1973 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1973 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler | A Little Night Music |
| Best Book of a Musical | Micki Grant | Don't Bother Me |
| Best Book of a Musical | Roger O. Hirson | Pippin |
| Best Choreography | Peter Gennaro | Irene |
| Best Choreography | Donald Saddler | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Pippin |
| Best Choreography | Gower Champion | sugar |
| Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | A Little Night Music |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Pippin |
| Best Costume Design | Miles White | Tricks |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | A Little Night Music |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Vinnette Carroll | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Bob Fosse | Pippin |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion | Sugar |
| Best Direction of a Play | Antoon | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Direction of a Play | A.J. Antoon | That Championship Season |
| Best Direction of a Play | Michael Rudman | The Changing Room |
| Best Direction of a Play | Alan Arkin | The Sunshine Boys |
| Best Lighting Design | Ian Calderon | A Little Night Music |
| Best Lighting Design | Martin Aronstein | Much Ado About |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Pippin |
| Best Musical | Harold Prince, Harold Prince | A Little Night Music |
| Best Musical | Stuart Ostrow | Pippin |
| Best Musical | David Merrick | Sugar |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim | A Little Night Music |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Micki Grant | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Peter Link | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Schwartz | Pippin |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Avon Long | Don't Play Us Cheap |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | George S. Irving | Irene |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gilbert Price | Lost in the Stars |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Hayward Morse | Butley |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John McMartin | Don Juan |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Barnard Hughes | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Lithgow | The Changing Room |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Len Cariou | A Little Night Music |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ben Vereen | Pippin |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Morse | Sugar |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Bates | Butley |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Paul Sorvino | That Championship Season |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Wilfrid Hyde White | The Jockey Club Stakes |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Albertson | The Sunshine Boys |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patricia Elliott | A Little Night Music |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Hermione Gingold | A Little Night Music |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patsy Kelly | Irene |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Irene Ryan | Pippin |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Penelope Windust | Elizabeth |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Maya Angelou | Look Away |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Katherine Helmond | The Great God Brown |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Leora Dana | The Last of Mrs. Lincoln |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Glynis Johns | A Little Night Music |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Debbie Reynolds | Irene |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Leland Palmer | Pippin |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Marcia Rodd | Shelter |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jane Alexander | 6 Rms Riv Vu |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst | Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kathleen Widdoes | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Julie Harris | The Last of Mrs. Lincoln |
| Best Play | Lester Osterman, Simon Gray, Richard Horner | Butley |
| Best Play | Jason Miller, Joseph Papp | That Championship Season |
| Best Play | Lee Reynolds, Isobel Robins, Charles Bowden | The Changing Room |
| Best Play | David Storey | The Changing Room |
| Best Play | Neil Simon, Eugene V. Wolsk | The Sunshine Boys |
| Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg | The Sunshine Boys |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | A Little Night Music |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | Pippin |
| Best Scenic Design | Santo Loquasto | That Championship Season |
| Best Scenic Design | David Jenkins | The Changing Room |
| Special Tony Award | John Lindsay | |
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