JEWISH
RECIPIENTS OF THE ANTOINETTE PERRY (TONY) AWARD
FOR BEST BOOK OF A
MUSICAL
(54%
of Recipients)
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Broadway and Hollywood Musicals Composed
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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 II 1
(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 Holmes 2 (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
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.
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