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- Top 10 Best Tony Award Performances of All Time
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The 71st annual Tony Awards is finally here! On June 11th, we get ready to watch spectacular performances on stage with the biggest stars in Broadway! We’ve counted down the Top 10 Best Tony Award Performances of all Time, including Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” from “Hamilton, Defying Gravity” from “Wicked”, My New Philosophy” from “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and “Rose’s Turn” from “Gypsy”.
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Les Misérables is not even a honorable mention? The two performances of "one day more" were epic!
Totally agree!
EXACTLY
Agree
🙌
even in a watchmojo video Andrew Rannells gets robbed
Ikr? It's like every time he tries to win something, he always gets robbed.
I know right? Poor guy.
Angela Meza yeah okay this comment made me laugh 😂
Too soon😂
Angela Meza too soon dude too soon. *cough* falsettos should have won *cough*
Where is Le Mis , where is in the Heights, where is Westside story, where is next to normal or catch me if you can?! I mean there's so many to choose from I don't know how to even put it to a top 10 !!!
j michelle ^les
Where is Assassins?
Where’s Falsettos?
I doubt they were born to even know these classics actually
Where is Newsies????
*flips over a small table* WHERE'S NEWSIES? Are 20 newsboys who just happen to be undeniably amazing dancers performing to a heart-pumping score not enough for you, Ms.Mojo?
Where was Phantom, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon or The Producers? Not even an honourable mention!?
Ryan Rafuse I mean.....they ain't really that good. Les Mis sure but phantom was meh
Yea, where was Phantom, Miserables? Without a mention?
Les Mis and Phantom are my favourites but for Phantom the performances with Sarah Brightman were (awful) not that good
Victoria Pontmercy I agree. . . how is she ALW's angel of music?
Ryan Rafuse while I love The Producers, the Tony performance was not to my liking. They could go with Springtime for Hitler or Keep it Gay.
This list is more like the 10 Tony Award performances that MsMojo knows of...
Seriously...
Rocco Ryan exactly
lmao faaxxxxxxx
Yup. Sad that there are young folk who think Broadway started with Rent. And if truly know the Tonys, Michael Jeter's Grand Hotel performance should top the list.
Its more like a list of movie-star studded performances
100%
The Color Purple performance should have been on here!! That was a HEART stopping performance!
100% agree
Oh so Cats will make the list but not Les Miserables? I see which side you're on.
HA TRUE
Fantine Daae CATS IS COMPLETE SHIT. LES MIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MUSICALS EVER MADE CHANGE MY MIND.
Grace the Actress I really REALLY disagree about the Cats being bad, but come on! why wasn’t les miserables on the list! disgraceful.
The side of the damn devil
@@mewingmanda it's a top 10 list... it probably would of been there if it was a top 20 for sure though!
How did the American Sign Language revival of Spring Awakening not even get an honourable mention? Or Cynthia Erivo's "I'm Here" in The Color Purple? Both were phenomenal performances last year!
At least Spring Awakening even got a mention
i was saying. WTF were they thinking to not include the color purple revival's performance. Everyone stood!!! I cried!!
I haven't even seen The Color Purple live, but I did see it on The Tonys last year and it was awesome‼️👏🏻🎉💃🏿
omg im here makes me cry every time, especially when im listening through the cast recording
Halle Nelson YES the color purple revival Tony performance is my favorite of all time
If Dreamgirls wasn't #1 I was gonna jump out a window. That performance STILL literally gives me chills.
KTaylorJordan It's been at #1 for Over 35years. No need to worry! NoOne will top Ms Holliday!
Even the short clips of it give me absolute chills. Now I must go watch the whole thing.
so we're just going to sleep on my girl cynthia erivo
RIGHT?????
Korin Norton IKR One of the best vocal performances of all time in tony award history
Korin Norton exactly. I listened to that song so many times.
3:01 oh, hey Rachel Berry!
I literally only clicked on this video TO MAKE SURE Jennifer Holliday got her rightful spot at #1.
Daniele Alexis of course she would be!!! It’s been THE #1 Tony Award Performance of all time since 1982!! No one can top Jennifer Holliday and And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going!!!! People can google it if they don’t believe me but she has held that title for OVER 35 YEARS!!! She’s a force to be reckoned with!👏🏼👏🏼
One thing that really aggravates me about this list is that Newsies didn't even get an honourable mention.
Exactly! It has amazing dances and the medley is done perfectly.
Yeah excuse me watch mojo do you want to fight me
Newsies isn't in this. Im out (got to hamilton before i saw this comment)
fluffyhales Newsies is such a work of art. Though it's popular, it doesn't get the attention it deserves. The dancing is incredible and the vocals are just as wonderful.
fluffyhales nEWSIES IS SO GOOD IM SALTY IT WASNT HERE
There could be no other #1. For my money, it's the best vocal performance ever shown on television. I'm serious.
Wildcat612 It's also held #1 for 35Years AND COUNTING!
I love that Spring Awakening made it onto the list! But personally I prefer the revival performance, the use of the American Sign Language made it even more breathtaking
Thoroughly Modern Millie needed at least an honorable mention, not only was it incredibly fun and catchy, but it was the “a star is rising” role for newly discovered Sutton Foster
HOW IS CATS UP THERE BUT NOT WAITRESS OR COLOR PURPLE REVIVAL OR NEWSIES OR NEXT TO NORMAL OR UGH
EXACTLLLLKKKLLLLLLLLLY
Bella Grace Ew waitress. The rest are good though
Seriously? How old are you?
Not gonna sugarcoat it
Watch mojo in itself is... not the best at making lists sometimes
ALSO WHERE IS DEAR EVEN HANSEN LIKE BOII
Please do a Top 10 Best Tony Awards opening numbers list video and the Top 10 Tony Awards host performances list video
westlifefan123 YES YES YES!!!!!
westlifefan123 OMG YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
westlifefan123 AND PLS ADD EVERY NPH OPENING😂🙏
That would be cool. But how could you pick among the NPH moments?
2013 will always be my favorite opening number of all time
Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth's Defying Gravity is One of the best performances in the tony awards!
Well, its not great. However, I still think they did an amazing job. That might seem confusing, but the orchestra was going full sicko mode. It was rushed. Plus, there are rumors of Idina having an asthma attack. IDK if its true, but whatever. If you can even get on Broadway, you're amazing
#1) 'Dust and Ashes' / 'The Abduction' - The Great Comet
Guy_With_A_Stick
👏AGREED👏
THE GREAT COMET WAS ROBBED
IT DESERVES BETTER
HECK YEAH
*How can I like a comment more than one time?*
YES
Guy_With_A_Stick-Totally agree with you, that performance by the cast of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet should have at least been on this list if not on the number 1 spot. That performance was amazing to watch.
The Pippin Revival's performance of "Magic to do" was epic. The amount of insane acrobatic tricks plus great vocals shows it deserves at least an honorable mention.
HAPPY TONY AWARD, THESPIANS.
My lost:
10. _Rent_
9. _Wicked_
8. _School of Rock_
7. _Hamilton_
6. _Sping Awakening_
5._Beauty and the Beast_
4. _Avenue Q_
3. _In the Heights_
2. _Lion King_
1. _Great Comet_ (I know I'll love it.)
Yes Hamilton should be a lot higher on the list than they are on this video
It shouldn't be on the list at all. There are way better performances, to be honest.
Timothy Robert Like the Color Purple Revival Performance!!!!
Great Comet had the best performance this year. (was the best SHOW this year too, but eh.)
goodyougetastar Lol that's cute. Dear Evan Hansen was the clear best choice.
So, is this Top 10 Tony Award Performances, or is it Tony Award Performances from the Top 10 Most Mainstream Musicals?
But I will admit, Dreamgirls is 100% worthy of its placement.
Noah Lindquist Yes! Ms Holliday has held that spot for OVER 30 YEARS!🙌🙌 She is Queen!
"Infectious rock songs". For a musical about people who have AIDS. Classy…
yikes.
Actually, 96,000 on the Tony Awards was legitimately awesome.
DaVioletReader - Right? That was one of the most amazing Tony performances I had ever seen. I've been following LMM ever since.
That's one of my favorite songs from In the Heights
The fact that Les Mis, Phantom or Newsies didn't even get an honorable mention...makes me salty.
However Anything Goes got an honorable mention, so I'm not that salty.
I still get chills when I watch The Circle of Life. That entire performance is a masterpiece. Lucky to have seen the show in London.
I don't click only for Hamilton like some people do... i click for all musicals!
BunnyTaff They had me at Tony Awards!
BunnyTaff same
The shade xD I love all my children... I mean musicals
I clicked for musicals and saw Hamilton but still was happy
Wow congratulations you're literally better than everyone else. We're all in awe of your musical theatre superiority
Finally, a correct number one. Nothing beats Jennifer Holiday in Dreamgirls.
#1 will always be #1. Can't imagine a bigger song, bigger voice, and a more astonishing performance.
It is a total masterclass in voice, acting, writing, movement, song, lyric, and theatre all neatly contained in one human performance. As a classically trained Bass-Baritone I can agree with the #1 choice.
Two incredible Tony numbers that are iconic are Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley singing "I Will Never Leave You" from Side Show, and Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, and Aaron Tveit singing "You Don't Know/I Am The One" from Next to Normal. I'm quite shocked they're not on this list. Hamilton and Rent could've gone. They're great, but I never hear about their Tony performances compared to the others.
The number from Next to Normal always has me in tears. Just phenomenal.
if gentleman's guide to love and murder is not on this list I am suing
Lise Amalie C It's a perfect example of a theatrical performance with amazing singing, dancing, and acting in one song! Why isn't it on this list?
Lise Amalie C I was about to comment that! It was by far the best I've seen, and I've seen SOOOO many!
YES! That's the most hilarious number in recent musical history!
Yesss I was like excuse me are you trying to get me to murder you
Lise Amalie C I was looking for this comment. GGLAM is everything.
Jennifer Holiday's performance deserved to be number 1
I'M SO GLAD RENT WAS INCLUDED. I'M ACTUALLY CRYING BECAUSE I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT BUT THANK YOU
🌟FUN HOME RING OF KEYS! 🌈Sydney Lucas was downright mesmerizing and honestly better than a lot of adult actors I've seen. Also a nod to Newsies and that fab choreography ✨
Totallynotanalien YES RING OF KEYS IS INCREDIBLE
The color purple performance from last year ?????!!!!!
Layla Mehay-Bennett EXACTLY!!
What the WHAT??!!!! Phantom of the Opera not on this list?? Michael Crawford was spellbinding! And The Producers also not on list???!!! Sad.
Krista Shafer agree 100%. Expected that as #1.
Alana Torrez thank u a crawford fan😊
I knew fellow Hamilfans would be upset if Hamilton came anywhere but first.
Helena Perry Hamilfans are the worst .-.
Hamilfans are the best - they'll just never be satisfied.
nothing can top dreamgirls sorry
literally EVERYONE is complaining about either their favorite musical not being there, or one of their favorites should be higher. Hamilton fans aren't even problematic it's the other people who think they're special for not liking Hamilton because its popular that are problematic. have you seen other fandoms? atleast we don't attack other musicals. :)
Musical Trash Trash - "Hamilton fans aren't even problematic" that's interesting...
i was waiting for "Anything Goes" to show up. that performance is so complicated and hard to do, and Sutton is just perfection
I KNEW Dreamgirls would be number 1!
Jimmy Wallace of course it would be!!! It's been the #1 Tony Award Performance of all time since 1982!! No one can top Jennifer Holliday and And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going!!!!
SPRING AWAKENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My all time favorite musical
Jennifer Holiday’s performance...there just aren’t sufficient words to describe the magnificence of it.
MY THEATRE OBSSESIONS:
School of Rock
Matilda
Hamilton
Heathers
Newsies
Wicked
And right now....
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
I'm getting into musicals one at a time. So far I listed to Heathers, Hamilton, and Beetlejuice. Thinking of listening to Dear Evan Hansen and Be More Chill next but not sure which first.
why isn't great comet on the list? that performance was outstanding!
Jennifer Holiday is FANTASTIC. NO ONE plays that role better than her.
This list couldn’t be much more perfect.
Defying Gravity, Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down), Seasons of Love and Memory will always and forever be my favorite Tony Awards performances
Not even an honorable mention for Waitress?
First Name Last Name Ikr?!
First Name Last Name So true, such an underrated musical!
First Name Last Name IKR!
SO TRUE! I still cry everytime I see their performance.
Right!
So glad "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" was number one, unbeatable! Nothing will come close to topping that, but where was Michael Jeter's Tony Performance from Grand Hotel? If anyone remembered anything from that show, it was Jeter being human elastic and stunning us all with that tour de force performance.
