (Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Rogers, William Snowden, Joseph Stewart) in The Sound of Music as "Liesl von Trapp", "Louisa von Trapp", "Gretl von Trapp", "Marta von Trapp", "Brigitta von Trapp", "Friedrich von Trapp" and "Kurt von Trapp" (respectively)

• 1961 Tammy Grimes in The Unsinkable Molly Brown as "Molly Tobin"
  • Nancy Dussault in Do Re Mi as "Tilda Mullen"
  • Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie as "Rose Grant"

• 1962 Phyllis Newman in Subways Are for Sleeping as "Martha Vail"
  • Elizabeth Allen in The Gay Life as "Magda"
  • Barbara Harris in From the Second City as "Performer"
  • Barbra Streisand in I Can Get It for You Wholesale as "Miss Marmelstein"

• 1963 Anna Quayle in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off as "Anya" / "Evie" / "Ginnie" / "Ilse"
  • Ruth Kobart in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Domina"
  • Virginia Martin in Little Me as "Baby" / "Belle"
  • Louise Troy in Tovarich as "Natalia Mayovskaya"

• 1964 Tessie O'Shea in The Girl Who Came to Supper as "Ada Cockle"
  • Julienne Marie in Foxy as "Celia"
  • Kay Medford in Funny Girl as "Mrs. Brice"
  • Louise Troy in High Spirits as "Ruth Condomine"

• 1965 Maria Karnilova in Fiddler on the Roof as "Golde"
  • Luba Lisa in I Had a Ball as "Addie"
  • Carrie Nye in Half a Sixpence as "Helen Walsingham"
  • Barbara Windsor in Oh! What a Lovely War as "Performer"

• 1966 Beatrice Arthur in Mame as "Vera Charles"
  • Helen Gallagher in Sweet Charity as "Nickie"
  • Patricia Marand in It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman! as "Lois Lane"
  • Charlotte Rae in Pickwick as "Mrs. Bardell"

• 1967 Peg Murray in Cabaret as "Fraulein Kost"
  • Leland Palmer in A Joyful Noise as "Miss Jimmie"
  • Josephine Premice in A Hand is on the Gate as "Performer"
  • Susan Watson in A Joyful Noise as "Jenny Lee"

• 1968 Lillian Hayman in Hallelujah, Baby! as "Momma"
  • Geula Gill in The Grand Music Hall of Israel as "Performer"
  • Julie Gregg in The Happy Time as "Laurie Mannon"
  • Alice Playten in Henry, Sweet Henry as "Kafritz"

• 1969 Marian Mercer in Promises, Promises as "Marge MacDougall"
  • Sandy Duncan in Canterbury Tales as "Alison" / "May" / "Molly" / "The Sweetheart"
  • Lorraine Serabian in Zorba as "Leader"
  • Virginia Vestoff in 1776 as "Abigail Adams"

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1970s

• 1970 Melba Moore in Purlie as "Lutiebelle"
  • Bonnie Franklin in Applause as "Bonnie"
  • Penny Fuller in Applause as "Eve Harrington"
  • Melissa Hart in Georgy as "Meredith"

• 1971 Patsy Kelly in No, No Nanette as "Pauline"
  • Barbara Barrie in Company as "Sarah"
  • Pamela Myers in Company as "Marta"

• 1972 Linda Hopkins in Inner City as "Performer"
  • Adrienne Barbeau in Grease as "Rizzo"
  • Bernadette Peters in On The Town as "Hildy Esterhazy"
  • Beatrice Winde in Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death as "Performer"

• 1973 Patricia Elliott in A Little Night Music as "Countess Charlotte Malcolm"
  • Hermione Gingold in A Little Night Music as "Madame Armfeldt"
  • Patsy Kelly in Irene as "Mrs. O'Dare"
  • Irene Ryan in Pippin as "Berthe"

