| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Martin Vidnovic | Brigadoon |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Kevin Kline | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | George Rose | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ian McKellen | Amadeus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tim Curry | Amadeus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Milo O'Shea | Mass Appeal |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Heard | The Chekhov Sketchbook |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Derek Jacobi | The Suicide |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Remak Ramsay | The Winslow Boy |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Bring Back Birdie |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Lena Horne | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Amanda Plummer | A Taste of Honey |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Mary Beth Hurt | Crimes of the Heart |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Joan Copeland | The American Clock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Elizabeth Taylor | The Little Foxes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Eva Le Gallienne | To Grandmother's House We Go |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Gower Champion | 42nd Street |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Graciela Daniele | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | 42nd Street |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | John Bury | Amadeus |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Fools |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Onward Victoria |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Arthur Faria | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Wilford Leach | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Peter Hall | Amadeus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Melvin Bernhardt | Crimes of the Heart |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Mass Appeal |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Douglas Seale | The Winslow Boy |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Lee Roy Reams | 42nd Street |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Michael Davis | Broadway Follies |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Paxton Whitehead | Camelot |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gregg Burge | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tony Azito | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Jeff Daniels | 5th of July |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Nicholas Kepros | Amadeus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | John Shea | American Days |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brian Backer | The Floating Light Bulb |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Roderick Cook | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ralph Clanton | The Winslow Boy |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Debbie Shapiro | Perfectly Frank |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Marilyn Cooper | Woman of the Year |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Yvette Holliday | Your Arms Too Short to Box With God |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Swoosie Kurtz | 5th of July |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Fran Brill | Knuckle |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jean Smart | Last Summer at Bluefish Cove |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Zoe Wanamaker | Piaf |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jessica Tandy | Rose |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Carrie Nye | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Thomas Skelton | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | 5th of July |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | John Bury | Amadeus |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Jules Fisher, Robby Monk | Frankenstein |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Jennifer Tipton | Lunch Hour |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Pat Collins | Peguin Touquet |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | | 42nd Street |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Lanford Wilson | 5th of July |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Beth Henley | Crimes of the Heart |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Bill C. Davis | Mass Appeal |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | 5th of July |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | John Bury | Amadeus |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Douglas Schmidt | Frankenstein |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Bob Shaw, Wilford Leach | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | Aaah Oui Genty! |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Paul Dooley | Amazin' Casey Stengel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | | Blackstone |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Jean Cocteau Repertory Company | Pericles |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | InterArt Theatre | Request Concert |
| Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Joseph Chaikin | Texts |
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| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sir Ian McKellen | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Alan Howard | Good |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Dick Vosburgh, Frank Lazarus | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Director | Peter Hall | The Oresteia |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Peter Nichols | Passion |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Nell Dunn | Steaming |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Lebedev Special Award | The Royal Shakespeare Company | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Maggie Smith | Virginia |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | Cats |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | The Pirates Of Penzance |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | Fifth Of July |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | John Lee Beatty | Fifth Of July |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Manuel Lutgenhorst, Douglas E. Ball | Request Concert |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Michael Crawford | Barnum |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Wayne Sleep | Cats |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Brian Blessed | Cats |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Musical | Henderson Forsythe | The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Trevor Eve | Children Of A Lesser God |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Edward Fox, James Grout | Quartermaine's Terms |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Karl Johnson | Television Times, RSC |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Daniel Massey | Man And Superman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Warren Mitchell | The Caretaker |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | David Suchet | The Merchant Of Venice |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Revival | John Wood | The Provoked Wife |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role | Gwen Watford | Present Laughter |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Sylvia Kumba Williams | One Mo' Time |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Carlin Glynn | The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Patricia Hodge | The Mitford Girls |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Musical | Petula Clark | The Sound Of Music |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Elizabeth Quinn | Children Of A Lesser God |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Eileen Atkins | Passion Play |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Janet Dale | The Accrington Pals |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a New Play | Maggie Smith | Virginia |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Rosemary Harris | All My Sons |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Penelope Wilton | Man And Superman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Sinead Cusack | The Maid's Tragedy |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Revival | Margaret Tyzack | Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Sinead Cusack | As You Like It |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Gwen Taylor | Harvest |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role | Brenda Bruce | Romeo And Juliet |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | John Wells | Anyone For Denis? |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Dario Fo | Can't Pay? Won't Pay! |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Tom Stoppard | On The Razzle |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Nell Dunn | Steaming |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Angela Thorne | Anyone For Denis? |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Donald Sinden | Present Laughter |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Rowan Atkinson | Rowan Atkinson In Revue |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Georgina Hale | Steaming |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | John Napier | Cats |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Eileen Diss | Measure For Measure |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Carl Toms | The Provoked Wife |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Saul Radomsky | Tonight At 8.30 |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Trevor Nunn | Cats |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Peter Wood | On The Razzle |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Harold Pinter | Quartermaine's Terms |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Donald McWhinnie | Translations |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Alice Krige | Arms And The Man |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Eric Peterson | Billy Bishop Goes To War |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Catherine Hall | Naked Robots |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Jeremy Nicholas | Three Men In A Boat |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Cy Coleman, Mark Bramble | Barnum |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Vernon Bagneris | bookOne Mo' Time, book by Vernon Bagneris, music and lyrics by various, at the Cambridge |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn | Cats |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | various | music and lyricsOne Mo' Time, book by Vernon Bagneris, music and lyrics by various, at the Cambridge |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Peter Masterson, Larry King | The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | Les Contes D'Hoffman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | Lulu |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The Royal Opera | Samson Et Delilah |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Die Frau Ohne Schatten | Welsh National Opera |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | The Staging | Barnum |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | Gillian Lynne | CatsChoreography |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | Vernel Bagneris | One Mo' Time |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical | The Style And Design | The Mitford Girls |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Death And The Maiden | London Contemporary Dance Theatre |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Night Moves | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Dances Of Albion | The Royal Ballet |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Forgotten Land | The Stuttgart Ballet |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Bryony Brind | The Royal Ballet's Dances of Albion |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet | Ashley Page | The Royal Ballet's Isadora |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Opera | Helen Field | The Cunning Little Vixen |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Opera | Anne Mackay | The Gypsy |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Opera | David Johnson, David Wilson | The Lighthouse |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Opera | Claire Powell | The Royal Opera's Les Contes D'Hoffman |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Mark Medoff | Children Of A Lesser God |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Peter Nichols | Passion Play |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Simon Gray | Quartermaine's Terms |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Play of the Year | Brian Friel | Translations |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Beth Henley | Crimes of the Heart1980-1981 season |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Athol Fugard | A Lesson from Aloes1980-1981 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus1980-1981 season;
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | Lena Horne | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music1980-1981 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | New York Shakespeare Festival | The Pirates of Penzance1980-1981 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Amadeus1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Swoosie Kurtz | Fifth of July1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Play | | Amadeus1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Smuin, Donald McKayle, Henry LeTang | Sophisticated Ladies1980-81 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Play | | March of the Falsettos1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Revival | | The Pirates of Penzance1980-81 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | Robert Phillips | 1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwriting Award | Ted Tally | Coming Attractions1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Lucille Lortel Award for New Director | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Long Day's Journey Into Night1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Lucille Lortel Award for New Director | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Mass Appeal1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Most Impressive Debut | Elizabeth Taylor | The Little Foxes1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Debut | Daniel Gerroll | The Fly Boys1980-81 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Debuts | Daniel Gerroll | Knuckle1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Debuts | Brian Backer | The Floating Light Bulb1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Play | Dario Fo | We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!1980-81 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | National Critics Institute at the O'Neill Theatre Center | 1980-81 season |
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| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Beth Henley | Crimes of the Heart |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Wanda Richert | 42nd StreetSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Adam Redfield | A LifeSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Amanda Plummer | A Taste of HoneySeason 1980–1981 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Michael Allen Davis | Broadway FolliesSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Lisa Banes | Look Back in AngerSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Daniel Gerroll | Slab BoysSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Phyllis Hyman | Sophisticated LadiesSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Elizabeth Taylor | Special AwardSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Brian Backer | The Floating Light BulbSeason 1980–1981 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Meg Bussert | The Music ManSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Cynthia Nixon | The Philadelphia StorySeason 1980–1981 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Rex Smith | The Pirates of PenzanceSeason 1980–1981 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Giancarlo Esposito | Zooman and the SignSeason 1980–1981 |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble | 42nd StreetProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Monty Norman, Julian More | The Moony Shapiro Songbook |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Mary Kyte | Tintypes |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Peter Stone | Woman of the Year |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Gower Champion | 42nd Streetproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Roland Petit | Can-Can |
