Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

1. ★ Winner
   Cinco Paul

   Schmigadoon!
2. The Rescues

   The Lost Boys

1. ★ Winner
   Will Aronson & Hue Park

   Maybe Happy Ending
2. Julia Mattison & Noel Carey

   Death Becomes Her
3. : A New Musical

   Operation Mincemeat

1. ★ Winner
   Shaina Taub

   Suffs
2. Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) & Justin Levine

   The Outsiders

1. ★ Winner
   David Lindsay-Abaire & Jeanine Tesori

   Kimberly Akimbo

1. Michael R. Jackson

   A Strange Loop

Not presented this year

1. ★ Winner
   Anaïs Mitchell

   Hadestown
2. Eddie Perfect

   Beetlejuice
3. Chad Beguelin & Matthew Sklar

   The Prom

1. ★ Winner
   The Band's Visit
2. Frozen
3. Mean Girls

1. ★ Winner
   Dear Evan Hansen
2. Come From Away
3. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

1. ★ Winner
   Hamilton
2. Waitress

1. ★ Winner
   Fun Home

1. Aladdin
2. A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

1. ★ Winner
   Kinky Boots
2. Matilda The Musical

1. ★ Winner
   Newsies

1. ★ Winner
   The Book of Mormon

1. ★ Winner
   Memphis

1. ★ Winner
   Next to Normal
2. Billy Elliot, The Musical
3. Shrek The Musical

1. ★ Winner
   In The Heights
2. The Little Mermaid

1. ★ Winner
   Spring Awakening

Not presented this year

1. Wicked

1. ★ Winner
   Hairspray

Not presented this year

Not presented this year

1. ★ Winner
   Rent

1. Beauty and the Beast

1. Miss Saigon

1. ★ Winner
   Into the Woods
2. The Phantom of the Opera

1. ★ Winner
   Les Misérables

1. ★ Winner
   Cats

1. Merrily We Roll Along

Not presented this year