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Tony Award for
Best Choreography
Tony Award for ; Best Choreography
Awarded for	Best Choreography
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Casey Nicholaw for Some Like It Hot (2023)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Tony Award for Best Choreography

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The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1947, but nominees were not announced until 1956.

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The category was not given due to an insufficient number of musicals during the season.

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Year	Production	Choreographer
1947 (1st)
	Brigadoon	Agnes de Mille
	Finian's Rainbow	Michael Kidd
1948 (2nd)
1948 (2nd)	High Button Shoes	Jerome Robbins
1949 (3rd)
1949 (3rd)	Lend an Ear	Gower Champion

Year	Production	Choreographer
1950 (4th)
1950 (4th)	Touch and Go	Helen Tamiris
1951 (5th)
1951 (5th)	Guys and Dolls	Michael Kidd
1952 (6th)
1952 (6th)	Pal Joey	Robert Alton
1953 (7th)
1953 (7th)	Wonderful Town	Donald Saddler
1954 (8th)
1954 (8th)	Can-Can	Michael Kidd
1955 (9th)
1955 (9th)	The Pajama Game	Bob Fosse
1956 (10th) ^[1]
	Damn Yankees	Bob Fosse
	Phoenix '55	Boris Runanin
	Pipe Dream	Boris Runanin
	Red Roses for Me	Anna Sokolow
	The Vamp	Robert Alton
1957 (11th) ^[2]
	Li'l Abner	Michael Kidd
	Bells Are Ringing	Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins
	The Most Happy Fella	Dania Krupska
	My Fair Lady	Hanya Holm
1958 (12th) ^[3]
	West Side Story	Jerome Robbins
	The Music Man	Onna White
	New Girl in Town	Bob Fosse
1959 (13th) ^[4]
	Redhead	Bob Fosse
	Flower Drum Song	Carol Haney
	Goldilocks	Agnes de Mille
	Whoop-Up	Onna White

Year	Production	Choreographer
1960 (14th) ^[5]
	Destry Rides Again	Michael Kidd
	Fiorello!	Peter Gennaro
	Greenwillow	Joe Layton
	Happy Town	Lee Scot
	Take Me Along	Onna White
1961 (15th) ^[6]
	Bye Bye Birdie	Gower Champion
	Irma La Douce	Onna White
1962 (16th) ^[7]
	Kwamina	Agnes de Mille
	No Strings	Joe Layton
	The Happiest Girl in the World	Dania Krupska
	Subways Are for Sleeping	Michael Kidd
1963 (17th) ^[8]
	Little Me	Bob Fosse
	Bravo Giovanni	Carol Haney
1964 (18th) ^[9]
	Hello, Dolly!	Gower Champion
	Anyone Can Whistle	Herbert Ross
	Funny Girl	Carol Haney
	High Spirits	Danny Daniels
1965 (19th) ^[10]
	Fiddler on the Roof	Jerome Robbins
	Bajour	Peter Gennaro
	Golden Boy	Donald McKayle
	Half a Sixpence	Onna White
1966 (20th) ^[11]
	Sweet Charity	Bob Fosse
	Mame	Onna White
	Man of La Mancha	Jack Cole
	Skyscraper	Michael Kidd
1967 (21st) ^[12]
	Cabaret	Ron Field
	Annie Get Your Gun	Danny Daniels
	The Apple Tree	Lee Theodore
	A Joyful Noise	Michael Bennett
	Walking Happy	Danny Daniels
1968 (22nd) ^[13]
	The Happy Time	Gower Champion
	Hallelujah, Baby!	Kevin Carlisle
	Henry, Sweet Henry	Michael Bennett
	Illya Darling	Onna White
1969 (23rd) ^[14]
	George M!	Joe Layton
	Canterbury Tales	Sammy Bayes
	Promises, Promises	Michael Bennett
	Zorba	Ron Field

Year	Production	Choreographer
1970 (24th) ^[15]
	Applause	Ron Field
	Billy	Grover Dale
	Coco	Michael Bennett
	Purlie	Louis Johnson
1971 (25th) ^[16]
	No, No, Nanette	Donald Saddler
	Company	Michael Bennett
	The Rothschilds	Michael Kidd
1972 (26th) ^[17]
	Follies	Michael Bennett
	Grease	Patricia Birch
	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Jean Erdman
1973 (27th) ^[18]
	Pippin	Bob Fosse
	Irene	Peter Gennaro
	Much Ado About Nothing	Donald Saddler
	Sugar	Gower Champion
1974 (28th) ^[19]
	Seesaw	Michael Bennett
	Over Here!	Patricia Birch
	Raisin	Donald McKayle
1975 (29th) ^[20]
	The Wiz	George Faison
	Dance with Me	Joel Zwick
	Doctor Jazz	Donald McKayle
	Mack and Mabel	Gower Champion
	Shenandoah	Robert Tucker
	Where's Charley?	Margo Sappington
1976 (30th) ^[21]
	A Chorus Line	Bob Avian and Michael Bennett
	Bubbling Brown Sugar	Billy Wilson
	Chicago	Bob Fosse
	Pacific Overtures	Patricia Birch
1977 (31st) ^[22]
	Annie	Peter Gennaro
	I Love My Wife	Onna White
	Music Is	Patricia Birch
	Your Arms Too Short to Box with God	Talley Beatty
1978 (32nd) ^[23]
	Dancin'	Bob Fosse
	The Act	Ron Lewis
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Arthur Faria
	Runaways	Elizabeth Swados
1979 (33rd) ^[24]
	Ballroom	Bob Avian and Michael Bennett
	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Tommy Tune
	Eubie!	Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson
	Whoopee!	Dan Siretta

