2025 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2024 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2023 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2022 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2020 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2019 / Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2018 / Actress (Musical)
Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit
2017 / Actress (Musical)
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
2016 / Actress (Musical)
Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple
2015 / Actress (Musical)
Kelli O'Hara, The King and I
2014 / Actress (Musical)
Jessie Mueller, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
2013 / Actress (Musical)
Patina Miller, Pippin
2012 / Actress (Musical)
Audra McDonald, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2011 / Actress (Musical)
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
2010 / Actress (Musical)
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
2009 / Actress (Musical)
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
2008 / Actress (Musical)
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
2007 / Actress (Musical)
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
2006 / Actress (Musical)
LaChanze, The Color Purple
2005 / Actress (Musical)
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
2004 / Actress (Musical)
Idina Menzel, Wicked
2003 / Actress (Musical)
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray
2002 / Actress (Musical)
Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
2001 / Actress (Musical)
Christine Ebersole, 42nd Street
2000 / Actress (Musical)
Heather Headley, Aida
1999 / Actress (Musical)
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun
1998 / Actress (Musical)
Natasha Richardson, Cabaret
1997 / Actress (Musical)
Bebe Neuwirth, Chicago
1996 / Actress (Musical)
Donna Murphy, The King and I
1995 / Actress (Musical)
Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard
1994 / Actress (Musical)
Donna Murphy, Passion
1993 / Actress (Musical)
Chita Rivera, Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical
1992 / Actress (Musical)
Faith Prince, Guys and Dolls
1991 / Actress (Musical)
Lea Salonga, Miss Saigon
1990 / Actress (Musical)
Tyne Daly, Gypsy
1989 / Actress (Musical)
Ruth Brown, Black and Blue
1988 / Actress (Musical)
Joanna Gleason, Into the Woods
1987 / Actress (Musical)
Maryann Plunkett, Me and My Girl
1986 / Actress (Musical)
Bernadette Peters, Song & Dance
1984 / Actress (Musical)
Chita Rivera, The Rink
1983 / Actress (Musical)
Natalia Makarova, On Your Toes
1982 / Actress (Musical)
Jennifer Holliday, Dreamgirls
1981 / Actress (Musical)
Lauren Bacall, Woman of the Year
1980 / Actress (Musical)
Patti LuPone, Evita
1979 / Actress (Musical)
Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd
1978 / Actress (Musical)
Liza Minnelli, The Act
1977 / Actress (Musical)
Dorothy Loudon, Annie
1976 / Actress (Musical)
Donna McKechnie, A Chorus Line
1975 / Actress (Musical)
Angela Lansbury, Gypsy
1974 / Actress (Musical)
Virginia Capers, Raisin
1973 / Actress (Musical)
Glynis Johns, A Little Night Music
1972 / Actress (Musical)
Alexis Smith, Follies
1971 / Actress (Musical)
Helen Gallagher, No, No Nanette - Revival
1970 / Actress (Musical)
Lauren Bacall, Applause
1969 / Actress (Musical)
Angela Lansbury, Dear World
1968 / Actress (Musical)
Patricia Routledge, Darling of the Day
Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!
1967 / Actress (Musical)
Barbara Harris, The Apple Tree
1966 / Actress (Musical)
Angela Lansbury, Mame
1965 / Actress (Musical)
Liza Minnelli, Flora, the Red Menace
1964 / Actress (Musical)
Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!
1963 / Actress (Musical)
Vivien Leigh, Tovarich
1962 / Actress (Musical)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Carnival
Diahann Carroll, No Strings
1961 / Actress (Musical)
Elizabeth Seal, Irma La Douce
1960 / Actress (Musical)
Mary Martin, The Sound of Music
1959 / Actress (Musical)
Gwen Verdon, Redhead
1958 / Actress (Musical)
Thelma Ritter, New Girl In Town
Gwen Verdon, New Girl In Town
1957 / Actress (Musical)
Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing
1956 / Actress (Musical)
Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees
1955 / Actress (Musical)
Mary Martin, Peter Pan
1954 / Actress (Musical)
Dolores Gray, Carnival in Flanders
1953 / Actress (Musical)
Rosalind Russell, Wonderful Town
1952 / Actress (Musical)
Gertrude Lawrence, The King and I
1951 / Actress (Musical)
Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam
1950 / Actress (Musical)
Mary Martin, South Pacific
1949 / Actress (Musical)
Nanette Fabray, Love Life
1948 / Actress (Musical)