2000 Contact*** James Joyce's The Dead Swing! The Wild Party
2001 The Producers*** A Class Act The Full Monty Jane Eyre
2002 Thoroughly Modern Millie Mamma Mia! Sweet Smell of Success Urinetown: The Musical***
2003 Hairspray Amour A Year With Frog and Toad Movin' Out***
2004 Avenue Q*** Caroline, or Change The Boy From Oz Wicked
2005 Monty Python's Spamalot Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Light in the Piazza The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee***
2006 Jersey Boys*** The Color Purple The Drowsy Chaperone The Wedding Singer
2007 Spring Awakening Curtains*** Grey Gardens Mary Poppins
2008 In The Heights Cry-Baby Passing Strange*** Xanadu
2009 Billy Elliot Next to Normal*** Rock of Ages Shrek
2010 American Idiot Fela! Memphis Million Dollar Quartet ^^^Sondheim on Sondheim*** (but really, there was absolutely nothing worthy of being called best musical that year)
2011 The Book of Mormon*** Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act
2000s 2000: The Wild Party – Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, music/lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa.
2001: The Producers – Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music/lyrics by Mel Brooks. Based on the film of the same title.
2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie – Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, new lyrics by Dick Scanlan, new music by Jeanine Tesori. Based on the film of the same title.
2003: Hairspray – Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. Based on the film of the same title.
2004: Avenue Q – Book by Jeff Whitty, music/lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx.
2005: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Book by Rachel Sheinkin, music/lyrics by William Finn.
2006: The Drowsy Chaperone – Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music/lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison.
2007: Spring Awakening – Book by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater. Based on the play of the same title by Frank Wedekind. OR Curtains – Book by Rupert Holmes, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb.
2008: In the Heights – Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. OR Cry-Baby – Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, lyrics by David Javerbaum, music by Adam Schlesinger. OR Xanadu – Book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Based on the film of the same name.
2009: Next to Normal – Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Kitt.
2010s 2010: Memphis – Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by David Bryan.
2011: The Book of Mormon – Story, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone.
2012: Once – Book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. Based on the film of the same name.
2013: Matilda the Musical – Book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. Based on the novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.
2014: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Freedman and Lutvak. Based on the novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman.
2015: Fun Home – Book by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Lisa Kron. Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.
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2004 (Caroline, Or Change has the superior score...this is my guilty pleasure choice)
Avenue Q
Caroline, Or Change
The Boy From Oz
Wicked
2005
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot
The Light in the Piazza
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2006
Jersey Boys
The Color Purple
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Wedding Singer
2007 (This one was hard, but the Curtains score is so good, and the show was just plain fun)
Curtains
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening
2008
Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
2009
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Next to Normal
Rock of Ages
Shrek: The Musical
2010 (Vomit)
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
2011
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
2012
Leap of Faith
Newsies
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once
2013
Bring it On: The Musical
A Christmas Story: The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda: The Musical
2014 (This list should include Bridges and If/Then in place of Aladdin & After Midnight)
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
After Midnight
Aladdin
Beautiful
2015
An American in Paris
Fun Home
Something Rotten!
The Visit
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards