Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

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Awarded forOutstanding Book of a Musical
LocationNew York City
Presented byOuter Critics Circle
Currently held byWill Aronson and Hue Park for Maybe Happy Ending (2025)
Outer Critics Circle Award for
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Awarded forOutstanding Book of a Musical
LocationNew York City
Presented byOuter Critics Circle
Currently held byWill Aronson and Hue Park for Maybe Happy Ending (2025)
WebsiteOuterCritics.org

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is an annual award given to the author of the best book of a musical on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award has been given out since the 2011–2012 season.[1]

Since its inception, no author has been nominated more than twice. Robert Horn has won the award the most times, with two wins for Tootsie and Shucked.

2010s

  indicates the winner.
Year Production Author Ref.
2012
Once Enda Walsh [2]
Nice Work If You Can Get It Joe DiPietro
Queen of the Mist Michael John LaChiusa
2013
Matilda Dennis Kelly [3]
Kinky Boots Harvey Fierstein
Dogfight Peter Duchan
Chaplin Christopher Paul Curtis and Thomas Meehan
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Douglas Carter Beane
2014
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Robert L. Freedman [4]
Fun Home Lisa Kron
Beautiful: The Carol King Musical Douglas McGrath
Disney's Aladdin Chad Beguelin
2015
Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda [5]
It Shoulda Been You Brian Hargrove
Something Rotten! Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
The Visit Terrence McNally
The Last Ship John Logan and Brian Yorkey
2016
Dear Evan Hansen Steven Levenson [6]
Daddy Long Legs John Caird
Bright Star Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Lazarus Enda Walsh and David Bowie
On Your Feet! Alexander Dinelaris
2017
Come From Away Irene Sankoff and David Hein [7]
Anastasia Terrence McNally
The Band's Visit Itamar Moses
A Bronx Tale Chazz Palminteri
Groundhog Day Danny Rubin
2018
Mean Girls Tina Fey [8]
Miss You Like Hell Quiara Alegría Hudes
SpongeBob SquarePants Kyle Jarrow
Desperate Measures Peter Kellogg
2019
Tootsie Robert Horn [9]
The Hello Girls Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
Hadestown Anaïs Mitchell
Head Over Heels Jeff Whitty and James Magruder
Girl from the North Country Conor McPherson

2020s

Year Production Author Ref.
2020 (Hon.) Jagged Little Pill Diablo Cody [10]
Soft Power David Henry Hwang
A Strange Loop Michael R. Jackson
The Secret Life of Bees Lynn Nottage
Romeo and Bernadette Mark Saltzman
2021 No awards held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
Kimberly Akimbo David Lindsay-Abaire [11]
Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage
Mrs. Doubtfire Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
Mr. Saturday Night Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
Harmony Bruce Sussman
2023
Shucked Robert Horn [12][13]
& Juliet David West Read
The Harder They Come Suzan-Lori Parks
Titanique Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli
Some Like It Hot Matthew López and Amber Ruffin
2024
Suffs Shaina Taub [14][15]
Illinoise Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury
Teeth Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson
Dead Outlaw Itamar Moses
The Connector Jonathan Marc Sherman
2025
Maybe Happy Ending Will Aronson and Hue Park [16][17][18]
Boop! The Musical Bob Martin
Death Becomes Her Marco Pennette
We Live in Cairo Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour
Operation Mincemeat David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts
2026 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Jim Barne and Kit Buchan [19]
The Lost Boys David Hornsby and Chris Hoch
Beau the Musical Douglas Lyons
Schmigadoon! Cinco Paul
Mexodus Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson

Multiple wins

2 wins

Multiple nominations

See also

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