Best Book of a Musical David West Read, & Juliet David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo David Thompson and Sharon Washington, New York, New York Robert Horn, Shucked Matthew López and Amber Ruffin, Some Like It Hot
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Almost Famous (Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt) Kimberly Akimbo (Music: Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire) KPOP (Music and Lyrics: Helen Park and Max Vernon) Shucked (Music and Lyrics: Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally) Some Like It Hot (Music: Marc Shaiman, Lyrics: Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman)