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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>William Alan Finn</b> (born February 28, 1952) is an American composer and lyricist. He is best known for his musicals, which include <i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i>, for which he won the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Best Book of a Musical</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Brain" title="A New Brain">A New Brain</a></i> (1998), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i> (2005). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finn was born in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>. He is Jewish,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> raised in <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Judaism" title="Conservative Judaism">conservative Judaism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Tablet_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tablet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick, Massachusetts</a>, with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He attended the Temple Israel in Natick, where his rabbi was <a href="/wiki/Harold_Kushner" title="Harold Kushner">Harold Kushner</a>. In Hebrew School, Finn wrote his first play, saying, "I don't think I ever told anyone this: The first play I ever wrote was in Hebrew. I have no idea what it was about. But it was horrible, I guarantee it. I couldn't write plays, and I couldn't really speak Hebrew, so how good could it be?"<sup id="cite_ref-Tablet_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tablet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While attending <a href="/wiki/Natick_High_School" title="Natick High School">Natick High School</a>, Finn competed with the Natick Speech Team and was in the drama department headed by Gerald Dyer.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his <a href="/wiki/Bar_mitzvah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bar mitzvah">bar mitzvah</a>, he received a guitar and taught himself to play.<sup id="cite_ref-Playbill1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Playbill1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He went on to attend <a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Massachusetts" title="Williamstown, Massachusetts">Williamstown, Massachusetts</a>, as a music major. He originally entered as a guitar major, "When I got to college I kind of transferred to the piano. I transferred what I knew on the guitar to the piano. But when I was playing the guitar I was always writing my own songs — and singing a few of — I only had one book of folk songs, a blue book, of these sad, sad folk songs. ...I would start them the way they were written and then I would change them to how I wanted them…. I would just use the lyrics — re-musicalize the lyrics."<sup id="cite_ref-Playbill1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Playbill1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he graduated, he received the Hutchinson Fellowship (a musical composition award).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finn is a heavily <a href="/wiki/Autobiography" title="Autobiography">autobiographical</a> writer; he always writes his own lyrics. His topics have included the <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> experiences in contemporary America, and also family, belonging, sickness, healing, and loss. According to a 2006 article, "<i>The Washington Post</i> called him 'the composer laureate of loss.'"<sup id="cite_ref-sf_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finn is especially noted for his work on what was to become a trilogy of short musicals <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/In_Trousers" title="In Trousers">In Trousers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/March_of_the_Falsettos" title="March of the Falsettos">March of the Falsettos</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Falsettoland" title="Falsettoland">Falsettoland</a></i> all chronicle the lives of the character Marvin; his ex-wife, Trina; his boyfriend, Whizzer; his <a href="/wiki/Psychiatrist" title="Psychiatrist">psychiatrist</a>, Mendel; and his son, Jason.<sup id="cite_ref-time_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i>, the combination of the latter two parts of his Marvin Trilogy (<i>March of the Falsettos</i> and <i>Falsettoland</i>), opened on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/John_Golden_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="John Golden Theater">John Golden Theater</a> on April 29, 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-time_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ran for 486 performances. It went on to garner seven nominations at the <a href="/wiki/46th_Tony_Awards" title="46th Tony Awards">46th Tony Awards</a>, winning two: the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Tony Award for Best Original Score</a> as well as the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical</a>, the latter shared with <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a>. </p><p>A critically acclaimed revival opened on September 29, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Kerr_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Kerr Theater">Walter Kerr Theater</a> and went on to garner five nominations at the <a href="/wiki/71st_Tony_Awards" title="71st Tony Awards">71st Tony Awards</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Revival_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical">Best Revival</a>. </p><p>With Lapine, Finn penned a musical loosely based on his near-death experience following brain surgery, exploring the role of music in his life and recovery. The musical's main character is a man who has what may be a terminal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Finn's longtime partner, Arthur Salvadore, is represented by the character Roger Delli-Bovi. Finn's mother is also present in the piece.