Helpmann Award for Best Musical
The Helpmann Award for Best Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.[1] In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.
| Year | Title | Production company(ies) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 (1st) | ||
| The Boy from Oz | Gannon Fox Productions | |
| Chicago | Barry & Fran Weissler, David Atkins Enterprises and International Management Group | |
| Company | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| The Sound of Music | SEL and GFO | |
| 2002 (2nd) | ||
| Mamma Mia! | Littlestar, Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment and Dainty Consolidated Entertainment | |
| Singin' in the Rain | David Atkins Enterprises and IMG | |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Opera Australia | |
| The Wizard of Oz | SEL and GFO and Macks Entertainment | |
| 2003 (3rd) | ||
| Cabaret | IMG and Barry & Fran Weissler | |
| Oliver! | IMG | |
| Man of La Mancha | SEL & GFO | |
| The Witches of Eastwick | Jacobsen Entertainment Ltd and Cameron Mackintosh | |
| 2004 (4th) | ||
| The Lion King | Disney Theatrical Productions (Australia) | |
| We Will Rock You | Michael Coppel, Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, EMI, Michael Watt, Paul Roberts, Bob and Kate Gare | |
| Oh! What A Night | Jon Nicholls, Michael Brereton and Stuart Littlewood | |
| The Full Monty | David Atkins Enterprises, IMG, International Concert Attractions and Arts Centre Melbourne | |
| 2005 (5th) | ||
| The Producers | SEL & GFO and Bialystock & Bloom New York Co. | |
| The Black Rider | Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions and Andrew Kay & Associates | |
| Urinetown | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Eureka | Simon Gallaher and Michael Harvey | |
| 2006 (6th) | ||
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | Dusty Productions | |
| Fiddler on the Roof | TML Enterprises | |
| Menopause The Musical | McPherson Ink | |
| 2007 (7th) | ||
| Keating! | Company B | |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Showtune Productions | |
| Miss Saigon | Miss Saigon (Australia 2007/08) Pty Ltd | |
| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Liz Koops and Garry McQuinn (Back Row Productions), Alan Scott, Michael Chugg (Chugg Entertainment), Michael Hamlyn (Specific Films) and John Frost | |
| 2008 (8th) | ||
| Billy Elliot the Musical | Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions | |
| Guys and Dolls | Ambassador Theatre Group, Shows Inc, Marriner Theatres and Tulchin/Bartner Productions | |
| Company | Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Really Useful Group (Asia Pacific) and The Gordon/Frost Organisation | |
| 2009 (9th) | ||
| Wicked | Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and John Frost | |
| Shane Warne The Musical | Token Events | |
| My Fair Lady | Opera Australia | |
| Monty Python's Spamalot | Ozalot Pty Ltd | |
| 2010 (10th) | ||
| Jersey Boys | Dodger Theatricals, Rodney Rigby and Dainty Consolidated Entertainment | |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Avenue Q | Arts Asia Pacific and Power Arts | |
| The Wizard of Oz | Windmill Theatre | |
| 2011 (11th) | ||
| Mary Poppins | Disney and Cameron Mackintosh | |
| Love Never Dies | Really Useful Group (Asia Pacific) and Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust | |
| Hairspray | Paul Dainty, Dainty Group, Joel Pearlman and Roadshow Live | |
| Doctor Zhivago | John Frost, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin and Corcoran Productions | |
| 2012 (12th) | ||
| A Chorus Line | Tim Lawson and Adelaide Festival Centre | |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | Sharleen Cooper Cohen and John Frost | |
| Rock of Ages | Rodney Rigby and the Rock of Ages Australia Management | |
| Grey Gardens | The Production Company | |
| 2013 (13th) | ||
| Legally Blonde | Howard Panter for the Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost | |
| The Addams Family | Rodney Rigby, Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions and Elephant Eye Theatrical | |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | John Frost | |
| South Pacific | Opera Australia and John Frost | |
| 2014 (14th) | ||
| The King and I | Opera Australia and John Frost | |
| The Rocky Horror Show | Howard Panter for the Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost | |
| Strictly Ballroom | Global Creatures | |
| Sweet Charity | Luckiest Productions & Neil Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co | |
| 2015 (15th) | ||
| Les Misérables | Cameron Mackintosh | |
| Anything Goes | Opera Australia and John Frost | |
| Once | John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith and Frederick Zollo in association with the Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage | John Frost, Karl Sydow, Martin McCallum and Joye Entertainment in association with Lionsgate & Magic Hour | |
| 2016 (16th) | ||
| Matilda the Musical | The Royal Shakespeare Company and Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt with Chokey Productions, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Glass Half Full Productions, Paula Marie Black, Greenleaf Productions and Michael Lynch | |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Tim Lawson for TML Enterprises | |
| Ladies in Black | Queensland Theatre Company | |
| The Sound of Music | Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group |
See also
References
- ↑ "About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ↑ "Nominees". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ↑ "Pandora Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Pandora Archive. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
External links
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