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.
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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 Tony Award for Best Book of a MusicalAwarded forBest Book of a MusicalLocationUnited States New York CityPresented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway LeagueCurrently held byDavid Lindsay Abaire for Kimberly Akimbo 2023 WebsiteTonyAwards com Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 1940s 1 2 1950s 1 3 1960s 1 4 1970s 1 5 1980s 1 6 1990s 1 7 2000s 1 8 2010s 1 9 2020s 2 Award records 3 Nomination records 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksWinners and nominees edit indicates the winner 1940s edit Year Production Author1949 3rd Kiss Me Kate Bella and Samuel Spewack1950s edit Year Production Author1950 4th South Pacific Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan1960s edit Year Production Author1962 16th 1 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Abe Burrows Willie Gilbert and Jack WeinstockCarnival Helen Deutsch and Michael Stewart1963 17th 2 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Larry Gelbart and Burt SheveloveLittle Me Neil SimonOliver Lionel BartStop the World I Want to Get Off Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley1964 18th 3 Hello Dolly Michael StewartThe Girl Who Came to Supper Noel Coward and Harry KurnitzHigh Spirits Timothy Gray and Hugh MartinShe Loves Me Joe Masteroff1965 19th 4 Fiddler on the Roof Joseph SteinBaker Street Jerome CoopersmithBen Franklin in Paris Sidney MichaelsHalf a Sixpence Beverley Cross1970s edit Year Production Author1971 25th 5 Company George FurthThe Me Nobody Knows Robert H Livingston and Herb SchapiroThe Rothschilds Sherman Yellen1972 26th 6 Two Gentlemen of Verona John Guare and Mel ShapiroAin t Supposed to Die a Natural Death Melvin Van PeeblesFollies James GoldmanGrease Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs1973 27th 7 A Little Night Music Hugh WheelerDon t Bother Me I Can t Cope Micki GrantDon t Play Us Cheap Melvin Van PeeblesPippin Roger O Hirson1974 28th 8 Candide Hugh WheelerRaisin Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte ZaltzbergSeesaw Michael Bennett1975 29th 9 Shenandoah James Lee Barrett Philip Rose and Peter UdellThe Lieutenant Gene Curty Nitra Scharfman and Chuck StrandMack and Mabel Michael StewartThe Wiz William F Brown1976 30th 10 A Chorus Line Nicholas Dante and James Kirkwood Jr Chicago Fred Ebb and Bob FossePacific Overtures John WeidmanThe Robber Bridegroom Alfred Uhry1977 31st 11 Annie Thomas MeehanHappy End Michael Feingold and Elisabeth HauptmannI Love My Wife Michael StewartYour Arms Too Short to Box with God Vinnette Justine Carroll1978 32nd 12 On the Twentieth Century Betty Comden and Adolph GreenA History of the American Film Christopher DurangRunaways Elizabeth SwadosWorking Stephen Schwartz1979 33rd 13 Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Hugh WheelerBallroom Jerome KassThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Larry L King and Peter MastersonThey re Playing Our Song Neil Simon1980s edit Year Production Author1980 34th 14 Evita Tim RiceBarnum Mark BrambleA Day in Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine Dick VosburghSugar Babies Ralph G Allen and Harry Rigby1981 35th 15 Woman of the Year Peter Stone42nd Street Mark Bramble and Michael StewartTintypes Mary KyteThe Moony Shapiro Songbook Julian More and Monty Norman1982 36th 16 Dreamgirls Tom EyenThe First Martin Charnin and Joel SiegelNine Arthur KopitJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Tim Rice1983 37th 17 Cats T S EliotA Doll s Life