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 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 | Michael R. Jackson for A Strange Loop (2022) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
Winners and nomineesEdit
indicates the winner
1940sEdit
Year | Author | Production |
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1949 3rd Tony Awards | ||
Bella & Samuel Spewack | Kiss Me, Kate |
1950sEdit
Year | Author | Production |
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1950 4th Tony Awards | ||
Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan | South Pacific |
1960sEdit
1970sEdit
1980sEdit
1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
2020sEdit
Year | Author | Production | |
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2020 74th Tony Awards | |||
Diablo Cody | Jagged Little Pill | ||
John Logan | Moulin Rouge! | ||
Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar & Kees Prins | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | ||
2021 Ceremony not held |
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2022 75th Tony Awards | |||
Michael R. Jackson | A Strange Loop | ||
Conor McPherson | Girl from the North Country | ||
Lynn Nottage | MJ | ||
Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel | Mr. Saturday Night | ||
Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan | Paradise Square |
Award recordsEdit
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Nomination recordsEdit
- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- 3 Nominations
- 2 Nominations
- Walter Bobbie
- Alain Boublil
- Mark Bramble
- Leslie Bricusse
- Betty Comden
- Joe DiPietro
- Bob Fosse
- Larry Gelbart
- Adolph Green
- John Guare
- Rupert Holmes
- Jim Lewis
- Craig Lucas
- Bob Martin
- Thomas Meehan
- Marsha Norman
- Tim Rice
- Dick Scanlan
- Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Neil Simon
- Joseph Stein
- David Thompson
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Andrew Lloyd Webber