Les Misérables, and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 should've definitely been on this list, at least as honorable mentions. The Great Comet performance blew me away. Definitely up there with one of my favorite musicals behind Les Mis.
Newsies deserved to be on this list. At least to be an Honorable Mention. Their performance of Seize The Day will always be better than Yorktown in Hamilton.
Alaina K. At least the show is on Netflix in the U.S. :)
Brad Woods Yeah But we don’t have mean girls anymore 😭
Also apparently they came out with a mean girls musical it’s pretty bad. It wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t good either. They had the wrong actors for the wrong parts. Regina’s actor was really bad her acting didn’t watch up remotely with the original.
Positions 10 to 2 will provoke a lot of argument, but it is pretty hard to argue with the #1 choice. 35 years later and that song is still the benchmark for all Broadway divas (and I mean "diva" respectfully).
I thought they would include Hair. That was an amazing performance.
I was just scrolling down the comments to see if ANYONE even knew about it, and i'm so happy to see that i'm not the only one who loves Hair
Defying Gravity ? NINE ? i can’t even ..
I don't know why it's that low either
Ok but what about Great Comet?
It was phenomenal. Simply breathtaking.
The most beautiful organized chaos you'll ever see
SO HAPPY SPRING AWAKENING IS IN THIS
I actually never saw the show but I am watching the new show Rise on NBC.
I'm sorry, but this list is ridiculous. It is just simply a list of someone's favorite musicals/performers and the Tony performances from them. "Turkey Lurkey Time" from 1969? The original 42nd Street performance with Jerry Orbach? Will Rogers Follies?! Ben Vereen in Pippin?! It's obvious the people at MsMojo don't know jack shit about theatre.
Elizabeth Butler - YES! Seth has a whole Obsessed video just dissecting that one performance. One gets the definite impression that this person never watched any Tony performances before the past 20 years, and just threw in a couple of old ones with lots of TH-cam views to throw us off the scent.
Ms Mojo clearly wanted only performances that had fairly clean video & audio.
Amen!!!
Ummm, Jennifer Holliday was number one on this list.
They seriously know fuck all
i already knew what the Top one was gonna be. truly undefeated
Betty Buckley's singing gave me chills!
So many of the comments complain about musicals from the last 10 years not being on the list. I get that the youtube audience mostly have experienced the last 10 years, but musical theatre performances have been on the tonys for decades. Musical theatre fans must have an appreciation foe shows and performances that have gone before. Most of the lists in the comments have most if not all shows are less than 20 years old, completely ignoring decades of muscials.
ok yes I'm mad that Hamilton didn't get higher and that waitress wasn't even on this list, BUT COME ON ANDREW RANNELLS WAS NOWHERE ON THE LIST AND IM ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE WTFFFFFFF WHY DOESNT ANDREW GET EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE HE SHOULD!!!😭
So exited for the Tonys
Les Mis? Newsies? Phantom of the Opera? Falsettos? In the Heights? West Side Story? Not even a mention?! I mean some of Ms Mojo’s picks are good but still there are these amazing Tony performances
Yes, Anything Goes gave me chills when I saw it! But phantom should have been mentioned, too!
I thought Neil's performance of Henry and the angry inch should've been on the list.
katherined hedwig and the angry inch not Henry lol
elennon8 blame spell check
It should've been. But I'm biased coz that's my favorite musical of all time probably:D
Anna
Great list! Looks like ms mojo did their homework!
THANK YOu for Spring Awakening
Hey as those of us who have pets or at least like Disney movies with cute fuzzy animals how can we not get teary-eyed over Lion King or Cats! Yes Cats may be be over done but it has a great score, plus the dancing is awesome!
G Rodriguez I saw Cats many moons ago with my step Mom. I enjoyed it immensely, but she didn't just not like it. She HATED it. Yes, "Memory" is beautiful and the actress we saw did a fabulous job performing it, but the junkyard set ruined the whole thing for her. She could not get past the set. Strange woman.
For me, it's easy to enjoy Cats because I use have it on video recording of it and as I didn't have many video tapes I'd watch it so often that I got nostalgic for it‼️
Just clicked to make sure Jennifer Holliday was #1
Rachel Tyler Of Course she was!! She has been the #1 TA Performance since 1982! No one has topped her yet!
Wow i just cried
That performance of Yorktown was the beginning of my obsession with Hamilton ❤️
Phantom of the Opera Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford? Sweeney Todd with Angela Lansbury? And my personal favourite, Hugh Jackman in Not the Boy Next Door!