Betty Comden and Adolph GreenMerlin Richard Levinson and William LinkMy One and Only Timothy S Mayer and Peter Stone1984 38th 18 La Cage aux Folles Harvey FiersteinBaby Sybille PearsonSunday in the Park with George James LapineThe Tap Dance Kid Charles Blackwell1985 39th Big River William HauptmanGrind Fay KaninHarrigan N Hart Michael StewartQuilters Barbara Damashek and Molly Newman1986 40th 19 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rupert HolmesBig Deal Bob FosseSingin in the Rain Betty Comden and Adolph GreenWind in the Willows Jane Iredale1987 41st 20 Les Miserables Alain Boublil and Claude Michel SchonbergMe and My Girl Stephen Fry Douglas Furber Mike Ockrent and L Arthur RoseRags Joseph SteinSmile Howard Ashman1988 42nd 21 Into the Woods James LapineThe Gospel at Colonus Lee BreuerThe Phantom of the Opera Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd WebberRomance Romance Barry Harman1990s edit Year Production Author1990 44th 22 City of Angels Larry GelbartAspects of Love Andrew Lloyd WebberGrand Hotel Luther DavisMeet Me in St Louis Hugh Wheeler1991 45th 23 The Secret Garden Marsha NormanMiss Saigon Alain Boublil and Claude Michel SchonbergOnce on This Island Lynn AhrensThe Will Rogers Follies Peter Stone1992 46th 24 Falsettos William Finn and James LapineCrazy for You Ken LudwigFive Guys Named Moe Clarke PetersJelly s Last Jam George C Wolfe1993 47th 25 Kiss of the Spider Woman Terrence McNallyAnna Karenina Peter KelloggBlood Brothers Willy RussellThe Who s Tommy Des McAnuff and Pete Townshend1994 48th 26 Passion James LapineBeauty and the Beast Linda WoolvertonCyrano The Musical Koen van DijkA Grand Night for Singing Walter Bobbie1995 49th Sunset Boulevard Don Black and Christopher Hampton1996 50th 27 Rent Jonathan LarsonBig The Musical John WeidmanBring in Da Noise Bring in Da Funk Reg E GainesChronicle of a Death Foretold Graciela Daniele Michael John LaChiusa and Jim Lewis1997 51st 28 Titanic Peter StoneJekyll amp Hyde Leslie BricusseThe Life Cy Coleman Ira Gasman and David NewmanSteel Pier David Thompson1998 52nd 29 Ragtime Terrence McNallyThe Lion King Roger Allers and Irene MecchiThe Scarlet Pimpernel Nan KnightonSide Show Bill Russell1999 53rd 30 Parade Alfred UhryFootloose Walter Bobbie and Dean PitchfordIt Ain t Nothin But the Blues Charles Bevel Lita Gaithers Randal Myler Ron Taylor and Dan WheetmanMarlene Pam Gems2000s edit Year Production Author2000 54th 31 James Joyce s The Dead Richard NelsonContact John WeidmanMarie Christine Michael John LaChiusaThe Wild Party Michael John LaChiusa and George C Wolfe2001 55th 32 The Producers Mel Brooks and Thomas MeehanA Class Act Linda Kline and Lonny PriceThe Full Monty Terrence McNallyJane Eyre John Caird2002 56th 33 Urinetown Greg KotisMamma Mia Catherine JohnsonSweet Smell of Success John GuareThoroughly Modern Millie Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan2003 57th 34 Hairspray Thomas Meehan and Mark O DonnellAmour Jeremy Sams and Didier Van CauwelaertFlower Drum Song David Henry HwangA Year with Frog and Toad Willie Reale2004 58th 35 Avenue Q Jeff WhittyThe Boy from Oz Nick Enright and Martin ShermanCaroline or Change Tony KushnerWicked Winnie Holzman2005 59th 36 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rachel SheinkinDirty Rotten Scoundrels Jeffrey LaneThe Light in the Piazza Craig LucasMonty Python s Spamalot Eric Idle2006 60th 37 The Drowsy Chaperone Bob Martin and Don McKellarThe Color Purple Marsha NormanJersey Boys Marshall Brickman and Rick EliceThe Wedding Singer Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy2007 61st 38 Spring Awakening Steven SaterCurtains Rupert Holmes and