• 1974 Janie Sell in Over Here! as "Mitzi"
  • Leigh Beery in Cyrano as "Roxana"
  • Maureen Brennan in Candide as "Cunegonde"
  • June Gable in Candide as "Old Lady"
  • Ernestine Jackson in Raisin as "Ruth Younger"

• 1975 Dee Dee Bridgewater in The Wiz as "Glinda"
  • Susan Browning in Goodtime Charley as "Agnes Sorel"
  • Zan Charisse in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Taina Elg in Where's Charley? as "Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez"
  • Kelly Garrett in The Night That Made America Famous as "Performer"
  • Donna Theodore in Shenandoah as "Anne"

• 1976 Kelly Bishop in A Chorus Line as "Sheila"
  • Priscilla Lopez in A Chorus Line as "Diana"
  • Patti LuPone in The Robber Bridegroom as "Rosamund"
  • Virginia Seidel in Very Good Eddie as "Mrs. Elsie Darling"

• 1977 Delores Hall in Your Arms Too Short to Box with God as "Performer"
  • Ellen Greene in Threepenny Opera as "Jenny"
  • Millicent Martin in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Performer"
  • Julia McKenzie in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Perfomer"

• 1978 Nell Carter in Ain't Misbehavin' as "Performer"
  • Imogene Coca in On the Twentieth Century as "Letitia Primrose"
  • Ann Reinking in Dancin' as "Performer"
  • Charlaine Woodard in Ain't Misbehavin' as "Performer"

• 1979 Carlin Glynn in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as "Mona Stangley"
  • Joan Ellis in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as "Shy"
  • Millicent Martin in King of Hearts as "Madeleine"
  • Maxine Sullivan in My Old Friends as "Mrs. Cooper"

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1980s

• 1980 Priscilla Lopez in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine as "Gino"
  • Debbie Allen in West Side Story as "Anita"
  • Glenn Close in Barnum as "Chairy Barnum"
  • Jossie de Guzman in West Side Story as "Maria"

• 1981 Marilyn Cooper in Woman of the Year as "Jan Donovan"
  • Phyllis Hyman in Sophisticated Ladies as "Performer"
  • Wanda Richert in 42nd Street as "Peggy Sawyer"
  • Lynne Thigpen in Tintypes as "Performer"

• 1982 Liliane Montevecchi in Nine as "Liliane La Fleur"
  • Laurie Beechman in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as "The Narrator"
  • Karen Akers in Nine as "Luisa Contini"
  • Anita Morris in Nine as "Carla"

• 1983 Betty Buckley in Cats as "Grizabella"
  • Christine Andreas in On Your Toes as "Frankie Frayne"
  • Karla Burns in Show Boat as "Queenie"
  • Denny Dillon in My One and Only as "Mickey"

• 1984 Lila Kedrova in Zorba as "Madame Hortense"
  • Martine Allard in The Tap Dance Kid as "Emma"
  • Liz Callaway in Baby as "Lizzie Fields"
  • Dana Ivey in Sunday in the Park with George as "Naomi Eisen" / "Yvonne"

• 1985 Leilani Jones in Grind as "Satin"
  • Evalyn Baron in Quilters as "Daughter"
  • Mary Beth Peil in The King and I as Anna Leonowens
  • Lenka Peterson in Quilters as "Sarah"

• 1986 Bebe Neuwirth in Sweet Charity as "Nicky"
  • Patti Cohenour in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "Rosa Bud" / "Miss Deirdre Peregrine"
  • Jana Schneider in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "Helena Landless" / "Miss Janet Conover"
  • Elisabeth Welch in Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood as "Performer"

• 1987 Frances Ruffelle in Les Misérables as "Eponine "
  • Jane Connell in Me and My Girl as "Maria"
  • Judy Kuhn in Les Misérables as "Cosette"
  • Jane Summerhays in Me and My Girl as "Lady Jaqueline Carstone"

• 1988 Judy Kaye in The Phantom of the Opera as "Carlotta Guidicelli"
  • Leleti Khumalo in Sarafina! as "Sarafina"
  • Alyson Reed im Cabaret as "Sally Bowles"
  • Regina Resnik in Cabaret as "Fraulein Schneider"

• 1989 Debbie Shapiro in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Bathing Beauty" / "Company Member of '...Forum'" / "Hildy" / "Mazeppa" / "Overture Singer" / "Rosalia" / "Singer"
  • Jane Lanier in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Socialite" / "2nd Dancer"
  • Faith Prince in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Ma" / "Tessie"
  • Julie Wilson in Legs Diamond as "Flo"

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Woman of the Year is a 1942 romantic comedy film in which a feminist, chosen Woman of the Year, tries to keep the spark in her personal relationship. ... Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was a soul artist beloved by many musicians. ... Original poster Sophisticated Ladies is a musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington. ... For the film of this name, see 42nd Street (film). ... Lynne Thigpen (December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003) was an American actress. ... Tintypes is a musical revue conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle. ... Liliane Montevecchi (born October 13, 1932) is a French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer. ... Nine is a musical with music and lyrics by American composer Maury Yeston. ... Born Laurie Hope Beechman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1953, she was possessed of an incredible singing voice, powerful, yet subtle and nuanced. ... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. ... Karen Akers (born October 13, 1945) is an American actress and singer, who has appeared on Broadway, cabaret and film. ... Nine is a musical with music and lyrics by American composer Maury Yeston. ... Anita Morris (born 14 March 1943 in Durham, North Carolina – died 2 March 1994 in Los Angeles, California of ovarian cancer) was an American actress. ... Nine is a musical with music and lyrics by American composer Maury Yeston. ... Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American theater, film, and television actress. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Christine Andreas on the cover of her CD Heres to the Ladies Christine Andreas (born October 1, 1951) is an American actress and singer. ... On Your Toes has two possible meanings. ... 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Dana Ivey (born August 14, 1942) is an American actress. ... Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Leilani Jones is an African-American actress born in Oahu, Hawaii. ... Grind was a Tony-nominated musical that made its Broadway debut in 1985. ... Sandy Bonsib is an American quilter and quilting instructor who resides in Issaquah, WA. She is a frequent quilting teacher, has been featured on PBS, and is the author of multiple books on quilting technique, including Quilting Your Memories, Quilting More Memories, Folk Art Quilts, etc. ... Mary Beth Peil (born June 25, 1930) is an American opera singer and actress best known as Evelyn Ryan on the television series Dawsons Creek. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Anna Leonowens (November, 1831 - January 19, 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in the musical The King and I. The play, based on adaptations of her factually slipshod memoirs, provides a fictionalised look at her life in the royal court of Siam (present-day Thailand). ... Lenka Peterson was born on October 16, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska as Betty Ann Isacson, whose name was later legally changed to Lenka Peterson She is an actress of stage, film and TV. She was nominated for a 1985 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her... Sandy Bonsib is an American quilter and quilting instructor who resides in Issaquah, WA. She is a frequent quilting teacher, has been featured on PBS, and is the author of multiple books on quilting technique, including Quilting Your Memories, Quilting More Memories, Folk Art Quilts, etc. ... Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American theater, television, and film actress. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. ... Patti Cohenour was most recently seen in the Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza as Signora Naccarelli. ... The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. ... Janet Ann Schneider was an American actress and photo journalist. ... The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. ... Frances Ruffelle was born on 29 August 1965 to Dame Sylvia Young, the founder of the famous dance school that Frances trained at and she has been performing since she was seven years of age. ... Les Misérables programme from Palace Theatre July 2003. ... Jane Connell is an American actress of film, stage and television. ... Me and My Girl is a popular British stage musical, with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. ... Judy Kuhn is an American actress and singer. ... Les Misérables programme from Palace Theatre July 2003. ... Me and My Girl is a popular British stage musical, with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. ... Appeared with the Santa Fe Opera (1985, 1990), the NYC opera (1989), NY Philharmonic (1990), Boston Pops Orchestra (1990) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1990). ... The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel by French novelist Gaston Leroux. ... Leleti Khumalo is a young actress who played the leading role in the movie Sarafina alongside Whoopi Goldberg. ... Sarafina! is a South African musical by Mbongeni Ngema depicting apartheid; it was later adapted into a movie starring Leleti Khumalo and Whoopi Goldberg. ... Alyson Reed is an American dancer and actress. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Regina Resnik (born 30 August 1922 in New York City) is an opera singer and actress, who is known for her performances in Carmen, Don Carlo, Falstaff, Aida, Queen of Spades and Elektra amongst others. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Debbie Shapiro (born September 29, 1954) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... 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1990s

