Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in professional 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 <small>(nominated for Blood Brothers in 1983 and 1983 as "Musical of the Year" before the award for Best Musical Revival was introduced in 1991)</small>
• 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

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