Peter StoneGrey Gardens Doug WrightLegally Blonde Heather Hach2008 62nd 39 Passing Strange StewCry Baby Thomas Meehan and Mark O DonnellIn the Heights Quiara Alegria HudesXanadu Douglas Carter Beane2009 63rd 40 Billy Elliot the Musical Lee HallNext to Normal Brian YorkeyShrek the Musical David Lindsay Abaire title of show Hunter Bell2010s edit Year Production Author2010 64th 41 Memphis Joe DiPietroEveryday Rapture Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene ScottFela Bill T Jones and Jim LewisMillion Dollar Quartet Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux2011 65th 42 The Book of Mormon Trey Parker Robert Lopez and Matt StoneBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Alex TimbersThe Scottsboro Boys David ThompsonSister Act Douglas Carter Beane Bill and Cheri Steinkellner2012 66th 43 Once Enda WalshLysistrata Jones Douglas Carter BeaneNewsies Harvey FiersteinNice Work If You Can Get It Joe DiPietro2013 67th 44 Matilda the Musical Dennis KellyA Christmas Story The Musical Joseph RobinetteKinky Boots Harvey FiersteinRodgers Hammerstein s Cinderella Douglas Carter Beane2014 68th 45 A Gentleman s Guide to Love and Murder Robert L FreedmanAladdin Chad BeguelinBeautiful The Carole King Musical Douglas McGrathBullets Over Broadway Woody Allen2015 69th 46 Fun Home Lisa KronAn American in Paris Craig LucasSomething Rotten Karey Kirkpatrick and John O FarrellThe Visit Terrence McNally2016 70th 47 Hamilton Lin Manuel MirandaBright Star Steve MartinSchool of Rock Julian FellowesShuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed George C Wolfe2017 71st 48 Dear Evan Hansen Steven LevensonCome from Away David Hein and Irene SankoffGroundhog Day Danny RubinNatasha Pierre amp The Great Comet of 1812 Dave Malloy2018 72nd 49 The Band s Visit Itamar MosesFrozen Jennifer LeeMean Girls Tina FeySpongeBob SquarePants Kyle Jarrow2019 73rd 50 Tootsie Robert HornAin t Too Proud Dominique MorisseauBeetlejuice Scott Brown and Anthony KingHadestown Anais MitchellThe Prom Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin2020s edit Year Production Author2020 74th Jagged Little Pill Diablo CodyMoulin Rouge John LoganTina The Tina Turner Musical Katori Hall Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins2022 75th 51 A Strange Loop Michael R JacksonGirl from the North Country Conor McPhersonMJ Lynn NottageMr Saturday Night Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz and Babaloo MandelParadise Square Christina Anderson Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan2023 76th 52 Kimberly Akimbo David Lindsay Abaire amp Juliet David West ReadNew York New York David Thompson and Sharon WashingtonShucked Robert HornSome Like It Hot Matthew Lopez and Amber RuffinAward records edit3 WinsHugh Wheeler 2 consecutive Thomas Meehan James Lapine 2 WinsTerrence McNally Larry Gelbart Peter StoneNomination records edit5 NominationsMichael Stewart4 NominationsDouglas Carter Beane James Lapine Terrence McNally Peter Stone Hugh Wheeler3 NominationsChad Beguelin Harvey Fierstein Michael John LaChiusa David Thompson George C Wolfe 2 NominationsWalter Bobbie Alain Boublil Mark Bramble Leslie Bricusse Betty Comden Joe DiPietro Bob Fosse Larry Gelbart Adolph Green John Guare Rupert Holmes Robert Horn Jim Lewis David Lindsay Abaire Craig Lucas Bob Martin Thomas Meehan Marsha Norman Tim Rice Dick Scanlan Claude Michel Schonberg Neil Simon Joseph Stein Melvin Van Peebles Andrew Lloyd WebberSee also editTony 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 productionsReferences edit 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 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