American theatre award for Broadway actors
The Tony Award forBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical is an honor presented at theTony Awards , a ceremony established in 1947 as theAntoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality featured roles in amusical play , whether a new production or a revival. The awards are named after Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.
Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture ofThe Broadway League and theAmerican Theatre Wing , to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[ 1]
The award was originally called theTony Award for Best Performance in a Musical . It was first presented toDavid Wayne at the1st Tony Awards for his portrayal of Og inFinian's Rainbow 1956 , nominees' names were not made public;[ 2] [ 3] Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured or Supporting Role in a Musical . It was renamed again to its current title in1976 .
Hinton Battle holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of three. No characters have taken the award multiple times, but Herbie inGypsy
Winners and nominees [ edit ] indicates the winner
David Wayne won forFinian's Rainbow (1947)Myron McCormick won forSouth Pacific (1950)Yul Brynner won forThe King and I (1952)Harry Belafonte won forJohn Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)David Burns won twice forThe Music Man (1958) andA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963)Dick Van Dyke won forBye Bye Birdie (1961)Charles Nelson Reilly won forHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962)Jack Cassidy won forShe Loves Me (1964)Victor Spinetti won forOh, What a Lovely War (1965)Joel Grey won forCabaret (1967)René Auberjonois won forCoco (1970)Larry Blyden won forA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972)Tommy Tune won forSeesaw (1974)Ted Ross won forThe Wiz (1975)Kevin Kline won forOn the Twentieth Century (1978)Mandy Patinkin won forEvita (1980)Michael Jeter won forGrand Hotel (1990)Ron Rifkin won forCabaret (1998)Boyd Gaines won twice: forContact (2000) andGypsy (2008)Shuler Hensley won forOklahoma! (2002)Michael Cerveris won forAssassins (2004)Dan Fogler won forThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)Christian Hoff won forJersey Boys (2006)John Gallagher Jr. won forSpring Awakening (2007)Gregory Jbara won forBilly Elliot the Musical (2009)John Larroquette won forHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011)James Monroe Iglehart won forAladdin (2014)Christian Borle won forSomething Rotten! (2015)Daveed Diggs won forHamilton (2016)Gavin Creel won forHello, Dolly! (2017)Ari'el Stachel won forThe Band's Visit (2018)André De Shields won forHadestown (2019)Danny Burstein won forMoulin Rouge! (2020) Matt Doyle won forCompany (2021)Alex Newell won forShucked (2023)Daniel Radcliffe won forMerrily We Roll Along (2024)5 nominations 3 nominations
2 nominations
Character nomination total [ edit ] 5 nominations 4 nominations 2 nominations Productions with multiple nominations [ edit ] boldface =winner
Multiple awards and nominations [ edit ] Actors who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories There was one tie in the history of this category, in 1959.[ 72] The role of Herbie inGypsy The role of Herr Schultz inCabaret Hinton Battle remains the most successful performer in the history of this category with a perfect score of three wins in three nominations.Danny Burstein has received the most nominations in this category with five, but has only been victorious once.Gregg Edelman ,Marc Kudisch , andChristopher Fitzgerald have received three nominations but never won and are this category's biggest "losers." Coincidentally, Edelman and Kudisch were nominated and lost toShuler Hensley in 2002.There has never been a consecutive winner in this category. There have been, though, some consecutive nominations.Jack Cassidy was consecutively nominated in 1964 and 1965, whileBruce Adler achieved the same honor in 1991 and 1992. 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