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re: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical?

Posted by: Yikes11 06:29 pm EST 01/16/14
In reply to: Which was the toughest competitive year for Best Musical? - Chazwaza 06:20 pm EST 01/16/14

Don't forget Music Man vs. West Side Story.
Shockingly, the former, milk toast prod. won.

1958: The Music Man – Book by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson.
West Side Story – Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
New Girl in Town – Book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. Based on the play Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill.
Oh, Captain! – Book by Al Morgan and José Ferrer, music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Based on the movie The Captain's Paradise.
Jamaica – Book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.


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