| Drama Desk Awards | Outsanding Actor - Play | Richard Chamberlain | Fathers and Sons1978-78 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstandin Director - Play | Horancena J. Taylor | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Peter Walker | My Old Friends1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Len Cariou | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Charles Repole | Whoopee!1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Joel Grey | The Grand Tour1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Donal Donnelly | Faith Healer1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Tom Aldredge | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Judd Hirsch | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Philip Anglim | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Jack Lemmon | Tribute1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Tom Conti | Whose Life is it Anyway?1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Musical | Dorothy Loudon | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Musical | Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Musical | Lucie Arnaz | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Kate Reid | Bosoms and Neglect1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Frances Sternhagen | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Carole Shelley | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Susan Stevens | The Price of Genius1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Constance Cummings | Wings1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book | Hughe Wheeler | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Michael Bennett, Bob Avian | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Henry LeTang, Billy Wilson | Eubie!1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Larry Fuller | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Dan Siretta | Tip Toes1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Alderdge | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Steven Rubin | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Franne Lee | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Julie Weiss | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Play | John Madden, Alan Ayckbourn | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Play | Stephen Porter | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Play | Jack Hofsiss, Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Play | Ted Weiant | The Miracle Worker1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Bob Gunton | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Richard Cox | Platinum1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Ken Jennings | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Michael Gough | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Nicholas Woodeson | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | I.M. Hobson | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | George Rose | The Kingfisher1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Patricia Drylie | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Grace Keagy | Carmelina1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lisa Mordente | Platinum1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lynnie Godfrey | Eubie!1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Merle Louise | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Joan Hickson, Susan Littler | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Dixie Carter | Fathers and Sons1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Pamela Reed | Getting Out1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Laurie Kennedy | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Frances Foster | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Roger Morgan | The Crucifer of Blood1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Gretchen Cryer | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Jerome Kass | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Nancy Ford | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Michel Legrand | The Umbrella of Cherbourg1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Marvin Hamlisch | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Neil Simon | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Steve Carter | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Ernest Thompson | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Lanford Wilson | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Bernard Pomerance | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Arthur Kopit | Wings1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Wilford Leach | All's Well That Ends Well1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Steven Rubin | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Eugene Lee | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | John Wulp | The Crucifer of Blood1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | An Evening with Quentin Crisp1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | Bleacher Bums1978-79 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Streetsongs1978-79 season |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Frances Sternhagen | |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Warren Mitchell, Warren Mitchell | Death of a Salesman |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Peter Nichols | Privates on Parade |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Director | Trevor Nunn | Once in a Lifetime |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Richard Harris | Outside Edge |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Victoria Wood | Talent |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Lebedev Special Award | Sir Peter Hall | 25th Anniversary Special Award |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Vanessa Redgrave | The Lady from the Sea |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | Songbook |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Peter Schumann | Joan Of Arc |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Peter Schumann | Wolkenstein |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Elephant Man |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Karl Eigsti | Knockout |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | David Jenkins | The Elephant Man |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Michael Yeargan | The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Ben Cross | Chicago |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Michael Crawford | Flowers For Algernon |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Tony Britton | My Fair Lady |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Anton Rodgers | Songbook |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Ian McKellen | Bent |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Michael Gambon | Betrayal |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Dinsdale Landen | Bodies |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | John Standing | Close Of Play |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Warren Mitchell | Death Of A Salesman |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Michael Bryant | Strife |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Patrick Stewart | The Merchant Of Venice |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Jonathan Pryce | The Taming Of The Shrew |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Patrick Stewart | Antony And Cleopatra |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Stephen Greif | Death Of A Salesman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | David Suchet | Once In A Lifetime |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Michael Bryant | Undiscovered Country |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Antonia Ellis | Chicago |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Carol Channing | Hello, Dolly! |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Liz Robertson | My Fair Lady |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Virginia McKenna | The King And I |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Gemma Jones | And A Nightingale Sang |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Jane Lapotaire | Piaf |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Jessica Tandy | The Gin Game |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Constance Cummings | Wings |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Glenda Jackson | Antony And Cleopatra |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Billie Whitelaw | Happy Days |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Zoe Wanamaker | Once In A Lifetime, RSC |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Paola Dionisotti | The Taming Of The Shrew |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Patricia Routledge | And A Nightingale Sang |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Doreen Mantle | Death Of A Salesman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Alison Fiske | For Services Rendered |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Carmen Du Sautoy | Once In A Lifetime |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Michael Frayn | Clouds |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Roger Hall | Middle Age Spread |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Richard Harris | Outside Edge |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Barry Humphries | A Night With Dame Edna |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Oscar James | Gloo Joo |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Richard Griffiths | Once In A Lifetime |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Maureen Lipman | Outside Edge |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Carl Toms | For Services Rendered |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | John Napier | Once In A Lifetime |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | John Bury | Strife |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Undiscovered Country |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Michael Rudman | Death Of A Salesman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Trevor Nunn | Once In A Lifetime |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Michael Elliott | The Family Reunion |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Michael Bogdanov | The Taming Of The Shrew |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Julian Moore | Songbook |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby and Luther Henderson | Ain't Misbehavin |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Jack Rosenthal, Don Black andJulie Styne. | Bar Mitzvah Boybook by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, music by Julie Styne |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | John Kander, Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb | Chicagobook by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Monty Norman | Songbook |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | Die Zauberflote |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | Manon |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | The Adventures Of