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LIST OF WINNERS

Winners are in bold. Non-bold indicates a non-winning nomination.

1940s

1949 '' Kiss Me, Kate '' by Bella And Samuel Spewack

1950s

1950 '' South Pacific '' by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan

1951 '' Guys And Dolls '' by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

1952 - 1959 No award given

1960s

1960 - 1961 No award given

1962 '' How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying '' by Abe Burrows , Jack Weinstock , and Willie Gilbert

1963 '' A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum '' by Bert Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

1964 '' Hello, Dolly! '' by Michael Stewart

1965 '' Fiddler On The Roof '' by Joseph Stein

1966 Not Awarded

1967 Not Awarded

1968 Not Awarded

1969 Not Awarded

1970s

1970 Not Awarded

1971 '' Company '' by George Furth

1972 '' Two Gentlemen Of Verona '' by John Guare and Mel Shapiro

1973 '' A Little Night Music '' by Hugh Wheeler

1974 '' Candide '' by Hugh Wheeler

1975 '' Shenandoah '' by James Lee Barrett , Peter Udell , and Phillip Rose

1976 '' A Chorus Line '' by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante

1977 '' Annie '' by Thomas Meehan

1978 '' On The Twentieth Century '' by Betty Comden And Adolph Green

1979 '' Sweeney Todd '' by Hugh Wheeler

1980s

1980 '' Evita '' by Tim Rice

1981 '' Woman Of The Year '' by Peter Stone

1982 '' Dreamgirls '' by Tom Eyen

1983 '' Cats '' by T. S. Eliot

1984 '' La Cage Aux Folles '' by Harvey Fierstein

1985 '' Big River '' by William Hauptman

1986 '' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood '' by Rupert Holmes

1987 '' Les Misérables '' by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg

1988 '' Into The Woods '' by James Lapine

1989 Not Awarded

1990s

1990 '' City Of Angels '' by Larry Gelbart

---'' Aspects Of Love '' by Andrew Lloyd Webber

---'' Grand Hotel The Musical '' by Luther Davis

---'' Meet Me In St. Louis '' by Hugh Wheeler

1991 '' The Secret Garden '' by Marsha Norman

---'' Miss Saigon '' by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg

---'' Once On This Island '' by Lynn Ahrens

---'' The Will Rogers Follies '' by Peter Stone

1992 '' Falsettos '' by William Finn and James Lapine

---'' Crazy For You '' by Ken Ludwig

---'' Five Guys Named Moe '' by Clarke Peters

---'' Jelly's Last Jam '' by George C. Wolfe

1993 '' Kiss Of The Spider Woman '' by Terrance McNally

---'' Anna Karenina '' by Peter Kellogg

---'' Blood Brothers '' by Willy Russell

---'' The Who's Tommy '' by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff

1994 '' Passion '' by James Lapine

---'' Beauty And The Beast '' by Linda Woolverton

---'' Cyrano The Musical '' by Koen Van Kijk

---'' A Grand Night For Singing '' by Walter Bobbie

1995 '' Sunset Boulevard '' by Don Black and Christopher Hampton

1996 '' Rent '' by Jonathan Larson

---'' Big '' by John Weidman

---'' Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk '' by Reg E Gaines

---'' Chronicle Of A Death Foretold '' by Graciela Daniele , Jim Lewis , and Michael John LaChiusa

1997 '' Titanic '' by Peter Stone

---'' Jekyll & Hyde '' by Leslie Bricusse

---'' The Life '' by David Newman , Ira Gasman , and Cy Coleman

---'' Steel Pier '' by David Thompson

1998 '' Ragtime '' by Terrance McNally

---'' The Lion King '' by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi

---'' The Scarlet Pimpernel '' by Nan Knighton

---'' Side Show '' by Bill Russell

1999 '' Parade '' by Alfred Uhry

---'' Footloose '' by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie

---'' It Ain't Nothin But The Blues '' by Charles Bevel , Lita Gaithers , Randal Myler , Ron Taylor , and Dan Wheetman

---'' Marlene '' by Pam Gems

2000s

2000 '' James Joyce's The Dead '' by Richard Nelson

---'' Contact '' by John Weidman

---'' Marie Christine '' by Michael John LaChiusa

---'' The Wild Party '' by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe

2001 '' The Producers '' by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

---'' A Class Act '' by Linda Kline and Lonny Price

---'' The Full Monty '' by Terrence McNally

---'' Jane Eyre '' by John Caird

2002 '' Urinetown '' by Greg Kotis

---'' Mamma Mia! '' by Catherine Johnson

---'' Sweet Smell Of Success '' by John Guare

---'' Thoroughly Modern Millie '' by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan

2003 '' Hairspray '' by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan

---'' Amour '' by Didier Van Cauwelaert , Jeremy Sams (adaptation)

---'' Flower Drum Song '' by David Henry Hwang

---'' A Year With Frog And Toad '' by Willie Reale

2004 '' Avenue Q '' by Jeff Whitty

---'' The Boy From Oz '' by Martin Sherman , Nick Enright (original book)

---'' Caroline, Or Change '' by Tony Kushner

---'' Wicked '' by Winnie Holzman

2005 '' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee '' by Rachel Sheinkin

---'' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels '' by Jeffrey Lane

---'' The Light In The Piazza '' by Craig Lucas

---'' Monty Python's Spamalot '' by Eric Idle

MULTIPLE WINNERS

3 wins: Hugh Wheeler, Thomas Meehan, and James Lapine

2 wins: Terrance McNally, Larry Gelbart, Peter Stone, and Michael Stewart