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 ‘40

• 1949: Kiss Me, Kate – Samuel e Bella Spewack
  • Nessuna nomination

Anni ‘50

• 1950: South Pacific – Oscar Hammerstein e Joshua Logan
  • Nessuna nomination

Anni ‘60

• 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

Anni ‘70

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 Phillip 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 ‘80

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 ‘90

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 Curtains – Rupert Holmes e Peter Stone Grey Gardens – Doug Wright Legally Blonde – Heather Hach 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 ‘10

• 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

Librettisti più premiati

Tre vittorie Hugh Wheeler Thomas Meehan James Lapine

Due vittorie Terrence McNally Larry Gelbart Peter Stone Michael Stewart

Collegamenti esterni

• Tony Awards Official site
• Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
• Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com

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