• 1990 Randy Graff in City of Angels as "Donna" / "Oolie"
  • Jane Krakowski in Grand Hotel as "Flaemmchen"
  • Kathleen Rowe McAllen in Aspects of Love as "Giulietta Trapani"
  • Crista Moore in Gypsy as "Louise"

• 1991 Daisy Eagan in The Secret Garden as "Mary Lennox"
  • Alison Fraser in The Secret Garden as "Martha"
  • Cady Huffman in The Will Rogers Follies as "Ziegfeld's Favorite"
  • LaChanze in Once on This Island as "Ti Moune"

• 1992 Tonya Pinkins in Jelly's Last Jam as "Sweet Anita"
  • Liz Larsen in The Most Happy Fella as "Cleo"
  • Vivian Reed in The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club as "The Enchantress"
  • Barbara Walsh in Falsettos as "Trina"

• 1993 Andrea Martin in My Favorite Year as "Alice Miller"
  • Jan Graveson in Blood Brothers as "Linda"
  • Lainie Kazan in My Favorite Year as "Belle Steinberg" Carroca
  • Marcia Mitzman in The Who's Tommy as "Mrs. Walker"

• 1994 Audra McDonald in Carousel as "Carrie Pipperidge"
  • Marcia Lewis in Grease as "Miss Lynch"
  • Sally Mayes in She Loves Me as "Ilona Ritter"
  • Marin Mazzie in Passion as "Clara"

• 1995 Gretha Boston in Show Boat as "Queenie"
  • Brenda Braxton in Smokey Joe's Cafe as "Performer"
  • B.J. Crosby in Smokey Joe's Cafe as "Performer"
  • DeLee Lively in Smokey Joe's Cafe as "Performer"

• 1996 Ann Duquesnay in Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk as "'Da Singer" / "The Chanteuse"
  • Joohee Choi in The King and I as "Tuptim"
  • Veanne Cox in Company as "Amy"
  • Idina Menzel in Rent as "Maureen Johnson"

• 1997 Lillias White in The Life as "Sonja"
  • Marcia Lewis in Chicago as "Matron Mama Morton"
  • Andrea Martin in Candide as "Old Lady"
  • Debra Monk in Steel Pier as "Shelby Stevens"

• 1998 Audra McDonald in Ragtime as "Sarah"
  • Anna Kendrick in High Society as "Dinah Lord"
  • Tsidii Le Loka in The Lion King as "Rafiki"
  • Mary Louise Wilson in Cabaret as "Fraulein Schneider"

• 1999 Kristin Chenoweth in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as "Sally Brown"
  • Gretha Boston in It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues as "Performer"
  • Valarie Pettiford in Fosse as "Performer"
  • Mary Testa in On the Town as "Little Old Lady" / "Madame Maude P. Dilly"

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Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (February 9, 1911 or 1914 – April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer, whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy. ... Daisy Eagan (born November 4, 1979) is an American actress. ... The Secret Garden is a musical based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett book of the same name. ... Alison Fraser Alison Fraser is an American singer and actress. ... The Secret Garden is a musical based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett book of the same name. ... Cady Huffman (born Catherine Elizabeth Huffman on February 2, 1965 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actress. ... Will Rogers Follies is a musical about the famed humorist, Will Rogers. ... LaChanze (whose name means one who is charmed) is an African-American actress, singer, and dancer. ... Once on This Island is a musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. ... Tonya Pinkins, in a still from the opening sequence of All My Children. ... Jellys Last Jam is a Broadway musical based on the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. ... Liz Larsen is an American actress. ... The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. ... Vivian Reed is the name of several actresses: Vivian Reed (silent film actress) - an American actress who starred 1910-1919. ... Barbara Walsh is an American musical theatre actress who has appeared in several prominent Broadway productions. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947 in Portland, Maine) is an American actress and comediennne of Armenian descent. ... My Favorite Year is a Broadway musical based on the film of the same name, with a book by Joseph Dougherty, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. ... Jan Graveson is a British actress from Tyneside in the North of England. ... Blood Brothers is a 1983 play with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. ... Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine on May 15, 1940 in New York City) is an American actress and singer. ... My Favorite Year is a Broadway musical based on the film of the same name, with a book by Joseph Dougherty, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. ... In her guest role as Commander Sandra Levitt in the Babylon 5 episode No Surrender, No Retreat Marcia Mitzman Gaven (born on 28 February 1959 in New York City, New York, USA) was the voice for Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover and others on The Simpsons from 1999 until... Tommy (1969) is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... Audra McDonald Audra McDonald is an American singer and four-time Tony Award-winning actress. ... Carousel is a 1945 stage musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnars play Liliom. ... Marcia Lewis (born August 8, 1938) is an American character actress. ... This article is about the stage musical. ... She Loves Me is a Broadway musical. ... Marin Mazzie (born October 9, 1960) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. ... Pasión es una obra musical que se estreno en Broadway en 1994, adaptada de la película de Ettore Scola Passione dAmore que, a su vez , se basa en la novela de Igino Tarchetti Fosca. Con libreto de James Lapine y música y letras de Stephen Sondheim. ... Gretha Boston is a Tony award winning actress. ... Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. One notable exception is the song Bill, which was originally written for Kern in 1918 by P. G. Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat, and two songs... Smokey Joes Cafe is a musical theatrical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... Smokey Joes Cafe is a musical theatrical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... Smokey Joes Cafe is a musical theatrical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... Ann Duquesnay is an American musical theatre actress, composer and lyricist best known for Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, which earned her one Tony Award and one Tony nomination. ... Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da funk was a musical that debuted in 1996 and closed in 1999 after running three years. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Company is a musical with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Idina Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel on May 30, 1971 in New York City) is an American actress, singer and songwriter who is best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Wicked and her Tony-nominated performance in Rent. ... Rent is an American Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. ... 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Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. ... High Society is a 1956 musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Tsidii Le Loka is an African singer who is known in America for originating the role of Rafiki in the Broadway production of The Lion King. ... The Lion King is a 1994 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ... Mary Louise Wilson— (b. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. ... Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. ... Gretha Boston is a Tony award winning actress. ... Fosse A Broadway musical based on the music & choreography of Bob Fosse (1927-1987) in the form of a review. ... Mary Testa is an American stage actress. ... On the Town is a musical that opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on December 28, 1944, with music by Leonard Bernstein, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, direction by George Abbott, and choreography by Jerome Robbins. ...