<sup id="cite_ref-sf_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That musical, <i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Brain" title="A New Brain">A New Brain</a></i>, starred <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Gets" title="Malcolm Gets">Malcolm Gets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth" title="Kristin Chenoweth">Kristin Chenoweth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a>, and premiered <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Center Theater">Lincoln Center Theater</a> in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The musical won the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Outer_Critics_Circle_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Outer Critics Circle Award">Outer Critics Circle Award</a> for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical. The UK premiere was at the <a href="/wiki/2005_Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe">2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe</a>. </p><p>At the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Norton_Awards" title="Elliot Norton Awards">Elliot Norton Awards</a> Ceremony, Finn brought his high school drama teacher, Gerry Dyer, onstage with him to present an award. Finn said of Dyer that he "imbued us with a ridiculous sense of our own self-worth."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another student of Gerald Dyer, <a href="/wiki/Alison_Fraser" title="Alison Fraser">Alison Fraser</a>, found fame on Broadway, collaborating with Finn in the original casts of <i><a href="/wiki/In_Trousers" title="In Trousers">In Trousers</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/March_of_the_Falsettos" title="March of the Falsettos">March of the Falsettos</a></i>. </p><p>Finn had another Broadway success with <i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i>, for which he wrote both music and lyrics. The show won two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a> in 2005-one for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Best Book of a Musical</a>, and another for the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Featured_Actor_in_a_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical">Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical</a>. It ran Off-Broadway, then on Broadway in 2005<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and toured the United States in 2006. The show was first workshopped and produced at <a href="/wiki/Barrington_Stage_Company" title="Barrington Stage Company">Barrington Stage Company</a> (BSC) in Pittsfield, MA, where Finn later created The Musical Theatre Lab (MTL) with BSC Artistic Director <a href="/wiki/Julianne_Boyd" title="Julianne Boyd">Julianne Boyd</a>. The MTL is an annual summer lab where emerging musical theatre artists are supported and new musical works are created, fine-tuned and produced under the curatorship of Finn and Boyd.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three musical revues or song suites of Finn's music have been produced: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Infinite_Joy" title="Infinite Joy">Infinite Joy</a></i>, in which the composer played the piano and sang along with an all-star cast, contained several songs from shows that were unfinished, and some that were cut from previous shows.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elegies_(William_Finn)" title="Elegies (William Finn)">Elegies: A Song Cycle</a></i> (2003) is a series of songs the composer wrote in memoriam of loved ones now gone, and in response to the <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Me_a_Song_(musical)" title="Make Me a Song (musical)">Make Me a Song</a></i>, conceived and directed by Rob Ruggiero, premiered at Hartford's Theaterworks in the summer of 2006, opened <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> in November 2007, and closed in December 2007 after 54 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A live recording was released by <a href="/wiki/Sh-K-Boom_Records" title="Sh-K-Boom Records">Sh-K-Boom Records</a> on April 29, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Finn's first show was called <i>Sizzle</i> and was produced at Williams College in the fall of 1971. Finn wrote the music and lyrics, and his good friend, Charlie Rubin, wrote the libretto. <i>Sizzle</i> was the first original musical produced on the Williams College campus since Stephen Sondheim attended the college over 20 years earlier. <i>Sizzle</i> was a coming of age musical about college students but concluded in an unusual way with the star of the show, played by J. Tyler Griffin, Jr., dying in an electric chair. <i>Sizzle</i> played to packed houses. Rubin possesses a reel-to-reel tape containing excerpts from the show, including most of the music. </p><p>His long-in-development show, <i>The Royal Family of Broadway</i>, with a book by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Greenberg" title="Richard Greenberg">Richard Greenberg</a>, was based on the play by <a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edna_Ferber" title="Edna Ferber">Edna Ferber</a>, which tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. It has apparently been shelved, according to William Finn's personal notes for <i><a href="/wiki/Make_Me_a_Song_(musical)" title="Make Me a Song (musical)">Make Me a Song</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Playbill" title="Playbill">Playbill</a></i> magazine and an article from 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-sf_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finn's songs were featured exclusively on <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Howard_(American_actress,_born_1975)" title="Lisa Howard (American actress, born 1975)">Lisa Howard</a>'s album <i>Songs of Innocence and Experience</i>, released on April 12, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The musical comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine_(musical)" title="Little Miss Sunshine (musical)">Little Miss