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Browse Awards By Year for 1979
| Note: Award winners will appear on a | RED BACKGROUND |
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Jerome Kass |
Ballroom production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Peter Masterson |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Neil Simon |
They're Playing Our Song
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Bennett |
Ballroom production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Henry LeTang |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Tommy Tune |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Dan Siretta |
Whoopee!
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge |
Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Franne Lee |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Ann Roth |
The Crucifer of Blood Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Julie Weiss |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Bennett |
Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Robert Moore |
They're Playing Our Song
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Masterson |
Tommy Tune producer, production took place the 1975 year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Alan Ayckbourn |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Paul Giovanni |
The Crucifer of Blood producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jack Hofsiss |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
Whose Life Is It Anyway
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser |
Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Ken Billington |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Roger Morgan |
The Crucifer of Blood producer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Charles Woodward |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Michael Bennett |
Ballroom production took place the previous year . |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Richard Barr |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Universal Pictures |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas production took place the previous year . |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Emanuel Azenberg |
They're Playing Our Song
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Burton Lane |
Carmelina
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Eubie Blake |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Noble Sissle |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | F. E. Miller |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Johnny Brandon |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Herman |
The Grand Tour
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gregory Hines |
Eubie!
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Richard Cox |
Platinum production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Henderson Forsythe |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ron Holgate |
The Grand Tour
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Gough |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Maher |
Spokesong
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Bob Balaban |
The Inspector General production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Edward James Olmos |
Zoot Suit
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Vincent Gardenia |
Ballroom production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Len Cariou |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joel Grey |
The Grand Tour
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Klein |
They're Playing Our Song
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec McCowen |
St. Mark's Gospel production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Anglim |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Lemmon |
Tribute
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Conti |
Who's Life Is It Anyway?
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Millicent Martin |
King of Hearts production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Maxine Sullivan |
My Old Friends
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Carlin Glynn |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Joan Hickson |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Laurie Kennedy |
Man and Superman production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary-Joan Negro |
Wings
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dorothy Loudon |
Ballroom production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alexis Smith |
Platinum production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Angela Lansbury |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jane Alexander |
First Monday in October
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Frances Sternhagen |
On Golden Pond
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Carole Shelley |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | ConstanceCummings |
Wings
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Alan Ayckbourn |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Whitehead |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Frank Milton |
Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Bernard Pomerance |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg |
Whose Life Is It Anyway
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Brian Clark |
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Arthur Kopit | Wings |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Karl Eigsti |
Knockout
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Eugene Lee |
Sweeney Todd
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Wulp |
The Crucifer of Blood Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Jenkins |
The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre | Richard Rodgers |
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| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | American Conservatory Theater |
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