Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best Book of a Musical |
Location | United States New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Shaina Taub for Suffs (2024) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligible. This award was originally called the Tony Award for Best Author, until musicals were split off from dramas.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1940s
Year | Production | Author |
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1949 (3rd) | ||
Kiss Me, Kate | Bella and Samuel Spewack |
1950s
Year | Production | Author |
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1950 (4th) | ||
South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan |
1960s
Year | Production | Author |
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1962 (16th) [1] | ||
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert and Jack Weinstock | |
Carnival! | Helen Deutsch and Michael Stewart | |
1963 (17th) [2] | ||
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove | |
Little Me | Neil Simon | |
Oliver! | Lionel Bart | |
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley | |
1964 (18th) [3] | ||
Hello, Dolly! | Michael Stewart | |
The Girl Who Came to Supper | Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz | |
High Spirits | Timothy Gray and Hugh Martin | |
She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff | |
1965 (19th) [4] | ||
Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | |
Baker Street | Jerome Coopersmith | |
Ben Franklin in Paris | Sidney Michaels | |
Half a Sixpence | Beverley Cross |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Production | Author |
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2020 (74th) | ||
Jagged Little Pill | Diablo Cody | |
Moulin Rouge! | John Logan | |
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins | |
2022 (75th) [51] | ||
A Strange Loop | Michael R. Jackson | |
Girl from the North Country | Conor McPherson | |
MJ | Lynn Nottage | |
Mr. Saturday Night | Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel | |
Paradise Square | Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan | |
2023 (76th) [52] | ||
Kimberly Akimbo | David Lindsay-Abaire | |
& Juliet | David West Read | |
New York, New York | David Thompson and Sharon Washington | |
Shucked | Robert Horn | |
Some Like It Hot | Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin | |
2024 (77th) [53] | ||
Suffs | Shaina Taub | |
Hell's Kitchen | Kristoffer Diaz | |
The Notebook | Bekah Brunstetter | |
The Outsiders | Justin Levine and Adam Rapp | |
Water for Elephants | Rick Elice |
Award records
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Nomination records
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See also
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations
- List of Tony Award-nominated productions
References
- ^ "1962 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1963 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1964 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1965 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1971 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1972 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1973 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1974 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1975 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1976 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1977 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1978 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1979 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1980 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1981 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1982 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1983 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1984 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1986 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1987 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1988 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1990 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1991 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1992 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1993 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1994 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1996 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1997 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1998 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1999 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2000 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2001 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2002 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2003 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2004 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2005 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2006 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2007 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2008 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2009 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "2010 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2011 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2012 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2013 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2014 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Tony Nominations 2015: Full List". Variety. April 28, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2016 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2017 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2018 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2019 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Tony Awards Nominees". New York Times. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
External links
- Tony Awards Official site
- Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
- Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com
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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
- South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan (1950)
- Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart (1964)
- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein (1965)
- Company by George Furth (1971)
- Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare and Mel Shapiro (1972)
- A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler (1973)
- Candide by Hugh Wheeler (1974)
- Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell and Philip Rose (1975)
- A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante (1976)
- Annie by Thomas Meehan (1977)
- On the Twentieth Century by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1978)
- Sweeney Todd by Hugh Wheeler (1979)
- Evita by Tim Rice (1980)
- Woman of the Year by Peter Stone (1981)
- Dreamgirls by Tom Eyen (1982)
- Cats by T. S. Eliot (1983)
- La Cage aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein (1984)
- Big River by William Hauptman (1985)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986)
- Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1987)
- Into the Woods by James Lapine (1988)
- No Award (1989)
- City of Angels by Larry Gelbart (1990)
- The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman (1991)
- Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine (1992)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman by Terrence McNally (1993)
- Passion by James Lapine (1994)
- Sunset Boulevard by Don Black and Christopher Hampton (1995)
- Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996)
- Titanic by Peter Stone (1997)
- Ragtime by Terrence McNally (1998)
- Parade by Alfred Uhry (1999)
- James Joyce's The Dead by Richard Nelson (2000)
- The Producers by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (2001)
- Urinetown by Greg Kotis (2002)
- Hairspray by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell (2003)
- Avenue Q by Jeff Whitty (2004)
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin (2005)
- The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (2006)
- Spring Awakening by Steven Sater (2007)
- Passing Strange by Stew (2008)
- Billy Elliot the Musical by Lee Hall (2009)
- Memphis by Joe DiPietro (2010)
- The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
- Once by Enda Walsh (2012)
- Matilda the Musical by Dennis Kelly (2013)
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman (2014)
- Fun Home by Lisa Kron (2015)
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
- Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson (2017)
- The Band's Visit by Itamar Moses (2018)
- Tootsie by Robert Horn (2019)
- Jagged Little Pill by Diablo Cody (2020/21)
- A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson (2022)
- Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire (2023)
- Suffs by Shaina Taub (2024)