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Year Category Nominee Show Nom
1986 Best Book of a Musical Betty Comden Singin' in the Rain Production took place the previous year
1986 Best Book of a Musical Adolph Green Singin' in the Rain production took place the previous year
1986 Best Book of a Musical Jane Iredale Wind in the Willows production took place the previous year
1985 Best Book of a Musical Big River Big River Award winner
1985 Best Book of a Musical Grind Fay Kanin
1985 Best Book of a Musical Michael Stewart Harrigan 'n Hart
1985 Best Book of a Musical Molly Newman Quilters
1985 Best Book of a Musical Barbara Damashek Quilters producer, production took place the previous year
1984 Best Book of a Musical Harvey Fierstein La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year. Award winner
1984 Best Book of a Musical Sybille Pearson Baby
1984 Best Book of a Musical James Lapine Sunday in the Park with George
1984 Best Book of a Musical Charles Blackwell The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Book of a Musical Betty Comden A Doll's Life producer, production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Book of a Musical Adolph Green A Doll's Life producer, production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Book of a Musical T.S. Eliot Cats Award winner
1983 Best Book of a Musical Richard Levinson Merlin producer, production took place the 1968 year.
1983 Best Book of a Musical William Link Merlin producer, production took place the 1968 year.
1983 Best Book of a Musical Peter Stone My One and Only
1983 Best Book of a Musical Timothy S. Mayer My One and Only
1982 Best Book of a Musical Tom Eyen Dreamgirls producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1982 Best Book of a Musical Tim Rice Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1982 Best Book of a Musical Arthur Kopit Nine
1982 Best Book of a Musical Joel Siegel The First
1982 Best Book of a Musical Martin Charnin The First
1981 Best Book of a Musical Peter Stone Woman of the Year Award winner
1981 Best Book of a Musical Michael Stewart 42nd Street Production took place the previous year.
1981 Best Book of a Musical Mark Bramble 42nd Street production took place the previous year.
1981 Best Book of a Musical Monty Norman The Moony Shapiro Songbook
1981 Best Book of a Musical Julian More The Moony Shapiro Songbook
1981 Best Book of a Musical Mary Kyte Tintypes
1980 Best Book of a Musical Tim Rice Evita Award winner
1980 Best Book of a Musical Dick Vosburgh A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980 Best Book of a Musical Mark Bramble Barnum
1980 Best Book of a Musical Ralph G. Allen Sugar Babies
1980 Best Book of a Musical Harry Rigby Sugar Babies
1979 Best Book of a Musical Hugh Wheeler Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Book of a Musical Jerome Kass Ballroom production took place the previous year
1979 Best Book of a Musical Peter Masterson The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979 Best Book of a Musical Neil Simon They're Playing Our Song
1979 Best Book of a Musical Larry L. King The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1978 Best Book of a Musical Betty Comden On the Twentieth Century Award winner
1978 Best Book of a Musical Adolph Green On the Twentieth Century Award winner
1978 Best Book of a Musical Christopher Durang A History of the American Film
1978 Best Book of a Musical Elizabeth Swados Runaways
1978 Best Book of a Musical Stephen Schwartz Working
1978 Best Book of a Musical Larry L. King The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1977 Best Book of a Musical Thomas Meehan Annie Award winner
1977 Best Book of a Musical Elisabeth Hauptmann Happy End
1977 Best Book of a Musical Michael Feingold Adaptation production took place the previous year
1977 Best Book of a Musical Michael Stewart I Love My Wife
1977 Best Book of a Musical Vinnette Carroll Box With God Production took place the previous year
1976 Best Book of a Musical James Kirkwood A Chorus Line Award winner
1976 Best Book of a Musical Nelle Nugent A Chorus Line Award winner
1976 Best Book of a Musical Fred Ebb Chicago
1976 Best Book of a Musical Bob Fosse Chicago
1976 Best Book of a Musical John Weidman Pacific Overtures
1976 Best Book of a Musical Alfred Uhry The Robber Bridegroom
1975 Best Book of a Musical Peter Udell Shenandoah Award winner
1975 Best Book of a Musical James Lee Barrett Shenandoah Award winner
1975 Best Book of a Musical Philip Rose Shenandoah Award winner
1975 Best Book of a Musical Michael Stewart Mack and Mabel
1975 Best Book of a Musical Gene Curty The Lieutenant
1975 Best Book of a Musical Nitra Scharfman The Lieutenant
1975 Best Book of a Musical William F. Brown The Wiz
1974 Best Book of a Musical Hugh Wheeler Candide Award winner
1974 Best Book of a Musical Robert Nemiroff Raisin
1974 Best Book of a Musical Charlotte Zaltzberg Raisin
1974 Best Book of a Musical Michael Bennett Seesaw
1973 Best Book of a Musical Hugh Wheeler A Little Night Music Award winner
1973 Best Book of a Musical Micki Grant Don't Bother Me
1973 Best Book of a Musical Roger O. Hirson Pippin
1972 Best Book of a Musical John Guare Two Gentlemen of Verona Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Mel Shapiro Two Gentlemen of Verona Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Melvin Van Peebles Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Follies James Goldman Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Melvin Van Peebles Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Jim Jacobs Grease Award winner
1972 Best Book of a Musical Warren Casey Grease Award winner
1971 Best Book of a Musical George Furth Company Award winner
1971 Best Book of a Musical Herb Schapiro The Me Nobody Knows
1971 Best Book of a Musical Sherman Yellen The Rothschilds
1971 Best Book of a Musical Robert H. Livingston The Me Nobody Knows

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