Who Won Best Book of a Musical Tony Awards?
From "Kiss Me Kate" in 1949 to "Suffs" in 2024, the Tony Awards have awarded excellence in musical theatre throughout the years. The Tony for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to the librettist of the musical - the person who writes the dialogue which is not sung. There were gaps in the 50's, 60's, and 1989 when the award was not given.
| 2024 (77th) |
Shaina Taub Suffs Other Nominees: Kristoffer Diaz (Hell's Kitchen); Bekah Brunstetter (The Notebook); Justin Levine and Adam Rapp (The Outsiders); Rick Elice (Water for Elephants) |
| 2023 (76th) |
David Lindsay-Abaire Kimberly Akimbo Other Nominees: David West Read (& Juliet); David Thompson & Sharon Washington (New York, New York); Robert Horn (Shucked); Matthew Lopez & Amber Ruffin (Some Like It Hot) |
| 2022 (75th) |
Michael R. Jackson A Strange Loop Other Nominees: 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) |
| 2021 (74th) |
Diablo Cody Jagged Little Pill Other Nominees: John Logan (Moulin Rouge!); Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins (Tina) |
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tootsie | Robert Horn |  |
| 2018 | The Band's Visit | Itamar Moses |  |
| 2017 | Dear Evan Hansen | Steven Levenson |  |
| 2016 | Hamilton | Lin-Manuel Miranda |  |
| 2015 | Fun Home | Lisa Kron |  |
| 2014 | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Robert L. Freedman |  |
| 2013 | Matilda The Musical | Dennis Kelly |  |
| 2012 | Once | Enda Walsh |  |
| 2011 | The Book Of Mormon | Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone |  |
| 2010 | Memphis | Joe DiPietro |  |
| 2009 | Billy Elliot The Musical | Lee Hall |  |
| 2008 | Passing Strange | Stew |  |
| 2007 | Spring Awakening | Steven Sater |  |
| 2006 | The Drowsy Chaperone | Bob Martin & Don McKellar |  |
| 2005 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Rachel Sheinkin |  |
| 2004 | Avenue Q | Jeff Whitty |  |
| 2003 | Hairspray | Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan |  |
| 2002 | Urinetown The Musical | Greg Kotis |  |
| 2001 | The Producers | Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan |  |
| 2000 | James Joyce's The Dead | Richard Nelson |  |
| 1999 | Parade | Alfred Uhry |  |
| 1998 | Ragtime | Terrence McNally |  |
| 1997 | Titanic | Peter Stone |  |
| 1996 | Rent | Jonathan Larson |  |
| 1995 | Sunset Boulevard | Don Black & Christopher Hampton |  |
| 1994 | Passion | James Lapine |  |
| 1993 | Kiss Of The Spider Woman | Terrence McNally |  |
| 1992 | Falsettos | William Finn & James Lapine |  |
| 1991 | The Secret Garden | Marsha Norman |  |
| 1990 | City Of Angels | Larry Gelbart |  |
| 1989 | NO AWARD | ||
| 1988 | Into The Woods | James Lapine |  |
| 1987 | Les Miserables | Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg |  |
| 1986 | The Mystery Of Edwin Drood | Rupert Holmes |  |
| 1985 | Big River | William Hauptman |  |
| 1984 | La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein |  |
| 1983 | Cats | T.S. Eliot |  |
| 1982 | Dreamgirls | Tom Eyen |  |
| 1981 | Woman Of The Year | Peter Stone |  |
| 1980 | Evita | Tim Rice |  |
| 1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler |  |
| 1978 | On The Twentieth Century | Betty Comden & Adolph Green |  |
| 1977 | Annie | Thomas Meehan |  |
| 1976 | A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood Jr & Nicholas Dante |  |
| 1975 | Shenandoah | James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell and Philip Rose |  |
| 1974 | Candide | Hugh Wheeler |  |
| 1973 | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler |  |
| 1972 | Two Gentlemen Of Verona | John Guare & Mel Shapiro |  |
| 1971 | Company | George Furth |  |
| 1965 | Fiddler On The Roof | Joseph Stein |  |
| 1964 | Hello, Dolly! | Michael Stewart |  |
| 1963 | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | Burt Shevelove |  |
| 1962 | How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying | Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert |  |
| 1950 | South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan |  |
| 1949 | Kiss Me, Kate | Bella & Samuel Spewack |  |