Sunshine</a></i>, premiered at the <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla_Playhouse" title="La Jolla Playhouse">La Jolla Playhouse</a>, California, from February 15, 2011, through March 27, 2011. James Lapine wrote the book and is the director, set design by David Korins, staging by Lapine and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gattelli" title="Christopher Gattelli">Christopher Gattelli</a>. The opening night cast featured <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Foster" title="Hunter Foster">Hunter Foster</a> (Richard), <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Gets" title="Malcolm Gets">Malcolm Gets</a> (Frank), <a href="/wiki/Dick_Latessa" title="Dick Latessa">Dick Latessa</a> (Grandpa), <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Trensch" title="Taylor Trensch">Taylor Trensch</a> (Dwayne), Georgi James (Olive), and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Laura_Thompson" title="Jennifer Laura Thompson">Jennifer Laura Thompson</a> (Sheryl).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensemble, who Jay Irwin wrote "...took the small parts they were given and ran with them, almost right out of the theater as each of them brilliantly played the comedic relief to the family's "straight man"", starred <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Dean" title="Bradley Dean">Bradley Dean</a>, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Eliseo Roman, Andrew Samonsky, Sally Wilfert, and Zakiya Young. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine_(musical)" title="Little Miss Sunshine (musical)">Little Miss Sunshine</a></i> began previews <a href="/wiki/Off_Broadway" class="mw-redirect" title="Off Broadway">Off Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Stage_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Stage Theatre">Second Stage Theatre</a> in New York on October 15, 2013, and opened November 14, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finn's frequent collaborators include <a href="/wiki/Librettist" class="mw-redirect" title="Librettist">librettist</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theatre_director" title="Theatre director">director</a> <a href="/wiki/Graciela_Daniele" title="Graciela Daniele">Graciela Daniele</a> and singers/actors <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bogardus" title="Stephen Bogardus">Stephen Bogardus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carolee_Carmello" title="Carolee Carmello">Carolee Carmello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_DeRosa" title="Stephen DeRosa">Stephen DeRosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alison_Fraser" title="Alison Fraser">Alison Fraser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Byron_Kirk" title="Keith Byron Kirk">Keith Byron Kirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norm_Lewis" title="Norm Lewis">Norm Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rupert" title="Michael Rupert">Michael Rupert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Testa" title="Mary Testa">Mary Testa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Borle" title="Christian Borle">Christian Borle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a>. </p><p>Finn was one of a selected few composers who contributed to the song cycle <i>Stars of David</i> which premiered in October 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Theatre_Company" title="Philadelphia Theatre Company">Philadelphia Theatre Company</a>. It was based on the <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Pogrebin" title="Abigail Pogrebin">Abigail Pogrebin</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/Stars_of_David:_Prominent_Jews_Talk_About_Being_Jewish" title="Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish">Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish</a></i> and starred Nancy Balbirer, Alex Brightman, Joanna Glushak, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Oscar" title="Brad Oscar">Brad Oscar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donna_Vivino" title="Donna Vivino">Donna Vivino</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finn also contributed to the Off-Broadway musical <i>Mama & her Boys</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His long-shelved musical, <i>The Royal Family of Broadway</i>, saw its first full production in 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Barrington_Stage_Company" title="Barrington Stage Company">Barrington Stage Company</a> with <i>Putnam</i> librettist Rachel Sheinkin penning the book.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, Finn suffered deteriorating vision, dizziness and partial paralysis and was rushed to the hospital. He had <a href="/wiki/Arteriovenous_malformation" title="Arteriovenous malformation">arteriovenous malformation</a>, or AVM, in his brain stem. In September 1992, he had <a href="/wiki/Radiosurgery#Gamma_Knife" title="Radiosurgery">Gamma Knife</a> surgery, which obliterated the AVM. After the surgery, Finn experienced a year of humbled serenity and constantly felt like he had a "new brain." Finn's 1998 musical <i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Brain" title="A New Brain">A New Brain</a></i> is based on his experience with AVM and his subsequent successful surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-sf_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is openly gay, and lives with his life partner, Arthur Salvadore, in New York City<sup id="cite_ref-guthmann_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guthmann-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he is a composer and writer. </p><p>Finn is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tisch_School_of_the_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Tisch School of the Arts">NYU Tisch</a> Graduate Program in Musical Theater Writing faculty.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the co-founder and artistic producer of the Musical Theatre Lab at the <a href="/wiki/Barrington_Stage_Company" title="Barrington Stage Company">Barrington Stage Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Massachusetts" title="Pittsfield, Massachusetts">Pittsfield, Massachusetts</a>, established in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_credits">Writing credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage">Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Trousers" title="In Trousers">In Trousers</a></i> (1979, revised 1985) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/March_of_the_Falsettos" title="March of the Falsettos">March of the Falsettos</a></i> (1981) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, writer</li> <li><i>America Kicks Up Its Heels</i> (1983) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist (book by Charles Rubin) – an earlier version of <i><a href="/wiki/Romance_in_Hard_Times" title="Romance in Hard Times">Romance in Hard Times</a></i></li> <li><i>Dangerous Games</i> (1989) – <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> musical – lyricist (music by <a href="/wiki/%C3%81stor_Piazzolla" class="mw-redirect" title="Ástor Piazzolla">Ástor Piazzolla</a>, book by <a href="/wiki/Graciela_Daniele" title="Graciela Daniele">Graciela Daniele</a> and Jim Lewis)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Romance_in_Hard_Times" title="Romance in Hard Times">Romance in Hard Times</a></i> (1989, revised 2015) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettoland" title="Falsettoland">Falsettoland</a></i> (1990) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, book by <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> (1992) – <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, co-writer with <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a>; includes <i>March of the Falsettos</i> and <i>Falsettoland</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sisters_Rosensweig" title="The Sisters Rosensweig">The Sisters Rosensweig</a></i> (1993) – <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> play – composer and lyricist for the song "Scarlet Pimpernel"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Brain" title="A New Brain">A New Brain</a></i> (1998) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical – composer, lyricist, co-writer with <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Fire" title="Love's Fire">Love's Fire</a></i> (1998) – playwright, composer and lyricist for the song "Painting You"</li> <li><i>Muscle</i> (2001) – O'Rourke Center for the Performing Arts, <a href="/wiki/Truman_College" title="Truman College">Truman College</a> – composer (lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, book by James Lapine)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elegies_(William_Finn)" title="Elegies (William Finn)">Elegies: A Song Cycle</a></i> (2003) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> revue – composer, lyricist</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i> (2004) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> musical transferred to <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> (2005) – composer, lyricist (book by Rachel Sheinkin)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Me_a_Song_(musical)" title="Make Me a Song (musical)">Make Me a Song</a></i> (2007) – <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> revue – composer, lyricist</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine_(musical)" title="Little Miss Sunshine (musical)">Little Miss Sunshine</a></i> (2011) – <a href="/wiki/La_Jolla_Playhouse" title="La Jolla Playhouse">La Jolla Playhouse</a> musical and then <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Stage_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Stage Theatre">Second Stage Theatre</a>, (2013) – composer, lyricist (books by James Lapine)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Family_of_Broadway_(musical)" title="The Royal Family of Broadway (musical)">The Royal Family of Broadway</a></i> (2018) – <a href="/wiki/Barrington_Stage_Company" title="Barrington Stage Company">Barrington Stage Company</a> (new book by Rachel Sheinkin, original book by James Lapine)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_to_the_Rescue" title="The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue">The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue</a></i> (1997) – songs (lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Fitzhugh" title="Ellen Fitzhugh">Ellen Fitzhugh</a>, score by Alexander Janko)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_Goes_to_Mars" title="The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars">The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars</a></i> (1998) – songs (lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Fitzhugh" title="Ellen Fitzhugh">Ellen Fitzhugh</a>, score by Alexander Janko)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Thumb_and_Thumbelina" title="The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina">The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina</a></i> (2002) – composer, lyricist<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Ira Sleeps Over" (1991) – TV special, part of the series <i><a href="/wiki/HBO_Storybook_Musicals" title="HBO Storybook Musicals">HBO Storybook Musicals</a></i> – composer, lyricist</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Poky_Little_Puppy" title="The Poky Little Puppy">Pokey Little Puppy's First Christmas</a></i> (1992) – composer, lyricist<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Notable Songs:</b> </p> <ul><li>"Anytime (I Am There)"</li> <li>"The Baseball Game"</li> <li>"Change"</li> <li>"Four Jews in a Room Bitching"</li> <li>"Goodbye / Boom Boom"</li> <li>"Gordo's Law of Genetics"</li> <li>"Heart and Music"</li> <li>"Holding to the Ground"</li> <li>"How Marvin Eats His Breakfast"</li> <li>"Sailing"</li> <li>"I Have Found"</li> <li>"The I Love You Song"</li> <li>"Infinite Joy"</li> <li>"Just Go"</li> <li>"Monica and Mark"</li> <li>"Republicans"</li> <li>"Set Those Sails"</li> <li>"Song of Innocence and Experience"</li> <li>"Unlikely Lovers"</li> <li>"What More Can I Say?"