| Year | Writer | Production |
|---|
| 2001 |
|---|
| Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | The Producers † |
| Kirsten Childs | The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin |
| Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming | The Musical |
| Greg Kotis | Urinetown † |
| Terrence McNally | The Full Monty ‡ |
| 2002 |
|---|
| John Lahr and Elaine Stritch | Elaine Stritch at Liberty |
| John Guare | Sweet Smell of Success ‡ |
| Jonathan Larson and David Auburn | Tick, Tick... BOOM! |
| Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan | Thoroughly Modern Millie ‡ |
| 2003 |
|---|
| Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | Hairspray † |
| Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris | Zanna, Don't! |
| Terrence McNally | A Man of No Importance |
| Jeremy Sams and Didier Van Cauwelaert | Amour ‡ |
| Jeff Whitty | Avenue Q † |
| 2004 |
|---|
| Winnie Holzman | Wicked ‡ |
| Tony Kushner | Caroline, or Change ‡ |
| 2005 |
|---|
| Rachel Sheinkin | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee † |
| Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe | Cam Jensen |
| Kevin Del Aguila | Altar Boyz |
| Mark Harelik | The Immigrant |
| Eric Idle | Monty Python's Spamalot ‡ |
| Jeffrey Lane | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ‡ |
| 2006 |
|---|
| Bob Martin and Don McKellar | The Drowsy Chaperone † |
| Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman | Jersey Boys ‡ |
| Doug Wright | Grey Gardens ‡ |
| 2007 |
|---|
| Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone | Curtains ‡ |
| Scott Brown and Anthony King | Gutenberg! The Musical! |
| Julian Fellowes | Mary Poppins |
| Heather Hach | Legally Blonde ‡ |
| Steven Sater | Spring Awakening † |
| Alfred Uhry | LoveMusik |
| 2008 |
|---|
| Douglas Carter Beane | Xanadu ‡ |
| Harvey Fierstein | A Catered Affair |
| Ben Katchor | The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island |
| Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt | Adding Machine |
| Stew | Passing Strange † |
| Eric H. Weinberger | Wanda's World |
| 2009 |
|---|
| Lee Hall | Billy Elliot the Musical † |
| Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis | This Beautiful City |
| Joe DiPietro | The Toxic Avenger |
| Brian Hill | The Story of My Life |
| David Lindsay-Abaire | Shrek the Musical ‡ |
| Patricia Resnick | 9 to 5 |
| Year | Writer | Production |
|---|
| 2010 |
|---|
| Alex Timbers | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson ‡ |
| Joe DiPietro | Memphis † |
| Joe Iconis | Bloodsong of Love |
| Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott | Everyday Rapture ‡ |
| David Thompson | The Scottsboro Boys |
| David Zellnik | Yank! |
| 2011 |
|---|
| Adam Mathias | See Rock City and Other Destinations |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth | In Transit |
| Iris Rainer Dart | The People in the Picture |
| Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
| Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone | The Book of Mormon † |
| Michael Zam | The Kid |
| 2012 |
|---|
| Joe DiPietro | Nice Work If You Can Get It ‡ |
| Douglas Carter Beane | Lysistrata Jones ‡ |
| Janus Cercone and Warren Leight | Leap of Faith |
| Joy Gregory | The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World |
| Michael John LaChiusa | Queen of the Mist |
| Thomas Meehan and Peter Stone | Death Takes a Holiday |
| 2013 |
|---|
| Dennis Kelly | Matilda the Musical † |
| Sybille Pearson | Giant |
| Joseph Robinette | The Musical ‡ |
| David Rossmer and Steve Rosen | The Other Josh Cohen |
| Jeff Whitty | Bring It On: The Musical |
| Doug Wright | Hands on a Hardbody |
| 2014 |
|---|
| Robert L. Freedman | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder † |
| Chad Beguelin | Aladdin ‡ |
| Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair | Murder for Two |
| Lisa Kron | Fun Home †' |
| Douglas McGrath | The Carole King Musical ‡ |
| Marsha Norman | The Bridges of Madison County |
| 2015 |
|---|
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | Hamilton † |
| Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree | Found |
| Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell | Something Rotten! ‡ |
| Craig Lucas | An American in Paris ‡ |
| Terrence McNally | The Visit ‡ |
| Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, and Michael Mitnick | Fly by Night |
| 2016 |
|---|
| John Caird | Daddy Long Legs |
| Michael John LaChiusa | First Daughter Suite |
| Jessie Nelson | Waitress |
| 2017 |
|---|
| Irene Sankoff and David Hein | Come from Away ‡ |
| Terrence McNally | Anastasia |
| Itamar Moses | The Band's Visit † |
| Richard Oberacker and Rob Taylor | Bandstand |
| Joe Tracz | The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical |
| 2018 |
|---|
| Tina Fey | Mean Girls ‡ |
| Kyle Jarrow | SpongeBob SquarePants ‡ |
| Peter Kellogg | Desperate Measures |
| Hannah Moscovitch | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |