Il Tony Award al miglior libretto (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical) è un riconoscimento teatrale presentato dal 1949 che viene consegnato ai migliori librettisti e sceneggiatori per un musical. Questo premio era originariamente chiamato Tony Award al miglior autore, finché il teatro musicale e quello di prosa formarono due categorie differenti per le premiazioni dei Tony Award. Vincitori e candidati Anni 1940 1949: Kiss Me, Kate – Samuel e Bella Spewack Nessuna nomination
Anni 1950 1950: South Pacific – Oscar Hammerstein e Joshua Logan Nessuna nomination
Anni 1960 1962: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock e Willie Gilbert Carnival! – Michael Stewart e Helen Deutsch 1963: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Burt Shevelove e Larry Gelbart Oliver! – Lionel Bart Little Me – Neil Simon Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – Leslie Bricusse e Anthony Newley 1964: Hello, Dolly! – Michael Stewart The Girl Who Came to Supper – Noël Coward e Harry Kurnitz She Loves Me – Joe Masteroff High Spirits – Hugh Martin e Timothy Gray 1965: Fiddler on the Roof – Joseph Stein Baker Street – Jerome Coopersmith Half a Sixpence – Beverley Cross Ben Franklin in Paris – Sidney Michaels
Anni 1970
1971: Company – George Furth The Me Nobody Knows – Robert H. Livingston e Herb Schapiro The Rothschilds – Sherman Yellen 1972: Two Gentlemen of Verona – John Guare e Mel Shapiro Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Melvin Van Peebles Follies – James Goldman Grease – Jim Jacobs e Warren Casey 1973: A Little Night Music – Hugh Wheeler Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope – Micki Grant Don't Play Us Cheap – Melvin Van Peebles Pippin – Roger O. Hirson 1974: Candide – Hugh Wheeler Raisin – Robert Nemiroff e Charlotte Zaltzberg Seesaw – Michael Bennett 1975: Shenandoah – James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell e Philip Rose Mack and Mabel – Michael Stewart The Lieutenant – Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, e Chuck Strand The Wiz – William F. Brown
1976: A Chorus Line – James Kirkwood Jr. e Nicholas Dante Chicago – Fred Ebb e Bob Fosse Pacific Overtures – John Weidman The Robber Bridegroom – Alfred Uhry 1977: Annie – Thomas Meehan Happy End? – Elisabeth Hauptmann e Michael Feingold I Love My Wife – Michael Stewart Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God – Vinnette Justine Carroll 1978: On the Twentieth Century – Betty Comden and Adolph Green A History of the American Film – Christopher Durang Runaways – Elizabeth Swados Working – Stephen Schwartz 1979: Sweeney Todd – Hugh Wheeler Ballroom – Jerome Kass The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Larry L. King e Peter Masterson They're Playing Our Song – Neil Simon
Anni 1980
1980: Evita – Tim Rice A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine – Dick Vosburgh Barnum – Mark Bramble Sugar Babies – Ralph G. Allen e Harry Rigby 1981: Woman of the Year – Peter Stone 42nd Street – Michael Stewart e Mark Bramble The Moony Shapiro Songbook – Monty Norman e Julian More Tintypes – Mary Kyte 1982: Dreamgirls – Tom Eyen Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Tim Rice Nine – Arthur Kopit The First – Joel Siegel e Martin Charnin 1983: Cats – T. S. Eliot A Doll's Life – Betty Comden e Adolph Green Merlin – Richard Levinson e William Link My One and Only – Peter Stone e Timothy S. Mayer 1984: La Cage aux Folles – Harvey Fierstein Baby – Sybille Pearson Sunday in the Park with George – James Lapine The Tap Dance Kid – Charles Blackwell
1985: Big River – William Hauptman Grind – Fay Kanin Harrigan and Hart – Michael Stewart Quilters – Molly Newman e Barbara Damashek 1986: The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Rupert Holmes Big Deal – Bob Fosse Singin' in the Rain – Betty Comden e Adolph Green Wind in the Willows – Jane Iredale 1987: Les Misérables – Alain Boublil e Claude-Michel Schönberg Me and My Girl – L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry e Mike Ockrent Rags – Joseph Stein Smile – Howard Ashman 1988: Into the Woods – James Lapine The Gospel at Colonus – Lee Breuer The Phantom of the Opera – Richard Stilgoe e Andrew Lloyd Webber Romance/Romance – Barry Harman
Anni 1990
1990: City of Angels – Larry Gelbart Aspects of Love – Andrew Lloyd Webber Grand Hotel – Luther Davis Meet Me in St. Louis – Hugh Wheeler 1991: The Secret Garden – Marsha Norman Miss Saigon – Alain Boublil e Claude-Michel Schönberg Once on This Island – Lynn Ahrens The Will Rogers Follies – Peter Stone 1992: Falsettos – William Finn e James Lapine Crazy for You – Ken Ludwig Five Guys Named Moe – Clarke Peters Jelly's Last Jam – George C. Wolfe 1993: Kiss of the Spider Woman – Terrence McNally Anna Karenina – Peter Kellogg Blood Brothers – Willy Russell The Who's Tommy – Pete Townshend e Des McAnuff 1994: Passion – James Lapine Beauty and the Beast – Linda Woolverton Cyrano: The Musical – Koen van Kijk A Grand Night for Singing – Walter Bobbie
1995: Sunset Boulevard – Don Black e Christopher Hampton Nessuna nomination 1996: Rent – Jonathan Larson Big: The Musical – John Weidman Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk – Reg E. Gaines Chronicle of a Death Foretold – Graciela Daniele, Jim Lewis e Michael John LaChiusa 1997: Titanic – Peter Stone Jekyll & Hyde – Leslie Bricusse The Life – David Newman, Ira Gasman e Cy Coleman Steel Pier – David Thompson 1998: Ragtime – Terrence McNally The Lion King – Roger Allers e Irene Mecchi The Scarlet Pimpernel – Nan Knighton Side Show – Bill Russell 1999: Parade – Alfred Uhry Footloose – Dean Pitchford e Walter Bobbie It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues – Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor e Dan Wheetman Marlene – Pam Gems
Anni 2000
2000: James Joyce's The Dead – Richard Nelson Contact – John Weidman Marie Christine – Michael John LaChiusa The Wild Party – Michael John LaChiusa e George C. Wolfe 2001: The Producers – Mel Brooks e Thomas Meehan A Class Act – Linda Kline e Lonny Price The Full Monty – Terrence McNally Jane Eyre – John Caird 2002: Urinetown – Greg Kotis Mamma Mia! – Catherine Johnson Sweet Smell of Success – John Guare Thoroughly Modern Millie – Richard Morris e Dick Scanlan 2003: Hairspray – Thomas Meehan e Mark O'Donnell Amour – Didier Van Cauwelaert e Jeremy Sams Flower Drum Song – David Henry Hwang A Year With Frog and Toad – Willie Reale 2004: Avenue Q – Jeff Whitty The Boy from Oz – Martin Sherman e Nick Enright Caroline, or Change – Tony Kushner Wicked – Winnie Holzman
2005: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Rachel Sheinkin Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Jeffrey Lane The Light in the Piazza – Craig Lucas Monty Python's Spamalot – Eric Idle 2006: The Drowsy Chaperone – Bob Martin e Don McKellar The Wedding Singer – Chad Beguelin e Tim Herlihy Jersey Boys – Marshall Brickman e Rick Elice The Color Purple – Marsha Norman 2007: Spring Awakening – Steven Sater Legally Blonde - Heather Hach Curtains - Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone Grey Gardens - Doug Wright 2008: Passing Strange – Stew Cry-Baby – Thomas Meehan e Mark O'Donnell In the Heights – Quiara Alegría Hudes Xanadu – Douglas Carter Beane 2009: Billy Elliot the Musical – Lee Hall Next to Normal – Brian Yorkey Shrek the Musical – David Lindsay-Abaire [Title of show] – Hunter Bell
Anni 2010
2010: Memphis – Joe DiPietro Everyday Rapture – Dick Scanlan e Sherie Rene Scott Fela! – Jim Lewis e Bill T. Jones Million Dollar Quartet – Colin Escott e Floyd Mutrux 2011: The Book of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez e Matt Stone Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Alex Timbers The Scottsboro Boys – David Thompson Sister Act – Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner e Douglas Carter Beane 2012: Once – Enda Walsh Lysistrata Jones – Douglas Carter Beane Nice Work If You Can Get It – Joe DiPietro Newsies – Harvey Fierstein 2013: Matilda the Musical – Dennis Kelly Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella – Douglas Carter Beane Kinky Boots – Harvey Fierstein A Christmas Story, the Musical – Joseph Robinette 2014: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen Aladdin – Chad Beguelin Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath
2015: Fun Home – Lisa Kron Something Rotten! – Karey Kirkpatrick & John O'Farrell An American in Paris – Craig Lucas The Visit – Terrence McNally 2016: Hamilton – Lin-Manuel Miranda School of Rock – Julian Fellowes Bright Star – Steve Martin Shuffle Along – George C. Wolfe 2017: Dear Evan Hansen – Steven Levenson Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Dave Malloy Groundhog Day – Danny Rubin Come from Away – David Hein & Irene Sankoff 2018: The Band's Visit – Itamar Moses Frozen – Jennifer Lee Mean Girls – Tina Fey SpongeBob SquarePants – Kyle Jarrow 2019: Tootsie – Robert Horn Ain’t Too Proud – Dominique Morisseau Beetlejuice – Scott Brown & Anthony King Hadestown – Anaïs Mitchell The Prom – Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin
Anni 2020
2020: Jagged Little Pill – Diablo Cody Moulin Rouge! – John Logan Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar & Kees Prins 2021: La cerimonia non si è tenuta 2022: A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson Girl from the North Country – Conor McPherson MJ – Lynn Nottage Mr. Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry Kirwan
2023: Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire & Juliet - David West Read Shucked – Robert Horn Some Like It Hot – Matthew López e Amber Ruffin New York, New York – David Thompson e Sharon Washington
Librettisti più premiati
Tre vittorie Hugh Wheeler (2 consecutive) Thomas Meehan James Lapine
Due vittorie Terrence McNally Larry Gelbart Peter Stone Michael Stewart
Record di candidature 5 Candidature Michael Stewart
4 Candidature Douglas Carter Beane James Lapine Terrence McNally Peter Stone Hugh Wheeler
3 Candidature Chad Beguelin Harvey Fierstein Michael John LaChiusa George C. Wolfe
2 Candidature 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
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