Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the writing of a musical’s script and narrative structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway theatre award
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Tony Award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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surface form:
Tony for Best Book of a Musical
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| awardedBy |
Tony Awards Administration Committee
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surface form:
Tony Awards voting body
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| awardedForWorkType | book (libretto) of a musical ⓘ |
| awardFor |
book of a musical
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musical theatre writing ⓘ narrative structure of a musical ⓘ script of a musical ⓘ |
| categoryOf | creative Tony Award ⓘ |
| ceremonyLanguage | English ⓘ |
| componentOf | creative categories at the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| domain | English-language theatre ⓘ |
| eligibility | new Broadway musicals ⓘ |
| field |
musical theatre
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theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedForSeason | 1946–1947 Broadway season ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | musical ⓘ |
| givenFor |
excellence in musical theatre book writing
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outstanding achievement in writing the book of a musical ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| hasCeremony | annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| industry | Broadway theatre industry ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | recognizes the librettist rather than composer or lyricist ⓘ |
| organizer |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Award
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surface form:
Tony Awards
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| region | Broadway ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tony Award for Best Musical
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Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
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| scope |
Broadway
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surface form:
Broadway productions
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| selectionCriterion | quality of script and narrative structure of a musical ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| significance | one of the major writing awards in American theatre ⓘ |
| typicalVenue | Broadway theatres in New York City ⓘ |
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James Kirkwood (writer)
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Hamilton
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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical nomination
this entity surface form:
Tony for Best Book of a Musical
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Broadway production of Rent
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Curtains
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Musical (for Wonderful Town, as book writer)
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Musical (as book writer for The Sound of Music)
subject surface form:
Terrence McNally
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Libretto