The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is the Tony awarded to the librettist(s) of the musical. The librettist may also be called the bookwriter. He or she writes the book or libretto, which is the spoken, non-sung dialogue of a musical play; the librettist is also typically responsible for the overall story of the musical. In the past this award has been called the "Best Author of a Musical" award. To be eligible a musical must have some sort of original narrative framework; revues without a plot and revivals are ineligible, unless a new book is used for a revival. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ...

List of Winners

Winners are in bold. Non-bold indicates a non-winning nomination.

1940s

• 1949 Kiss Me, Kate by Samuel and Bella Spewack

1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Samuel (September 16, 1899 - October 14, 1971) and Bella Spewack (March 25, 1899 - April 27, 1990) were a Tony Award-winning husband-and-wife writing team. ...

1950s

• 1950 South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan
• 1951 Guys and Dolls by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
• 1952-1959 No award given

Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. When it first opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, it was produced by Leland Hayward and directed by Joshua Logan. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Joshua Logan (1908-1988), a director and writer, was best known for Broadway and Hollywood shows such as Mister Roberts, Picnic, and South Pacific. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Guys and Dolls Original Broadway Cast recording (1950) Guys And Dolls is a hit 1950 musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser. ... Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 - October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer and lyricist and a screenwriter. ... Abe Burrows (b. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1960s

• 1960-1961 No award given
• 1962 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
• 1963 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Bert Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
• 1964 Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart
• 1965 Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
• 1966 Not Awarded
• 1967 Not Awarded
• 1968 Not Awarded
• 1969 Not Awarded

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1970s

• 1970 Not Awarded
• 1971 Company by George Furth
• 1972 Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare and Mel Shapiro
• 1973 A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler
• 1974 Candide by Hugh Wheeler
• 1975 Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell, and Phillip Rose
• 1976 A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante
• 1977 Annie by Thomas Meehan
• 1978 On The Twentieth Century by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• 1979 Sweeney Todd by Hugh Wheeler

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Company is a musical with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... George Furth (b. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Two Gentlemen of Verona is an award-winning rock musical with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare, and music by Galt MacDermot. ... John Guare (pronounced gwâr, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. ... Mel Shapiro is an award-winning American theatre director and writer, college professor, and author. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. ... Hugh Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), also known as Patrick Quentin, was an American playwright, librettist, poet, and translator. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Candide is a comic operetta by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. ... Hugh Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), also known as Patrick Quentin, was an American playwright, librettist, poet, and translator. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shenandoah is a 1975 Broadway musical with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, and a book by Udell, Philip Rose and James Lee Barrett, based on Barretts original screenplay for the 1965 film [[Shenandoah (film)]]. The musical opened January 7, 1975 and ran for a total of... James Lee Barrett (19 November 1929- 15 October 1989) was an American producer, screenwriter, and Tony Award-winning writer. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... A Chorus Line is a musical with a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. ... James Kirkwood, Jr. ... Nicholas Dante (born Conrado Morales in 1942, died May 21, 1991 of AIDS in New York City) was an American dancer and writer, best known for A Chorus Line. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Annie is also the name of a popstar. ... Meehan, Thomas (March 21, 1826 - November 19, 1901), American Nurseryman and botanist. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... On the Twentieth Century, was a Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman, directed by Hal Prince. ... Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Hugh Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), also known as Patrick Quentin, was an American playwright, librettist, poet, and translator. ...

1980s

• 1980 Evita by Tim Rice
• 1981 Woman of the Year by Peter Stone
• 1982 Dreamgirls by Tom Eyen
• 1983 Cats by T. S. Eliot
• 1984 La Cage aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein
• 1985 Big River by William Hauptman
• 1986 The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
• 1987 Les Misérables by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg
  • Me and My Gal by L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry and Mike Ockrent
  • Rags by Joseph Stein
  • Smile by Howard Ashman
• 1988 Into the Woods by James Lapine
  • The Gospel at Colonus by Lee Breuer
  • The Phantom of the Opera by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Romance/Romance by Barry Harman
• 1989 Not Awarded

Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Evita is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). ... Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist for musical theatre, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Original cast recording Woman of the Year is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and score by John Kander and Fred Ebb. ... Peter Stone (February 27, 1930 -April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater, television and movies. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre. ... Tom Eyen Tom Eyen (August 14, 1940 - May 26, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated playwright, lyricist, television writer, and theatre director. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... La Cage aux Folles is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. ... Harvey Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is a Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical based on Mark Twains novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Ñ€The Mystery of Edwin Drood was a Broadway musical based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. ... Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947 in Northwich, Cheshire, England) is a composer and writer who grew up in the northern New York City suburb of Nanuet, New York, and attended nearby Nyack High School. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Les Misérables (pronunciation ), colloquially known as Les Mis, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil. ... Claude-Michel Schönberg is a French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with the librettist Alain Boublil. ... Me and My Gal is a 1932 American motion picture drama and romantic comedy made by the Fox Film Corporation. ... Douglas Furber was a British lyricist and playright. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Mike Ockrent Age: 53 award-winning British stage director known for his larger-than-life Broadway musicals, as well as his smaller niche plays. ... Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse. ... Joseph Stein (born May 30, 1912, New York City) is a Jewish-American playwright best known for his books for hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof, Zorba, Rags, Take Me Along, and The Bakers Wife. ... Smile is a musical originally produced on Broadway in 1986. ... Howard Ashman ( May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... James Lapine (born January 10, 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an Jewish-American director and librettist. ... The Gospel at Colonus is a gospel version of Sophocless tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. ... Lee Breuer is one of the founding members and current Artistic Directors of the Avant-Guarde theatre company Mabou Mines(in New York City). ... The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel by French novelist Gaston Leroux. ... Richard Stilgoe OBE. Richard Stilgoe OBE (b. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Romance/Romance is a musical with a book and lyrics by Barry Harman and music by Keith Herrmann. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

1990s

• 1990 City of Angels by Larry Gelbart
  • Aspects of Love by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Grand Hotel by Luther Davis
  • Meet Me in St. Louis by Hugh Wheeler
• 1991 The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman
  • Miss Saigon by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg
  • Once on This Island by Lynn Ahrens
  • The Will Rogers Follies by Peter Stone
• 1992 Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine
  • Crazy for You by Ken Ludwig
  • Five Guys Named Moe by Clarke Peters
  • Jelly's Last Jam by George C. Wolfe
• 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman by Terrence McNally
  • Anna Karenina by Peter Kellogg
  • Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
  • The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
• 1994 Passion by James Lapine
  • Beauty and the Beast by Linda Woolverton
  • Cyrano: The Musical by Koen van Kijk
  • A Grand Night for Singing by Walter Bobbie
• 1995 Sunset Boulevard by Don Black and Christopher Hampton
• 1996 Rent by Jonathan Larson
  • Big by John Weidman
  • Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk by Reg E Gaines
  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Graciela Daniele, Jim Lewis, and Michael John LaChiusa
• 1997 Titanic by Peter Stone
  • Jekyll & Hyde by Leslie Bricusse
  • The Life by David Newman, Ira Gasman, and Cy Coleman
  • Steel Pier by David Thompson
• 1998 Ragtime by Terrence McNally
  • The Lion King by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel by Nan Knighton
  • Side Show by Bill Russell
• 1999 Parade by Alfred Uhry
  • Footloose by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
  • It Ain't Nothin But the Blues by Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, and Dan Wheetman
  • Marlene by Pam Gems

