# Tony Award al miglior libretto di un musical

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