The Tony Award for Best Author is a now retired category once presented to playwrights, authors and librettists of theatrical plays and musicals. Only nine awards were presented from 1947 to 1965, and it is often grouped with the category Best Book of a Musical.
Winners and nominees
1940s Year Author Production 1947 Arthur Miller All My Sons 1948 Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan Mister Roberts 1949 Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman Samuel and Bella Spewack Kiss Me, Kate
1960s Year Author Production 1962 Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch Carnival! 1963 Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Lionel Bart Oliver! Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Stop the World – I Want to Get Off Neil Simon Little Me 1964 Michael Stewart Hello, Dolly! Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz The Girl Who Came to Supper Timothy Gray and Hugh Martin High Spirits Joe Masteroff She Loves Me 1965 Neil Simon The Odd Couple Joseph Stein Fiddler on the Roof Edward Albee Tiny Alice Jerome Coopersmith Baker Street Beverley Cross Half a Sixpence Frank D. Gilroy The Subject Was Roses Sidney Michaels Ben Franklin in Paris Murray Schisgal Luv
See also Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
External links Tony Awards Official site Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com