Year	Production	Choreographer
1980 (34th) ^[25]
	A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine	Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh
	Barnum	Joe Layton
	Evita	Larry Fuller
	Sugar Babies	Ernie Flatt
1981 (35th) ^[26]
	42nd Street	Gower Champion
	Can-Can	Roland Petit
	The Pirates of Penzance	Graciela Daniele
	Sophisticated Ladies	Henry LeTang, Donald McKayle and Michael Smuin
1982 (36th) ^[27]
	Dreamgirls	Michael Bennett and Michael Peters
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Tony Tanner
	Little Me	Peter Gennaro
	Nine	Tommy Tune
1983 (37th) ^[28]
	My One and Only	Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh
	Cats	Gillian Lynne
	On Your Toes	Donald Saddler
	Porgy and Bess	George Faison
1984 (38th) ^[29]
	The Tap Dance Kid	Danny Daniels
	Baby	Wayne Cilento
	La Cage aux Folles	Scott Salmon
	The Rink	Graciela Daniele
1985 (39th)	—^{[note 1]}^[30]
1986 (40th) ^[31]
	Big Deal	Bob Fosse
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Graciela Daniele
	Song and Dance	Peter Martins
	Tango Argentino	Tango Argentino Dancers
1987 (41st) ^[32]
	Me and My Girl	Gillian Gregory
	The Mikado	Brian Macdonald
	Rags	Ron Field
	Starlight Express	Arlene Phillips
1988 (42nd) ^[33]
	Anything Goes	Michael Smuin
	Into the Woods	Lar Lubovitch
	The Phantom of the Opera	Gillian Lynne
	Sarafina!	Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema
1989 (43rd) ^[34]
	Black and Blue	Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning and Fayard Nicholas
	Largely New York	Bill Irwin and Kimi Okada
	Legs Diamond	Alan Johnson
	Starmites	Michele Assaf

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Year	Production	Choreographer
1990 (44th) ^[35]
	Grand Hotel	Tommy Tune
	Dangerous Games	Graciela Daniele and Tina Paul
	Meet Me in St. Louis	Joan Brickhill
1991 (45th) ^[36]
	The Will Rogers Follies	Tommy Tune
	Miss Saigon	Bob Avian
	Oh, Kay!	Dan Siretta
	Once on This Island	Graciela Daniele
1992 (46th) ^[37]
	Crazy for You	Susan Stroman
	Dancing at Lughnasa	Terry John Bates
	Guys and Dolls	Christopher Chadman
	Jelly's Last Jam	Hope Clarke, Gregory Hines and Ted L. Levy
1993 (47th) ^[38]
	The Who's Tommy	Wayne Cilento
	Ain't Broadway Grand	Randy Skinner
	The Goodbye Girl	Graciela Daniele
	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Rob Marshall and Vincent Paterson
1994 (48th) ^[39]
	Carousel	Kenneth MacMillan
	Damn Yankees	Rob Marshall
	Grease	Jeff Calhoun
	She Loves Me	Rob Marshall
1995 (49th) ^[40]
	Show Boat	Susan Stroman
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Wayne Cilento
	Smokey Joe's Cafe	Joey McKneely
	Sunset Boulevard	Bob Avian
1996 (50th) ^[41]
	Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk	Savion Glover
	Big: the musical	Susan Stroman
	Chronicle of a Death Foretold	Graciela Daniele
	Rent	Marlies Yearby
1997 (51st) ^[42]
	Chicago	Ann Reinking
	Dream	Wayne Cilento
	The Life	Joey McKneely
	Steel Pier	Susan Stroman
1998 (52nd) ^[43]
	The Lion King	Garth Fagan
	Cabaret	Rob Marshall
	Forever Tango	Forever Tango Dancers
	Ragtime	Graciela Daniele
1999 (53rd) ^[44]
	Swan Lake	Matthew Bourne
	Footloose	A. C. Ciulla
	Little Me	Rob Marshall
	Parade	Patricia Birch

