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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 | Billy Wilson | 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 | Bob Avian | Ballroom
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| 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 | 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 | Joan Ellis | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Susan Littler | 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 | Robert Whitehead | Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Alan Ayckbourn | Bedroom Farce
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Richmond Crinkley | The Elephant Man
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | James Nederlander | 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 | The Kennedy Center | 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 | 0
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| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | American Conservatory Theater | 0
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