Yup! All better choices than Hamilton, Rent or Spring Awakening. The Wiz, Ain't Misbehavin', Barnum, Oklahoma, South Pacific... the list goes on and on of truly great shows. Hamilton is a joke in comparison.
Oh, you missed a biggie...Michael Jeter's song and dance from Grand Hotel. He was the picture-book definition of "on fire".
Seriously. That it's missing from this list makes the whole list a great big joke, IMO. Easily #1 or 2.
You are correct Declan. Grand Hotel is FAR better than Hamilton, Spring Awakening or Rent.
Agree, agree, agree!!!!! Michael Jeter had the crowd on their feet cheering!!
The late David Carroll was also fantastic in that number.
I was going to make this comment if someone else didn’t!
Tonies are in a week. Yay!
I'm adding Waving Through a Window to this list in my head XD
WHAT??? No NPH as Hedwig singing Sugar Daddy and bringing down the house???????????????
i still can't get over anthony running into lin lol
Me neither XD
dreamgirls was the first time I became aware of broadway in my small Midwest town .I bought and sang along with the cast recording cassette and it was my first musical I saw in person -great memories, cats was/is also a fave having seen it twice
Good times.
I SEE LIN I CLICK
Les Mis anyone?
2011 was a great year for Tony Awards for two reasons - Andrew Rannells in the Book of Mormon's, I believe; and Sutton Foster's show stopping tap dancing performance in Anything Goes! Glad they had an Honorable Mention at least :)
Really, WatchMojo? Bloody Cats? Why does everyone love this so much?!
Redo this list and add Great Comet
At first, I was shocked that Hamilton wasn't the top pick, and then I saw the top pick and I understood why. Holliday's performance is EXCELLENT!
Top ten of all time??? where's George M Cohan? This is only the television era. Let's be honest here.
Grand Hotel with Michael Jeter. The most buoyant and joyful Tony presentation ever, it bubbles like expensive champagne.
The really nice thing about this list is it is not just the modern popular Musicals like Hamilton, but also the older ones that deserve just as much recognition, if not more!
What about Fun Home, or 1967's Cabaret?
I saw Fun Home on Broadway. Ring of Keys is amazing.
I miss Seize the Day from Newsies
OOh I like these performances. Bravo~
you looked over great comet. they put together two songs that don't go together seamlessly and the interaction between the performers and the audience was charming and fun. the party atmosphere of the song made it a performance to remember.
The Great Comet will be my number 1 I just know
Karina Cole great comet will always be my number one
Not even a honorable mention of Newsies? That broke my heart and I also though Hamilton should be higher on the list😣
My favorite all time play...💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
The circle of life still chokes me up, because we just got done with it at our theater.😢 I was adult nala!💓
damn Great Comet even gets robbed on WatchMojo! seriously, not even an honorable mention? not cool.
Due to the lack of film/video of pre-1980 Tony Awards, we're probably missing a lot of great performances which have been forgotten. Sadly. Does anyone remember Gwen Verdon, Carol Channing, Chita Rivera or Julie Andrews' performances from the award show(s) back then?
On this list, I think the lack of "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat" from the 1992 revival of "Guys & Dolls" is a big oversight. While Stubby Kaye's iconic performance on Broadway, London and the movie may never be surpassed, Walter Bobbie's rendition as Nicely Nicely has a huge amount of energy and got the audience on their feet. Certainly a Top Ten performance, although I'd hesitate at putting it in the Top 5.
As an honourable mention, I'd have put up the performance of 2011's "Brotherhood of Man" from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". Well staged, excellent dancing and Daniel Radcliffe just working his tucus off in front of the whole world. Maybe not a Top 10, but certainly one to remember....
Travlr013 Those videos are on TH-cam. They didn't start nationally broadcasting the Tonys until 1967 (21st annual).
Travlr013 g
Absolutely! It saddens me that Carol has passed away this month. I absolutely adore these women, but considering my current age and location I'll never see one of them in person.
MY ADVANCED TAP CLASS OF THREE IS DANCING TH AT EXACT VERSION OF ANYTHING GOES AND WE HAVE TO DO ALMOST EVERYTHING THEY DO!!!! Wish us luck at our recital!!!!
This...is a pretty damn solid list. I approve. And I remember a lot of these.