1997:
Titanic
(*Titanic, The Life, Steel Pier, Juan Darien)
1998:
Ragtime
(*The Lion King, Ragtime, Side Show, The Scarlet Pimpernel)
1999:
Parade
(*Fosse, Parade, The Civil War, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues)
2000:
The Wild Party
(*Contact, The Wild Party, Swing!, James Joyce's The Dead)
2001:
Either Jane Eyre or The Producers would be fine with me, though I'm more partial toward Jane Eyre.
(*The Producers, The Full Monty, A Class Act, Jane Eyre)
2002:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(*Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mamma Mia!, Urinetown, Sweet Smell of Success)
2003:
I haven't seen any of these, so I'll go with the cast recording I like best, which is Amour
(*Hairspray, Amour, Movin' Out, A Year with Toad and Frog)
2004:
Avenue Q
(*Avenue Q, Wicked, The Boy From Oz, Caroline, or Change)
2005:
The Light in the Piazza
(*Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Light in the Piazza, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
2006:
The Drowsy Chaperone
(*Jersey Boys, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, The Wedding Singer)
2007:
Grey Gardens
(*Spring Awakening, Grey Garden, Mary Poppins, Curtains)
"It's a goddamn beautiful day, shut up!"