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The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is the Tony awarded to the librettist(s) of the musical. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and The librettist may also be called the bookwriter. He or she writes the book or libretto, which is the spoken, non-sung dialogue of a musical play; the librettist is also typically responsible for the overall story of the musical. In the past this award has been called the "Best Author of a Musical" award. To be eligible a musical must have some sort of original narrative framework; revues without a plot and revivals are ineligible, unless a new book is used for a revival.

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List of Winners

Winners are in bold. Non-bold indicates a non-winning nomination.

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Multiple Winners

3 wins: Hugh Wheeler, Thomas Meehan, and James Lapine
2 wins: Terrence McNally, Larry Gelbart, Peter Stone, and Michael Stewart


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The Producers is a Comedy - musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Thomas Meehan ( 21 March 1826 Potters Bar, which was in Middlesex at the time and is now in Hertfordshire, England - A Class Act is a musical with a book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price and music and lyrics by Edward Kleban. Lonny Price (born March 9, 1959) is an American Actor, Writer, and director This article is about the film The Full Monty is a 1997 British Comedy film. 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