Tony Award for Best Author

Tony Award for Best Author

The Tony Award for Best Author is a now retired category once presented to playwrights, authors and librettists of theatrical plays and musicals. Only eight awards were presented from 1947 to 1965, and is often grouped with the category Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.

Awards

Play

* 1947: Arthur Miller - "All My Sons"
* 1948: Thomas Heggen / Joshua Logan - "Mister Roberts"
* 1949: Arthur Miller - "Death of a Salesman"
* 1965: Neil Simon - "The Odd Couple"

Musical

* 1962: Abe Burrows / Jack Weinstock / Willie Gilbert - "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
* 1963: Burt Shevelove / Larry Gelbart - "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
* 1964: Michael Stewart - "Hello, Dolly!"
* 1965: Joseph Stein - "Fiddler on the Roof"


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