| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical | |
| Awarded For: | Best New Musical |
| Presenter: | Society of London Theatre |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Holder: | Operation Mincemeat (2024) |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | ||||
| A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante | Marvin Hamlisch | Edward Kleban | |
| Ipi Tombi | Bertha Egnos | Gail Lakier | ||
| Side by Side by Sondheim | Ned Sherrin | Various Artists | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Very Good Eddie | Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton | Jerome Kern | Schuyler Green and Herbert Reynolds | |
| 1977 | ||||
| The Comedy of Errors | Trevor Nunn | Guy Woolfenden | Trevor Nunn | |
| Bubbling Brown Sugar | Loften Mitchell | Eubie Blake | ||
| I Love My Wife | Michael Stewart | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | |
| Something's Afoot | James MacDonald, Davis Vos and Robert Gerlach | |||
| 1978 | ||||
| Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice | |
| Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse | Martin Charnin | |
| Elvis | Jack Good and Ray Cooney | Various Artists | ||
| 1979 | ||||
| Songbook | Monty Norman and Julian More | Monty Norman | Monty Norman and Julian More | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby | Fats Waller | Various Artists | |
| Bar Mitzvah Boy | Jack Rosenthal | Jule Styne | Don Black | |
| Chicago | Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |