Tony Award for Best Author
{{Infobox award
| name = Tony Award for
Best Author
| awarded_for = Best Author
| presenter = American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
| location = United States New York City
| holder =
| website = [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html TonyAwards.com]
}}
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
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=1940s=
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1947 {{small|1st Tony Awards}} |
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1948 {{small|2nd Tony Awards}} |
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| Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan |
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 1949 {{small|3rd Tony Awards}} |
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=1960s=
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! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:35%;"| Author ! style="width:54%;"| Production |
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 1962 {{small|16th Tony Awards}} |
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| Michael Stewart and Helen Deutsch |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1963 {{small|17th Tony Awards}} |
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| Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart |
| Lionel Bart
| Oliver! |
| Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley |
| Neil Simon |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1964 {{small|18th Tony Awards}} |
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| Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz |
| Timothy Gray and Hugh Martin |
| Joe Masteroff |
| rowspan="9" align="center"| 1965 {{small|19th Tony Awards}} |
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| Edward Albee |
| Jerome Coopersmith |
| Beverley Cross |
| Frank D. Gilroy |
| Sidney Michaels |
| Murray Schisgal
| Luv |
See also
External links
- [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards Official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219011248/http://www.ibdb.com/advancesearchaward.asp Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing]
- [http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawards.cfm Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com]
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Category:Awards established in 1947