Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

The Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director was awarded to acknowledge the contributions of conductors and musical directors in both musicals and operas. The award was first presented in 1948, and later discontinued after 1964.

Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director
Awarded for	Best Conductor and Musical Director
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Shepard Coleman for Hello, Dolly! (1964)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1940s

Year	Author	Production
1948 2nd Tony Awards
	Milton Rosenstock	Finian's Rainbow
1949 3rd Tony Awards
	Max Meth	As the Girls Go

1950s

Year	Author	Production
1950 4th Tony Awards
	Maurice Abravanel	Regina
1951 5th Tony Awards
	Lehman Engel	The Consul
1952 6th Tony Awards
	Max Meth	Pal Joey
1953 7th Tony Awards
	Lehman Engel	Gilbert and Sullivan Season and Wonderful Town
1954 8th Tony Awards
	Louis Adrian	Kismet
1955 9th Tony Awards
	Thomas Schippers	The Saint of Bleecker Street
1956 10th Tony Awards
	Hal Hastings	Damn Yankees
	Salvatore Dell'Isola	Pipe Dream
	Milton Rosenstock	The Vamp
1957 11th Tony Awards
	Franz Allers	My Fair Lady
	Herbert Greene	The Most Happy Fella
	Samuel Krachmalnick	Candide
1958 12th Tony Awards
	Herbert Greene	The Music Man
	Max Goberman	West Side Story
1959 13th Tony Awards
	Salvatore Dell'Isola	Flower Drum Song
	Jay Blackton	Redhead
	Lehman Engel	Goldilocks
	Gershon Kingsley	La Plume de Ma Tante

1960s

Year	Author	Production
1960 14th Tony Awards
	Frederick Dvonch	The Sound of Music
	Abba Bogin	Greenwillow
	Lehman Engel	Take Me Along
	Hal Hastings	Fiorello!
	Milton Rosenstock	Gypsy
1961 15th Tony Awards
	Franz Allers	Camelot
	Pembroke Davenport	13 Daughters
	Elliot Lawrence	Bye Bye Birdie
	Stanley Lebowsky	Irma La Douce
1962 16th Tony Awards
	Elliot Lawrence	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
	Pembroke Davenport	Kean
	Herbert Greene	The Gay Life
	Peter Matz	No Strings
1963 17th Tony Awards
	Donald Pippin	Oliver!
	Jay Blackton	Mr. President
	Anton Coppola	Bravo Giovanni
	Julius Rudel	Brigadoon
1964 18th Tony Awards
	Shepard Coleman	Hello, Dolly!
	Lehman Engel	What Makes Sammy Run?
	Charles Jaffe	West Side Story
	Fred Werner	High Spirits

Award records

Multiple wins

2 Wins

• Franz Allers
• Lehman Engel
• Max Meth

Multiple nominations

5 Nominations Lehman Engel 3 Nominations Herbert Greene Milton Rosenstock

2 Nominations Franz Allers Jay Blackston Pembroke Davenport Salvatore Dell'Isola Hal Hastings Elliot Lawrence

See also

• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
• Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
• List of Tony Award-nominated productions

External links

• Tony Awards Official site
• Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
• Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com