Tony Award du meilleur livret de comédie musicale

Le Tony Award du meilleur livret de comédie musicale est un prix décerné aux librettistes, auteurs des dialogues, paroles non-chantées et du scénario d'une comédie musicale. L'éligibilité est limitée aux œuvres originale. Ce prix était à l'origine appelé Tony Award du meilleur auteur (Tony Award for Best Author), jusqu'à ce que les comédies musicales prennent une place plus importante dans la cérémonie.

Récompenses et nominations

Années 1940

1949: Kiss Me, Kate – Samuel et Bella Spewack
- Pas de nommés

Années 1950

1950: South Pacific – Oscar Hammerstein et Joshua Logan
- Pas de nommés

Années 1960

1962: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock et Willie Gilbert
- Carnival! – Michael Stewart et Helen Deutsch

1963: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Burt Shevelove et Larry Gelbart
- Oliver! – Lionel Bart
- Little Me – Neil Simon
- Stop the World – I Want to Get Off – Leslie Bricusse et Anthony Newley

1964: Hello, Dolly! – Michael Stewart
- The Girl Who Came to Supper – Noël Coward et Harry Kurnitz
- She Loves Me – Joe Masteroff
- High Spirits – Hugh Martin et Timothy Gray

1965: Un violon sur le toit – Joseph Stein
- Baker Street – Jerome Coopersmith
- Half a Sixpence – Beverly Cross
- Ben Franklin in Paris – Sidney Michaels

Années 1970

1971: Company – George Furth
- The Me Nobody Knows – Robert H. Livingston et Herb Schapiro
- The Rothschilds – Sherman Yellen

1972: Two Gentlemen of Verona – John Guare et Mel Shapiro
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Melvin Van Peebles
- Follies – James Goldman
- Grease – Jim Jacobs et 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 et Charlotte Zaltzberg
- Seesaw – Michael Bennett

1975: Shenandoah – James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell et Phillip Rose
- Mack and Mabel – Michael Stewart
- The Lieutenant – Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman, et Chuck Strand
- The Wiz – William F. Brown

1976: A Chorus Line – James Kirkwood Jr. et Nicholas Dante
- Chicago – Fred Ebb et Bob Fosse
- Pacific Overtures – John Weidman
- The Robber Bridegroom – Alfred Uhry

1977: Annie – Thomas Meehan
- Happy End – Elisabeth Hauptmann et 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 et Adolph Green
- A History of the American Film – Christopher Durang
- Runaways – Elizabeth Swados
- Working – Stephen Schwartz

1979: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Hugh Wheeler
- Ballroom – Jerome Kass
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Larry L. King et Peter Masterson
- They're Playing Our Song – Neil Simon

Années 1980

1980: Evita – Tim Rice
- A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine – Dick Vosburgh
- Barnum – Mark Bramble
- Sugar Babies – Ralph G. Allen et Harry Rigby

1981: Woman of the Year – Peter Stone
- 42nd Street – Michael Stewart et Mark Bramble
- The Moony Shapiro Songbook – Monty Norman et Julian More
- Tintypes – Mary Kyte

1982: Dreamgirls – Tom Eyen
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Tim Rice
- Nine – Arthur Kopit
- The First – Joel Siegel et Martin Charnin

1983: Cats – T. S. Eliot
- A Doll's Life – Betty Comden et Adolph Green
- Merlin – Richard Levinson et William Link
- My One and Only – Peter Stone et 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 et Barbara Damashek

1986: The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Rupert Holmes
- Big Deal – Bob Fosse
- Singin' in the Rain – Betty Comden et Adolph Green
- Wind in the Willows – Jane Iredale

1987: Les Misérables – Alain Boublil et Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Me and My Girl – L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Stephen Fry et 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 et Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Romance/Romance – Barry Harman

Années 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 et Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Once on This Island – Lynn Ahrens
- The Will Rogers Follies – Peter Stone

1992: Falsettos – William Finn et 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 et 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 et Christopher Hampton
- Pas de nommés

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 et Michael John LaChiusa

1997: Titanic – Peter Stone
- Jekyll & Hyde – Leslie Bricusse
- The Life – David Newman, Ira Gasman et Cy Coleman
- Steel Pier – David Thompson