Mr Broucek |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | The Rake's Progress |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | The Tempest | Ballet Rambert |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Peter Schaufuss | London Festival Ballet's La Sylphide |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Kenneth MacMillan | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet's Playground |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Harold Pinter | Betrayal |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Tom Stoppard | Night And Day |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Arthur Conan Doyle | The Crucifer Of Bloodadapted by Paul Giovanni, |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Arthur Schnitzler | Undiscovered Countryadapted by Tom Stoppard |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Society's Special Award | Lord Olivier | |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler | Sweeney Todd1978-1979 season |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Bernard Pomerance | The Elephant Man1978-1979 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Musical | | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Play | | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best New Talent | Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines | Eubie!1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best New Talent | Susan Kingsley | Getting Out1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best New Talent | Philip Anglim | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best New Talent | Lucie Arnaz | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Performance | Carole Shelley | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Performance | Tom Conti | Whose Life Is It Anyway?1978-79 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | John Wulp | The Crucifer of Blood1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwriting Award | Marsha Norman | Getting Out1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | Cafe La MaMa | 1978-79 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | | Brandt Orgranization for re-opening the Apollo and Lyric Theatres1978-79 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Sam Shepard | Buried Child |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Gregory Hines | Eubie!Season 1978–1979 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Michael Jeter | G.R. PointSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Susan Kingsley | Getting OutSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Laurie Kennedy | Man and SupermanSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Max Wright | Once in a LifetimeSeason 1978–1979 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Marshall W. Mason | Special AwardSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Sarah Rice, Ken Jennings | Sweeney ToddSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Kathleen Quinlan | Taken in MarriageSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Philip Anglim | The Elephant ManSeason 1978–1979 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Christine Lahti | The WoodsSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Lucie Arnaz | They're Playing Our SongSeason 1978–1979 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Edward James Olmos | Zoot SuitSeason 1978–1979 |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Jerome Kass | Ballroomproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Larry L. King, 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 |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Bennett | Ballroomproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Bob Avian | Ballroomproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Henry LeTang, Billy Wilson | Eubie! |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Tommy Tune | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Dan Siretta | Whoopee! |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Ballroomproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Franne Lee | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | The Crucifer of BloodProduction 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 | Ballroomproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Robert Moore | They're Playing Our Song |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Masterson | Tommy Tuneproducer, production took place the 1975 year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall, Alan Ayckbourn | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Paul Giovanni | The Crucifer of Bloodproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man |
| 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 | Ballroomproducer, 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 Bloodproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Elephant Man |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Charles Woodward, Martin Richards | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Bob Avian, Susan MacNair, Bob Avian, Michael Bennett, Bernard Gersten | Ballroomproduction took place the previous year . |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Richard Barr | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Universal Pictures | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texasproduction took place the previous year . |
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Emanuel Azenberg | They're Playing Our Song |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner | Carmelina |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Eubie Blake, F. E. Miller | Eubie! |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Noble Sissle, Jim Europe, Johnny Brandon, Andy Razaf | Eubie! |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Herman | The Grand Tour |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gregory Hines | Eubie! |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Richard Cox | Platinumproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Henderson Forsythe | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ron Holgate | The Grand Tour |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Gough | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Maher | Spokesong |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Bob Balaban | The Inspector Generalproduction 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 | Ballroomproduction 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 |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Klein | They're Playing Our Song |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec McCowen | St. Mark's Gospelproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Anglim | The Elephant Man |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Lemmon | Tribute |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Conti | Who's Life Is It Anyway? |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Millicent Martin | King of Heartsproduction 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 |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Joan Ellis | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Joan Hickson | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Susan Littler | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Laurie Kennedy | Man and Supermanproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary-Joan Negro | Wings |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dorothy Loudon | Ballroomproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alexis Smith | Platinumproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd |
| 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 |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Carole Shelley | The Elephant Man |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | ConstanceCummings | Wings |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | George W. George, Roger L. Stevens, Robert Whitehead | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Alan Ayckbourn, Frank Milton | Bedroom Farce |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Nelle Nugent, Richmond Crinkley, Bernard Pomerance | The Elephant Man |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg, James Nederlander, Ray Cooney | Whose Life Is It Anyway |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Brian Clark | Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Arthur Kopit, 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 |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Wulp | The Crucifer of BloodProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Jenkins | The Elephant Man |
| 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 | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Michael McClure | Josephine |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Design for sets and lighting | Jennifer Tipton Public theatre | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Design for sets and lighting | Theatre X | A Fierce Longing |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Maria Irene Fornes | Eyes on the Harem |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Committee | Julius Novick, Erika Munk, Eric Bentley, Arthur Sainer, Terry Curtis Fox, Michael Feingold, Ruth Maylees, Ross Wetzsteon, Guest Judges | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Fred Gwynne | Grand Magic |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Mary Alice | Julius Caesar |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Mary Alice | Nongogo |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Elizabeth Wilson | Taken in Marriage |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Judd Hirsch | Talley's Folly |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Philip Anglim | The Elephant Man |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Joseph Buloff | The Price |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Marcell Rosenblatt | Vienna Notes |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Constance Cummings | Wings |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Sam Shepard | Buried Child |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Susan Miller | Final Remarks |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Susan Miller | Nasty Rumors |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Bernard Pomerance | The Elephant Man |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Rosalyn Drexler | The Writer's Opera |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Richard Nelson | Vienna Notes |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | David Warrilow, Ellen McElduff, JoAnne Akalaitis | Southern Exposure |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Tadeusz Kantor | The Dead Class |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Gordon Chater, Richard Wherrett, Steve J. Spears | The Elocution of Benjamin |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for its Samuel Beckett Festival | The French Department of NYU | |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for Sustained Excellence of Ensemble Acting | The Negro Ensemble Company | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement | Al Carmines | |
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