</li> <li>"What Would I Do?"</li> <li>"When the Earth Stopped Turning"</li> <li>"Whizzer Going Down"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Association </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Nominated work </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1991 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Music" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music">Outstanding Music</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Falsettoland" title="Falsettoland">Falsettoland</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">Outstanding Lyrics</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Best Book of a Musical</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1999 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical">Outstanding New Musical</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Brain" title="A New Brain">A New Brain</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical">Outstanding Book of a Musical</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Music" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music">Outstanding Music</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">Outstanding Lyrics</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Music" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music">Outstanding Music</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">Outstanding Lyrics</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Finn&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_with_brain_tumors" title="List of people with brain tumors">List of people with brain tumors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/08/18/william-finn-lab-musicals-under-microscope/Yzsorb3wcMmVyVAuHnEvCN/story.html">[2]</a> <i>Boston Globe</i> August 19, 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Playbill1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Playbill1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Playbill1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Viagas, Robert. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.playbill.com/article/playbill-on-lines-brief-encounter-with-william-finn-com-329495">[3]</a> <i>Playbill</i> February 10, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ruhlmann, William.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://new.music.yahoo.com/william-finn/biography/">"William Finn Biography</a> new.music.yahoo.com, accessed August 22, 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sf-6"><span 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title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Guare" title="John Guare">John Guare</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Carmines" title="Al Carmines">Al Carmines</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smalls" title="Charlie Smalls">Charlie Smalls</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Kleban" title="Edward Kleban">Edward Kleban</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Charnin" title="Martin Charnin">Martin Charnin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Hall" title="Carol Hall">Carol Hall</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Miller" title="Roger Miller">Roger Miller</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zippel" title="David Zippel">David Zippel</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Finn</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Birkenhead" title="Susan Birkenhead">Susan Birkenhead</a> (1992)</li> <li>Denis Markell and Douglas Bernstein (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Alessandrini" title="Gerard Alessandrini">Gerard Alessandrini</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Ahrens" title="Lynn Ahrens">Lynn Ahrens</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Alessandrini" title="Gerard Alessandrini">Gerard Alessandrini</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wittman" title="Scott Wittman">Scott Wittman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz" title="Stephen Schwartz">Stephen Schwartz</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Idle" title="Eric Idle">Eric Idle</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lambert" title="Lisa Lambert">Lisa Lambert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Morrison" title="Greg Morrison">Greg Morrison</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Sater" title="Steven Sater">Steven Sater</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stew_(musician)" title="Stew (musician)">Stew</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Hansard" title="Glen Hansard">Glen Hansard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark%C3%A9ta_Irglov%C3%A1" title="Markéta Irglová">Markéta Irglová</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Minchin" title="Tim Minchin">Tim Minchin</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Freedman" title="Robert L. Freedman">Robert L. Freedman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Lutvak" title="Steven Lutvak">Steven Lutvak</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasek_and_Paul" title="Pasek and Paul">Benj Pasek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Paul" title="Justin Paul">Justin Paul</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kellogg_(writer)" title="Peter Kellogg (writer)">Peter Kellogg</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Jackson" title="Michael R. Jackson">Michael R. Jackson</a> (2020)</li> <li>No Award (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Marlow" title="Toby Marlow">Toby Marlow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Moss" title="Lucy Moss">Lucy Moss</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wittman" title="Scott Wittman">Scott Wittman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> and Erik Della Penna (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Template:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Template talk:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Special:EditPage/Template:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Tony Award for Best Original Score</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1947–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Street_Scene_(opera)" title="Street Scene (opera)">Street Scene</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate" title="Kiss Me, Kate">Kiss Me, Kate</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cole_Porter" title="Cole Porter">Cole Porter</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Madam" title="Call Me Madam">Call Me Madam</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Strings" title="No Strings">No Strings</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oliver!" title="Oliver!">Oliver!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Bart" title="Lionel Bart">Lionel Bart</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)" title="Hello, Dolly! (musical)">Hello, Dolly!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bock" title="Jerry Bock">Jerry Bock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha" title="Man of La Mancha">Man of La Mancha</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" title="Mitch Leigh">Mitch Leigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Darion" title="Joe Darion">Joe Darion</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cabaret_(musical)" title="Cabaret (musical)">Cabaret</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hallelujah,_Baby!" title="Hallelujah, Baby!">Hallelujah, Baby!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Company_(musical)" title="Company (musical)">Company</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Follies" title="Follies">Follies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Night_Music" title="A Little Night Music">A Little Night Music</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gigi_(musical)" title="Gigi (musical)">Gigi</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Loewe" title="Frederick Loewe">Frederick Loewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smalls" title="Charlie Smalls">Charlie Smalls</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kleban" title="Edward Kleban">Edward Kleban</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Strouse" title="Charles Strouse">Charles Strouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Charnin" title="Martin Charnin">Martin Charnin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Twentieth_Century" title="On the Twentieth Century">On the Twentieth Century</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street">Sweeney Todd</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Evita_(musical)" title="Evita (musical)">Evita</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_the_Year_(musical)" title="Woman of the Year (musical)">Woman of the Year</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nine_(musical)" title="Nine (musical)">Nine</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cats_(musical)" title="Cats (musical)">Cats</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical)" title="La Cage aux Folles (musical)">La Cage aux Folles</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(musical)" title="Big River (musical)">Big River</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Miller" title="Roger Miller">Roger Miller</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Holmes" title="Rupert Holmes">Rupert Holmes</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)" title="Les Misérables (musical)">Les Misérables</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg" title="Claude-Michel Schönberg">Claude-Michel Schönberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kretzmer" title="Herbert Kretzmer">Herbert Kretzmer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alain_Boublil" title="Alain Boublil">Alain Boublil</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Angels_(musical)" title="City of Angels (musical)">City of Angels</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Zippel" title="David Zippel">David Zippel</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Will_Rogers_Follies" title="The Will Rogers Follies">The Will Rogers Follies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Finn</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(musical)" title="Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Who%27s_Tommy" title="The Who's Tommy">The Who's Tommy</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">Ragtime</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Flaherty" title="Stephen Flaherty">Stephen Flaherty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Ahrens" title="Lynn Ahrens">Lynn Ahrens</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Parade_(musical)" title="Parade (musical)">Parade</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Aida_(musical)" title="Aida (musical)">Aida</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Producers_(musical)" title="The Producers (musical)">The Producers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Urinetown" title="Urinetown">Urinetown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hollmann" title="Mark Hollmann">Mark Hollmann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kotis" title="Greg Kotis">Greg Kotis</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">Hairspray</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Wittman" title="Scott Wittman">Scott Wittman</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avenue_Q" title="Avenue Q">Avenue Q</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Marx" title="Jeff Marx">Jeff Marx</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_in_the_Piazza_(musical)" title="The Light in the Piazza (musical)">The Light in the Piazza</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Guettel" title="Adam Guettel">Adam Guettel</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowsy_Chaperone" title="The Drowsy Chaperone">The Drowsy