1998: Ragtime – Terrence McNally
- The Lion King – Roger Allers et Irene Mecchi
- The Scarlet Pimpernel – Nan Knighton
- Side Show – Bill Russell

1999: Parade – Alfred Uhry
- Footloose – Dean Pitchford et Walter Bobbie
- It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues – Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor et Dan Wheetman
- Marlene – Pam Gems

Années 2000

2000: James Joyce's The Dead – Richard Nelson
- Contact – John Weidman
- Marie Christine – Michael John LaChiusa
- The Wild Party – Michael John LaChiusa et George C. Wolfe

2001: The Producers – Mel Brooks et Thomas Meehan
- A Class Act – Linda Kline et 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 et Dick Scanlan

2003: Hairspray – Thomas Meehan et Mark O'Donnell
- Amour – Didier Van Cauwelaert et 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 et 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 et Don McKellar
- The Wedding Singer – Chad Beguelin et Tim Herlihy
- Jersey Boys – Marshall Brickman et Rick Elice
- The Color Purple – Marsha Norman

2007: Spring Awakening – Steven Sater
- Curtains – Rupert Holmes et Peter Stone
- Grey Gardens – Doug Wright
- Legally Blonde – Heather Hach

2008: Passing Strange – Stew
- Cry-Baby – Thomas Meehan et 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
- – Hunter Bell

Années 2010

2010 : Memphis – Joe DiPietro
- Everyday Rapture – Dick Scanlan et Sherie Rene Scott
- Fela! – Jim Lewis et Bill T. Jones
- Million Dollar Quartet – Colin Escott et Floyd Mutrux

2011 : The Book of Mormon – Trey Parker, Robert Lopez et Matt Stone
- Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Alex Timbers
- The Scottsboro Boys – David Thompson
- Sister Act – Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner et Douglas Carter Beane

2012 : Once – Enda Walsh
- Lysistrata Jones – Douglas Carter Beane
- Newsies – Harvey Fierstein
- Nice Work If You Can Get It – Joe DiPietro

2013 : Matilda the Musical – Dennis Kelly
- A Christmas Story, the Musical – Joseph Robinette
- Kinky Boots – Harvey Fierstein
- Cinderella – Douglas Carter Beane

2014 : A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder – Robert L. Freedman
- Aladdin – Chad Beguelin
- Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Douglas McGrath

2015 : Fun Home – Lisa Kron
- An American in Paris – Craig Lucas
- Something Rotten! – Karey Kirkpatrick et John O'Farrell
- The Visit – Terrence McNally

2016 : Hamilton – Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Bright Star – Steve Martin
- School of Rock – Julian Fellowes
- Shuffle Along – George C. Wolfe

2017 : Dear Evan Hansen - Steven Levenson
- Dave Malloy – Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
- Danny Rubin – Groundhog Day
- Irene Sankoff et David Hein – Come from Away

2018 : The Band's Visit - Itamar Moses
- Jennifer Lee – Frozen
- Tina Fey – Mean Girls
- Kyle Jarrow – SpongeBob SquarePants

2019 : Tootsie - Robert Horn
- Dominique Morisseau - Ain't Too Proud
- Scott Brown & Anthony King - Beetlejuice
- Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
- Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin - The Prom

Années 2020

2020 : Jagged Little Pill – Diablo Cody
- Moulin Rouge! – John Logan
- Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar et Kees Prins

2022 : A Strange Loop – Michael R. Jackson
- Girl from the North Country – Conor McPherson
- MJ – Lynn Nottage
- Mr. Saturday Night – Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz et Babaloo Mandel
- Paradise Square – Christina Anderson, Larry Kirwan et Craig Lucas

2023 : Kimberly Akimbo – David Lindsay-Abaire
- & Juliet – David West Read
- New York, New York – David Thompson et Sharon Washington
- Shucked – Robert Horn
- Some Like It Hot – Matthew López et Amber Ruffin

2024 : Suffs – Shaina Taub
- Kristoffer Diaz – Hell's Kitchen
- Bekah Brunstetter – The Notebook
- Justin Levine et Adam Rapp – The Outsiders
- Rick Elice – Water for Elephants