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Henry le Tan, Donald McKayle, Michael Smuin | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Graciela Daniele | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | 42nd Streetproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | John Bury | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Franca Squarciapino | Can-Can |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Willa Kim | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion | 42nd StreetProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Smuin | Sophisticated Ladies |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Wilford Leach | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Robert Moore | Woman of the Year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Coe | A Lifeproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall | AmadeusProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | Fifth of Julyproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Austin Pendleton | The Little Foxes |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | 42nd Streetproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | John Bury | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | Fifth of Julyproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Jennifer Tipton | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | David Merrick | 42nd Streetproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Roger S. Berlind, Louise Westergaard, Burton L. Litwin, Manheim Fox, Sondra Gilman | Sophisticated Ladies |
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Eve Skina, Joan F. Tobin, Larry J. Silva, Richmond Crinkley | Tintypes |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Lawrence Kasha, Stewart F. Lane, Carole J. Shorenstein, Claire Nichtern, James M. Nederlander, David S. Landay | Woman of the Year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Charles Strouse, David Rogers | Charlie and Algernonproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn | Copperfield |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Lance Mulcahy | Shakespeare's Cabaret |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Fred Ebb, John Kander | Woman of the Year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Paxton Whitehead | Camelot |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Hinton Battle | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Tony Azito | The Pirates of Penzanceproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Adam Redfield | A Lifeproduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Brian Backer | The Floating Light Bulb |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Tom Aldredge | The Little Foxes |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Shepperd Strudwick | To Grandmother's House We Go |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Martin Vidnovic | Brigadoon |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gregory Hines | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Kevin Kline | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | George Rose | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Roy Dotrice | A Lifeproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ian McKellen | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tim Curry | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Weston | The Floating Light Bulb |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Wanda Richert | 42nd Streetproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Phyllis Hyman | Sophisticated Ladies |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lynne Thigpen | Tintypes |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Marilyn Cooper | Woman of the Year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Swoosie Kurtz | Fifth of Julyproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zoe Wanamaker | Piaf |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Jessica Tandy | Rose |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Maureen Stapleton | The Little Foxes |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Meg Bussert | Brigadoon |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Bring Back Birdie |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Linda Ronstadt | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Lauren Bacall | Woman of the Year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jane Lapotaire | Piaf |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenda Jackson | Rose |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Elizabeth Taylor | The Little Foxes |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Eva Le Gallienne | To Grandmother's House We Go |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Jay J. Cohen, Athol Fugard, Richard Press, Louis Bush Hager Associates, Yale Repertory Theater | A Lesson From Aloesproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Hugh Leonard, Lester Osterman, Hinks Shimberg, Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions, Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions | A Lifeproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Richard Horner | A Life |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Roger S. Berlind, Nelle Nugent, The Shubert Organization | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Elizabeth I. McCann | Amadeusproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Lussier | Fifth of Julyproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Warner Theater Productions, Jerry Arrow, Lanford Wilson | Fifth of Julyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | The Shubert Organization, Zev Bufman | Brigadoon |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Don Gregory, MikeMerrick | Camelot |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Jon Cultler, Donald C. Carter, Zev Bufman | The Little Foxes |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Joseph Papp, The New York Shakespeare Festival | The Pirates of Penzanceproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Bury, John Bury | Amadeusproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | Can-Can |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Lee Beatty | Fifth of Julyproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Santo Loquasto | The Suicideproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | Trinity Square Repertory Company | Providenceproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | Rhode Island | Trinity Square Repertory Company |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Lena Horne | The Lady and Her Music |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | David Henry Hwang | FOB |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Production | Emily Mann | Still Life |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Costume design | Bloolips | Lust in Space |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Design | Douglas Ball, Manuel L, Dutgenhorst | Request Concert |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Melvin Bernhardt | Crimes of the Heart |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Toby Robertson | Pericles |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Wilford Leach | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Committee | James Leverett, Eileen Blumenthal, Michael Feingold, Terry Curtis Fox, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Ross Wetzsteon, Edith Oliver, Edith Oliver | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Meryl Streep | Alice in Concert |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Mary Beth Hurt | Crimes of the Heart |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | John Lone | FOB |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Bob Gunton | How I Got That Story |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | William Sadler | Limbo Tales |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Michele Shay | Meetings |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Timothy Near, John Spencer, Mary McDonnell | Still Life |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | John Lone | The Dance and the Railroad |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Kevin Kline, Kevin Kline | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Christopher Walken | The Sea Gulf |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Giancarlo Esposito | Zooman and the Sign |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Amlin Gray | How I Got That Story |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Len Jenkin | Limbo Tales |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Charles Fuller | Zooman and the Sign |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Repertorio Espanol | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Bruce Myers | A Dybbuk for Two People |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | JoAnne Akalaitis, Mabou Mines | Dead End Kids |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for his inspired clowning | Bill Irwin | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for the Winter Project | Joseph Chaikin | Tourists and Refuggees |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement | Negro Ensemble Company | |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence in Set Design | Jun Maeda | |