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Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Secret Garden is a musical based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett book of the same name. ... Marsha Norman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Hull-Warriner, and Drama Desk Awards for Night, Mother, which received its world premiere at the A.R.T. in 1982. ... Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. ... Alain Boublil is a librettist, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. ... Claude-Michel Schönberg is a French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with the librettist Alain Boublil. ... Once on This Island is a musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. ... Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who most-frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. ... Will Rogers Follies is a musical about the famed humorist, Will Rogers. ... Peter Stone (February 27, 1930 -April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater, television and movies. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... William Finn (* 28 February 1952), Tony-winning American composer, especially of musicals. ... James Lapine (born January 10, 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an Jewish-American director and librettist. ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... For more information on Ken Ludwig and plays & musicals by Ken Ludwig, visit www. ... Five Guys Named Moe is a musical with a book by Clarke Peters and lyrics and music by Louis Jordan and others. ... Clarke Peters is an American actor. ... Jellys Last Jam is a Broadway musical based on the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. ... George C. Wolfe (September 23, 1954 - ) is an African-American playwright and director of theater and film. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Kiss of the Spider Woman is a 1993 Broadway musical written by John Kander and Fred Ebb with book by Terrence McNally. ... Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939), is an American playwright. ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical Ruskii Vestnik (Russian: Русский Вестник, Russian Messenger). Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over issues that arose in the final installment. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Blood Brothers is a 1983 play with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. ... William Martin Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a British playwright, lyricist and composer. ... Tommy (1969) is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... Peter Dennis Blandford (Pete) Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. ... Des McAnuff is the highly celebrated, Tony award-winning director of such hit Broadway musicals as Big River, The Whos Tommy, Titanic, and most recently, Urinetown. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Pasión es una obra musical que se estreno en Broadway en 1994, adaptada de la película de Ettore Scola Passione dAmore que, a su vez , se basa en la novela de Igino Tarchetti Fosca. Con libreto de James Lapine y música y letras de Stephen Sondheim. ... James Lapine (born January 10, 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an Jewish-American director and librettist. ... Premiering on April 18, 1994, Beauty and the Beast is currently one of Broadways longest running productions, devised and produced by Disney Theatrical, a fully owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ... Linda Woolverton was a writer for the film The Lion King. ... A Grand Night for Singing is a musical revue showcasing the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II. Featuring songs from such lesser-known works as Allegro, Flower Drum Song, State Fair, and Pipe Dream and hits like Carousel, Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific... Born on November 18, 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Walter Bobbie is a noted dancer, choreographer, director and occasional actor. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... Don Black OBE (born June 21, 1938) is an English lyricist. ... Christopher Hampton (born January 26, 1946) is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Rent is a American Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. ... Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright who lived in New York City and authored musicals, including Rent and Tick, Tick. ... Big is a 1988 comedy film about a teenage boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune-telling machine. ... John Weidman is an American librettist. ... Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk is a musical that debuted Off-Broadway at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater in 1996. ... Chronicle of a Death Foretold cover Chronicle of a Death Foretold (original Spanish title: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez. ... Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939) is a dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. ... Michael John LaChiusa (born 1962) is a musical theatre composer and lyricist best known for his unusual sounding compositions for shows in the post-modern school. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Titanic: The Musical was a musical that opened on Broadway in 1997. ... Peter Stone (February 27, 1930 -April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater, television and movies. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist. ... The Life is an award-winning musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cy Coleman (June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. ... David Thompson is an American writer and playwright. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. ... Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939), is an American playwright. ... The Lion King is a 1994 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. ... Roger Allers is a famous producer and screenwriter, who has worked on many big Disney movies. ... Biography IRENE MECCHI is an american writer for t. ... The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the French Revolution. ... Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner as Violet and Daisy Hilton Side Show is a musical about Daisy and Violet Hilton, two Siamese Twins who make a change from being a circus act to becoming famous stage performers in the 1930s. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Parade is a musical that opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on December 17, 1998 with a book (musical theatre) book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. ... Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright best known for the play and screenplay of Driving Miss Daisy. ... Footloose is a 1984 movie that tells the story of Ren McCormick (played by Kevin Bacon), a teenager who was raised in Chicago and moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing and rock music. ... Born on November 18, 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Walter Bobbie is a noted dancer, choreographer, director and occasional actor. ... Ronald James Taylor (October 16, 1952 Galveston, Texas–January 16, 2002) was an American actor. ... Marlene is a female German given name. ... Pam Gems (born August 1, 1925) is an English playwright considered to be part of the Feminist Theatre group which also includes Caryl Churchill. ...

2000s

• 2000 James Joyce's The Dead by Richard Nelson
  • Contact by John Weidman
  • Marie Christine by Michael John LaChiusa
  • The Wild Party by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
• 2001 The Producers by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
  • A Class Act by Linda Kline and Lonny Price
  • The Full Monty by Terrence McNally
  • Jane Eyre by John Caird
• 2002 Urinetown by Greg Kotis
  • Mamma Mia! by Catherine Johnson
  • Sweet Smell of Success by John Guare
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan
• 2003 Hairspray by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan
  • Amour by Didier Van Cauwelaert, Jeremy Sams (adaptation)
  • Flower Drum Song by David Henry Hwang
  • A Year With Frog and Toad by Willie Reale
• 2004 Avenue Q by Jeff Whitty
  • The Boy from Oz by Martin Sherman, Nick Enright (original book)
  • Caroline, or Change by Tony Kushner
  • Wicked by Winnie Holzman
• 2005 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Jeffrey Lane
  • The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas
  • Monty Python's Spamalot by Eric Idle
• 2006 The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
  • The Wedding Singer by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
  • Jersey Boys by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
  • The Color Purple by Marsha Norman
• 2007 Spring Awakening by Steven Sater
  • Curtains by Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone
  • Grey Gardens by Doug Wright
  • Legally Blonde: The Musical by Heather Hach

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Lee. ... // David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. ... A Year With Frog and Toad was a Tony-nominated Broadway musical based on the Frog and Toad childrens stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. ... Willie Reale is an American playwright and lyricist, who often works with his older brother Robert Reale. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Avenue Q is a Tony award-winning musical that was conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. ... Jeff Whitty is a playwright who lives in New York City. ... The Boy From Oz is a musical featuring the life of singer/songwriter Peter Allen. ... 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Multiple Winners

3 wins: Hugh Wheeler, Thomas Meehan, and James Lapine
2 wins: Terrance McNally, Larry Gelbart, Peter Stone, and Michael Stewart