Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

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Listed below are recipients of the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical who were, or are, Jewish (or of partial Jewish descent, as noted). For lists of Jewish novelists, playwrights, poets, and other Jewish writers, see Jews in Literature. See also:

Broadway and Hollywood Musicals Composed by Jews
Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical Production
Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Original Score of a Musical.

Bella Spewack (1949), Kiss Me, Kate
Samuel Spewack (1949), Kiss Me, Kate
Oscar Hammerstein II¹ (1950), South Pacific
Abe Burrows (1951), Guys and Dolls
Jo Swerling (1951), Guys and Dolls
Abe Burrows (1962), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Willie Gilbert (1962), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Jack Weinstock (1962), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Gelbart (1963), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Burt Shevelove (1963), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Michael Stewart (1964), Hello, Dolly!
Joseph Stein (1965), Fiddler on the Roof
Mel Shapiro (1972), Two Gentlemen of Verona
Philip Rose (1975), Shenandoah
Peter Udell (1975), Shenandoah
Betty Comden (1978), On the Twentieth Century
Adolph Green (1978), On the Twentieth Century
Peter Stone (1981), Woman of the Year
Harvey Fierstein (1984), La Cage aux Folles
Rupert Holmes² (1986), The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Alain Boublil (1987), Les Misérables
Claude-Michel Schönberg (1987), Les Misérables
James Lapine (1988), Into the Woods
Larry Gelbart (1990), City of Angels
William Finn (1992), Falsettos
James Lapine (1992), Falsettos
James Lapine (1994), Passion
Don Black (1995), Sunset Boulevard
Jonathan Larson (1996), Rent
Peter Stone (1997), Titanic
Alfred Uhry (1999), Parade
Mel Brooks (2001), The Producers
Rachel Sheinkin (2005), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Steven Sater (2007), Spring Awakening
Matt Stone³ (2011), The Book of Mormon
Harvey Fierstein (2013), Kinky Boots
Robert Freedman (2014), A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Lisa Kron (2015), Fun Home
Steven Levenson (2017), Dear Evan Hansen
Itamar Moses (2018), The Band's Visit
Robert Horn (2019), Tootsie
Shaina Taub (2024), Suffs

NOTES
1. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother.
2. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother; see 13th paragraph of "Drood Hits the Road Without Missing a Beat" at: http://www.rememberwenn.org/wennmoed.htm.
3. Jewish mother, non-Jewish father.

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