2000s

• 2000 Karen Ziemba in Contact as "The Wife"
  • Laura Benanti in Swing! as "Performer"
  • Ann Hampton Callaway in Swing! as "Performer"
  • Eartha Kitt in The Wild Party as "Dolores"
  • Deborah Yates in Contact as "Girl in a Yellow Dress"

• 2001 Cady Huffman in The Producers as "Ulla"
  • Polly Bergen in Follies as "Carlotta Campion"
  • Kathleen Freeman in The Full Monty as "Jeanette Burmeister"
  • Kate Levering in 42nd Street as "Peggy Sawyer"
  • Mary Testa in 42nd Street as "Maggie Jones"

• 2002 Harriet Harris in Thoroughly Modern Millie as "Mrs. Meers"
  • Andrea Martin in Oklahoma! as "Aunt Eller"
  • Judy Kaye in Mamma Mia! as "Rosie"
  • Laura Benanti in Into the Woods as "Cinderella"
  • Spencer Kayden in Urinetown as "Little Sally"

• 2003 Jane Krakowski in Nine as "Carla"
  • Tammy Blanchard in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Mary Stuart Masterson in Nine as "Luisa Contini"
  • Chita Rivera in Nine as "Liliane La Fleur"
  • Ashley Tuttle in Movin' Out as "Judy"

• 2004 Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, or Change as "Emmie Thibodeaux"
  • Beth Fowler in The Boy from Oz as "Marion Woolnough"
  • Isabel Keating in The Boy from Oz as "Judy Garland"
  • Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town as "Eileen Sherwood"
  • Karen Ziemba in Never Gonna Dance as "Mabel Pritt"

• 2005 Sara Ramirez in Monty Python's Spamalot as "The Lady of the Lake"
  • Joanna Gleason in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as "Muriel Eubanks"
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as "Olive Ostrovsky"
  • Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as "Baroness Bomburst"
  • Kelli O'Hara in The Light in the Piazza as "Clara Johnson"

• 2006 Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone as "The Drowsy Chaperone"
  • Carolee Carmello in Lestat as "Gabrielle"
  • Felicia P. Fields in The Color Purple as "Sofia"
  • Megan Lawrence in The Pajama Game as "Gladys"
  • Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in The Color Purple as "Shug Avery"

• 2007
  • Charlotte d'Amboise in A Chorus Line as "Cassie"
  • Rebecca Luker in Mary Poppins as "Mrs. Banks"
  • Orfeh in Legally Blonde: The Musical as "Paulette"
  • Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens as "Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale"
  • Karen Ziemba in Curtains as "Georgia Hendricks"

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Harriet Sansom Harris (January 8, 1955-), is an actress born in Fort Worth, Texas. ... Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with a book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan and additional songs by Scanlan (lyrics) and Jeanine Tesori (music). ... Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947 in Portland, Maine) is an American actress and comediennne of Armenian descent. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Appeared with the Santa Fe Opera (1985, 1990), the NYC opera (1989), NY Philharmonic (1990), Boston Pops Orchestra (1990) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1990). ... The Prince Edward Theatre on Old Compton Street Mamma Mia! showing at Cirkus in Stockholm 2006. ... Laura Benanti (born July 15, 1979 in Kinnelon, New Jersey) is an American musical theatre actress who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre productions. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Gustave Dorés illustration for Cendrillon For other uses, see Cinderella (disambiguation). ... Spencer Kayden (born 1971) is an American comic actress. ... Henry Millers Theatre 2003, Charles Shaughnessy. ... Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... Nine is a musical with music and lyrics by American composer Maury Yeston. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (February 9, 1911 or 1914 – April 26, 1970) was an American actress and burlesque entertainer, whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy. ... 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The Light in the Piazza is a musical drama by Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book). ... Beth Leavel (born Nov. ... The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morisson and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. ... Carolee Carmello is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musical. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Fictional vampires | The Vampire Chronicles ... For the Broadway musical, see The Color Purple (musical). ... The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ... For the Broadway musical, see The Color Purple (musical). ... Charlotte dAmboise (May 11, 1964) is a professional dancer and actor on the stage, in movies, and on television. ... A Chorus Line is a musical with a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. ... Rebecca Luker is an American musical theatre actress and soprano who has appeared in several prominent Broadway productions. ... 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Curtains is a musical with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone. ...

Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Featured Actress in a Musical

• Audra McDonald (2)