Tony Awards
From "Kiss Me Kate" in 1949 to "Passing Strange" in 2008, 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.
Who Won Best Book of a Musical Tony Awards?
| 2008 Passing Strange |  
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| Stew | |
| Other Nominees: Cry-Baby; In The Heights; Xanadu | |
| 2007 Spring Awakening | 
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| Steven Sater | |
| Other Nominees: Curtains; Grey Gardens; Legally Blonde The Musical | |
| 2006 The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| Bob Martin; Don McKellar | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; Jersey Boys; The Wedding Singer | |
| 2005 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
| Rachel Sheinkin | |
| Other Nominees: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Light in the Piazza; Monty Python's Spamalot | |
| 2004 Avenue Q | 
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| Jeff Whitty | |
| Other Nominees: Caroline or Change; The Boy from Oz; Wicked | |
| 2003 Hairspray | |
| Mark O'Donnell; Thomas Meehan | |
| Other Nominees: Amour; A Year with Frog and Toad; Flower Drum Song | |
| 2002 Urinetown the Musical ("Urinetown The Musical") | |
| Greg Kotis | |
| Other Nominees: Mamma Mia; Sweet Smell of Success; Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 2001 The Producers | |
| Mel Brooks; Thomas Meehan | |
| Other Nominees: A Class Act; The Full Monty; Jane Eyre | |
| 2000 James Joyce's The Dead | |
| Richard Nelson | |
| Other Nominees: Contact; Marie Christine; The Wild Party | |
| 1999 Parade | |
| Alfred Uhry | |
| Other Nominees: It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues; Marlene; Footloose | |
| 1998 Ragtime | |
| Terrence McNally | |
| Other Nominees: Side Show; The Lion King; The Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| 1997 Titanic | |
| Peter Stone | |
| Other Nominees: Jekyll and Hyde; Steel Pier; The Life | |
| 1996 Rent | |
| Jonathan Larson | |
| Other Nominees: Big - The Musical; Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk; Chronicle of a Death Foretold | |
| 1995 Sunset Boulevard | |
| Don Black; Christopher Hampton | |
| Other Nominees: | |
| 1994 Passion | |
| James Lapine | |
| Other Nominees: A Grand Night for Singing; Beauty and the Beast; Cyrano: The Musical | |
| 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
| Terrence McNally | |
| Other Nominees: Anna Karenina; Blood Brothers; The Who's Tommy | |
| 1992 Falsettos | |
| William Finn; James Lapine | |
| Other Nominees: Crazy For You; Five Guys Named Moe; Jelly's Last Jam | |
| 1991 The Secret Garden | |
| Marsha Norman | |
| Other Nominees: Miss Saigon; Once On This Island; The Will Rogers Follies | |
| 1990 City of Angels | |
| Larry Gelbart | |
| Other Nominees: Aspects of Love; Grand Hotel; Meet Me In St Louis | |
| 1988 Into the Woods | |
| James Lapine | |
| Other Nominees: The Gospel at Colonus; The Phantom of the Opera; Romance/Romance | |
| 1987 Les Miserables | |
| Alain Boublil; Claude-Michel Schonberg | |
| Other Nominees: Me and My Girl; Rags; Smile | |
| 1986 The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
| Rupert Holmes | |
| Other Nominees: Big Deal; Singin' In the Rain; Wind in the Willows | |
| 1985 Big River | |
| William Hauptman | |
| Other Nominees: Grind; Harrigan 'n Hart; Quilters | |
| 1984 La Cage aux Folles | |
| Harvey Fierstein | |
| Other Nominees: Baby; Sunday In the Park With George; The Tap Dance Kid | |
| 1983 Cats | |
| T.S. Eliot | |
| Other Nominees: A Doll's Life; Merlin; My One and Only | |
| 1982 Dreamgirls | |
| Tom Eyen | |
| Other Nominees: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Nine; The First | |
| 1981 Woman Of the Year ("Woman of the Year") | |
| Peter Stone | |
| Other Nominees: 42nd Street; The Moony Shapiro Songbook; Tintypes | |
| 1980 Evita | |
| Tim Rice | |
| Other Nominees: A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine; Barnum; Sugar Babies | |
| 1979 Sweeney Todd | 
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| Hugh Wheeler | |
| Other Nominees: Ballroom; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; They're Playing Our Song | |
| 1978 On The Twentieth Century | |
| Betty Comden; Adolph Green | |
| Other Nominees: A History of the American Film; Runaways; Working | |
| 1977 Annie | |
| Thomas Meehan | |
| Other Nominees: Happy End; I Love My Wife; Your Arm's Too Short To Box with God | |
| 1976 A Chorus Line | 
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| James Kirkwood; Nicholas Dante | |
| Other Nominees: Chicago; Pacific Overtures; The Robber Bridegroom | |
| 1975 Shenandoah | |
| James Lee Barrett; Peter Udell; Philip Rose | |
| Other Nominees: Mack and Mabel; The Lieutenant; The Wiz | |
| 1974 Candide | |
| Hugh Wheeler | |
| Other Nominees: Raisin; Seesaw | |
| 1973 A Little Night Music | 
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| Hugh Wheeler | |
| Other Nominees: Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope; Don't Play Us; Pippin | |
| 1972 Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| John Guare; Mel Shapiro | |
| Other Nominees: Ain't Supposed To Die a Natural Death; Follies; Grease | |
| 1971 Company | |
| George Furth | |
| Other Nominees: The Me Nobody Knows; The Rothschilds | |
| 1965 Fiddler On The Roof | |
| Joseph Stein | |
| Other Nominees: Baker Street; Half a Sixpence; Ben Franklin In Paris | |
| 1964 Hello Dolly | |
| Michael Stewart | |
| Other Nominees: The Girl Who Came To Supper; She Loves Me; High Spirits | |
| 1963 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | 
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| Burt Shevelove; Larry Gelbart | |
| Other Nominees: Oliver!; Stop the World I Want To Get Off; Little Me | |
| 1962 How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying | |
| Abe Burrows; Jack Weinstock; Willie Gilbert | |
| Other Nominees: Carnival | |
| 1950 South Pacific | |
| Oscar Hammerstein II; Joshua Logan | |
| Other Nominees: | |
| 1949 Kiss Me Kate | |
| Bella & Samuel Spewack | |
| Other Nominees: | |
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