Year	Production	Choreographer
2000 (54th) ^[45]
	Contact	Susan Stroman
	Kiss Me, Kate	Kathleen Marshall
	The Music Man	Susan Stroman
	Swing!	Lynne Taylor-Corbett
2001 (55th) ^[46]
	The Producers	Susan Stroman
	Blast!	Jim Moore, George Pinney and Jonathan Vanderkolff
	42nd Street	Randy Skinner
	The Full Monty	Jerry Mitchell
2002 (56th) ^[47]
	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Rob Ashford
	Into the Woods	John Carrafa
	Oklahoma!	Susan Stroman
	Urinetown	John Carrafa
2003 (57th) ^[48]
	Movin' Out	Twyla Tharp
	Flower Drum Song	Robert Longbottom
	Hairspray	Jerry Mitchell
	Urban Cowboy	Melinda Roy
2004 (58th) ^[49]
	Wonderful Town	Kathleen Marshall
	Bombay Dreams	Farah Khan and Anthony Van Laast
	Never Gonna Dance	Jerry Mitchell
	Wicked	Wayne Cilento
2005 (59th) ^[50]
	La Cage aux Folles	Jerry Mitchell
	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Jerry Mitchell
	Monty Python's Spamalot	Casey Nicholaw
	Sweet Charity	Wayne Cilento
2006 (60th) ^[51]
	The Pajama Game	Kathleen Marshall
	The Color Purple	Donald Bryd
	The Drowsy Chaperone	Casey Nicholaw
	The Wedding Singer	Rob Ashford
2007 (61st) ^[52]
	Spring Awakening	Bill T. Jones
	Curtains	Rob Ashford
	Legally Blonde	Jerry Mitchell
	Mary Poppins	Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear
2008 (62nd) ^[53]
	In the Heights	Andy Blankenbuehler
	Cry-Baby	Rob Ashford
	South Pacific	Christopher Gattelli
	Xanadu	Dan Knechtges
2009 (63rd) ^[54]
	Billy Elliot the Musical	Peter Darling
	Hair	Karole Armitage
	9 to 5	Andy Blankenbuehler
	White Christmas	Randy Skinner

Year	Production	Choreographer
2010 (64th) ^[55]
	Fela!	Bill T. Jones
	Come Fly Away	Twyla Tharp
	La Cage aux Folles	Lynne Page
	Promises, Promises	Rob Ashford
2011 (65th) ^[56]
	Anything Goes	Kathleen Marshall
	The Book of Mormon	Casey Nicholaw
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Rob Ashford
	The Scottsboro Boys	Susan Stroman
2012 (66th) ^[57]
	Newsies	Christopher Gattelli
	Evita	Rob Ashford
	Nice Work If You Can Get It	Kathleen Marshall
	Once	Steven Hoggett
2013 (67th) ^[58]
	Kinky Boots	Jerry Mitchell
	Bring It On	Andy Blankenbuehler
	Matilda the Musical	Peter Darling
	Pippin	Chet Walker
2014 (68th) ^[59]
	After Midnight	Warren Carlyle
	Aladdin	Casey Nicholaw
	Bullets Over Broadway	Susan Stroman
	Rocky the Musical	Kelly Devine and Steven Hoggett
2015 (69th) ^[60]
	An American in Paris	Christopher Wheeldon
	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett
	The King and I	Christopher Gattelli
	On the Town	Joshua Bergasse
	Something Rotten!	Casey Nicholaw
2016 (70th) ^[61]
	Hamilton	Andy Blankenbuehler
	Dames at Sea	Randy Skinner
	Fiddler on the Roof	Hofesh Shechter
	On Your Feet!	Sergio Trujillo
	Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed	Savion Glover
2017 (71st) ^[62]
	Bandstand	Andy Blankenbuehler
	Come from Away	Kelly Devine
	Groundhog Day	Peter Darling and Ellen Kane
	Holiday Inn	Denis Jones
	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Sam Pinkleton
2018 (72nd) ^[63]
	Carousel	Justin Peck
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Steven Hoggett
	Mean Girls	Casey Nicholaw
	My Fair Lady	Christopher Gattelli
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Christopher Gattelli
2019 (73rd) ^[64]
	Ain’t Too Proud	Sergio Trujillo
	Choir Boy	Camille A. Brown
	Hadestown	David Neumann
	Kiss Me, Kate	Warren Carlyle
	Tootsie	Denis Jones

Year	Production	Choreographer
2020 (74th)
	Moulin Rouge!	Sonya Tayeh
	Jagged Little Pill	Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
	Tina	Anthony Van Laast
2022 (75th) ^[65]
	MJ	Christopher Wheeldon
	for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf	Camille A. Brown
	The Music Man	Warren Carlyle
	Paradise Square	Bill T. Jones
	Six	Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
2023 (76th) ^[66]
	Some Like It Hot	Casey Nicholaw
	& Juliet	Jennifer Weber
	KPOP	Jennifer Weber
	New York, New York	Susan Stroman
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Steven Hoggett