Tony Award winners for Best Musical, 1960s

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Since most of us didn't have the chance to catch these, you can vote for best original cast recording or just best songs

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Cabaret (1967)	7
Hello, Dolly! (1964)	1
Fiorello! (1960 - tie)	1
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962)	1
Fiddler on the Roof (1965)	1
Hallelujah, Baby! (1968)	0
Man of La Mancha (1966)	0
The Sound of Music (1960 - tie)	0
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963)	0
Bye Bye Birdie (1961)	0
1776 (1969)	0

― Josefa, Saturday, 19 April 2025 16:08 (seven months ago)

All these famous movies...so that's how that works.

― clemenza, Saturday, 19 April 2025 16:26 (seven months ago)

torn between Dolly and Cabaret i think

― i got bao-yu babe (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 April 2025 16:44 (seven months ago)

Looking over the nominees from this period, some of the choices the voters made jump out at me, not that they were wrong. The Sound of Music and the largely forgotten Fiorello! won over Gypsy, which is evidently still a point of contention with many musical fans today. Hello, Dolly! won over Funny Girl. Hair was cheated out of a spot on the 1968 ballot where it probably would have won over Hallelujah, Baby! a show that had already closed by the time the awards were given out.

― Josefa, Sunday, 20 April 2025 19:02 (seven months ago)

I’ve seen half of these, Cabaret is easily my favorite. I’m not a big musical guy but I would happily watch it again

Fiddler is fine, the main dude is good. Lord it feels long though.

Bye Bye Birdie is shrill and irritating, as much as I love Ann-Margaret.

― Cow_Art, Sunday, 20 April 2025 19:22 (seven months ago)

By Fiddler dude you probably mean Topol, and not Zero Mostel from the Broadway cast. I have heard people complain about this recasting as it were.

― Josefa, Sunday, 20 April 2025 19:48 (seven months ago)

Ah, no. I know nothing about Broadway casts and whatnot.

― Cow_Art, Sunday, 20 April 2025 19:56 (seven months ago)

Ah, no. I know nothing about Broadway casts and whatnot.

― Cow_Art, Sunday, 20 April 2025 19:56 (seven months ago)

The poll is kind of unfair in that way, but the films based on these shows always have different song lists, so comparison gets confusing.

― Josefa, Sunday, 20 April 2025 20:18 (seven months ago)

Cabaret for me as well. Sound of Music a close 2nd

― octobeard, Sunday, 20 April 2025 20:43 (seven months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 26 April 2025 00:01 (seven months ago)

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