Chaperone</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lambert" title="Lisa Lambert">Lisa Lambert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Morrison" title="Greg Morrison">Greg Morrison</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Awakening_(musical)" title="Spring Awakening (musical)">Spring Awakening</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Sheik" title="Duncan Sheik">Duncan Sheik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Sater" title="Steven Sater">Steven Sater</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Heights" title="In the Heights">In the Heights</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Next_to_Normal" title="Next to Normal">Next to Normal</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kitt_(musician)" title="Tom Kitt (musician)">Tom Kitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Yorkey" title="Brian Yorkey">Brian Yorkey</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_(musical)" title="Memphis (musical)">Memphis</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Bryan" title="David Bryan">David Bryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiPietro" title="Joe DiPietro">Joe DiPietro</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Newsies_(musical)" title="Newsies (musical)">Newsies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Feldman_(songwriter)" title="Jack Feldman (songwriter)">Jack Feldman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical)" title="Kinky Boots (musical)">Kinky Boots</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridges_of_Madison_County_(musical)" title="The Bridges of Madison County (musical)">The Bridges of Madison County</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Home_(musical)" title="Fun Home (musical)">Fun Home</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Tesori" title="Jeanine Tesori">Jeanine Tesori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Kron" title="Lisa Kron">Lisa Kron</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Evan_Hansen" title="Dear Evan Hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Benj_Pasek" title="Benj Pasek">Benj Pasek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Paul" title="Justin Paul">Justin Paul</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visit_(musical)" title="The Band's Visit (musical)">The Band's Visit</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hadestown" title="Hadestown">Hadestown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Mitchell" title="Anaïs Mitchell">Anaïs Mitchell</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(2017_play)" title="A Christmas Carol (2017 play)">A Christmas Carol</a></i> by Christopher Nightingale (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Six_(musical)" title="Six (musical)">Six</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Toby_Marlow" title="Toby Marlow">Toby Marlow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Moss" title="Lucy Moss">Lucy Moss</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Akimbo_(musical)" title="Kimberly Akimbo (musical)">Kimberly Akimbo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Tesori" title="Jeanine Tesori">Jeanine Tesori</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay-Abaire" title="David Lindsay-Abaire">David Lindsay-Abaire</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Suffs" title="Suffs">Suffs</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shaina_Taub" title="Shaina Taub">Shaina Taub</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1950–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Logan" title="Joshua Logan">Joshua Logan</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)" title="Hello, Dolly! (musical)">Hello, Dolly!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart_(playwright)" title="Michael Stewart (playwright)">Michael Stewart</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stein" title="Joseph Stein">Joseph Stein</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Company_(musical)" title="Company (musical)">Company</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Furth" title="George Furth">George Furth</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona_(musical)" title="Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)">Two Gentlemen of Verona</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Guare" title="John Guare">John Guare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Shapiro" title="Mel Shapiro">Mel Shapiro</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Night_Music" title="A Little Night Music">A Little Night Music</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_(musical)" title="Shenandoah (musical)">Shenandoah</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lee_Barrett" title="James Lee Barrett">James Lee Barrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Udell" title="Peter Udell">Peter Udell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rose_(theatrical_producer)" title="Philip Rose (theatrical producer)">Philip Rose</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Kirkwood_Jr." title="James Kirkwood Jr.">James Kirkwood Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Dante" title="Nicholas Dante">Nicholas Dante</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Twentieth_Century" title="On the Twentieth Century">On the Twentieth Century</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street">Sweeney Todd</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Evita_(musical)" title="Evita (musical)">Evita</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_the_Year_(musical)" title="Woman of the Year (musical)">Woman of the Year</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamgirls_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamgirls (musical)">Dreamgirls</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Eyen" title="Tom Eyen">Tom Eyen</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cats_(musical)" title="Cats (musical)">Cats</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical)" title="La Cage aux Folles (musical)">La Cage aux Folles</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(musical)" title="Big River (musical)">Big River</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Hauptman" title="William Hauptman">William Hauptman</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Holmes" title="Rupert Holmes">Rupert Holmes</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)" title="Les Misérables (musical)">Les Misérables</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alain_Boublil" title="Alain Boublil">Alain Boublil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg" title="Claude-Michel Schönberg">Claude-Michel Schönberg</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Angels_(musical)" title="City of Angels (musical)">City of Angels</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(musical)" title="The Secret Garden (musical)">The Secret Garden</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Norman" title="Marsha Norman">Marsha Norman</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Finn</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(musical)" title="Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">Ragtime</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Parade_(musical)" title="Parade (musical)">Parade</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Uhry" title="Alfred Uhry">Alfred Uhry</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/James_Joyce%27s_The_Dead" title="James Joyce's The Dead">James Joyce's The Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nelson_(playwright)" title="Richard Nelson (playwright)">Richard Nelson</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Producers_(musical)" title="The Producers (musical)">The Producers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Urinetown" title="Urinetown">Urinetown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kotis" title="Greg Kotis">Greg Kotis</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">Hairspray</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Donnell" title="Mark O'Donnell">Mark O'Donnell</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avenue_Q" title="Avenue Q">Avenue Q</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Whitty" title="Jeff Whitty">Jeff Whitty</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i> by Rachel Sheinkin (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowsy_Chaperone" title="The Drowsy Chaperone">The Drowsy Chaperone</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Martin_(comedian)" title="Bob Martin (comedian)">Bob Martin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_McKellar" title="Don McKellar">Don McKellar</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Awakening_(musical)" title="Spring Awakening (musical)">Spring Awakening</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Sater" title="Steven Sater">Steven Sater</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Strange" title="Passing Strange">Passing Strange</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stew_(musician)" title="Stew (musician)">Stew</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Elliot_the_Musical" title="Billy Elliot the Musical">Billy Elliot the Musical</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Hall_(playwright)" title="Lee Hall (playwright)">Lee Hall</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_(musical)" title="Memphis (musical)">Memphis</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiPietro" title="Joe DiPietro">Joe DiPietro</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Once_(musical)" title="Once (musical)">Once</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Enda_Walsh" title="Enda Walsh">Enda Walsh</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical" title="Matilda the Musical">Matilda the Musical</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kelly" title="Dennis Kelly">Dennis Kelly</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Gentleman%27s_Guide_to_Love_and_Murder" title="A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder">A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Freedman" title="Robert L. Freedman">Robert L. Freedman</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Home_(musical)" title="Fun Home (musical)">Fun Home</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Kron" title="Lisa Kron">Lisa Kron</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Evan_Hansen" title="Dear Evan Hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Levenson" title="Steven Levenson">Steven Levenson</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visit_(musical)" title="The Band's Visit (musical)">The Band's Visit</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Itamar_Moses" title="Itamar Moses">Itamar Moses</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tootsie_(musical)" title="Tootsie (musical)">Tootsie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horn_(writer)" title="Robert Horn (writer)">Robert Horn</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jagged_Little_Pill_(musical)" title="Jagged Little Pill (musical)">Jagged Little Pill</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Diablo_Cody" title="Diablo Cody">Diablo Cody</a> (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Strange_Loop" title="A Strange Loop">A Strange Loop</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Jackson" title="Michael R. Jackson">Michael R. Jackson</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Akimbo_(musical)" title="Kimberly Akimbo (musical)">Kimberly Akimbo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay-Abaire" title="David Lindsay-Abaire">David Lindsay-Abaire</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Suffs" title="Suffs">Suffs</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shaina_Taub" title="Shaina Taub">Shaina Taub</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009056#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" 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