1976 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1976 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Nelle Nugent | A Chorus Line |
| Best Book of a Musical | James Kirkwood | A Chorus Line |
| Best Book of a Musical | Fred Ebb | Chicago |
| Best Book of a Musical | Bob Fosse | Chicago |
| Best Book of a Musical | John Weidman | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Book of a Musical | Alfred Uhry | The Robber Bridegroom |
| Best Choreography | Michael Bennet, Bob Avian | A Chorus Line |
| Best Choreography | Billy Wilson | Bubbling Brown Sugar |
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Chicago |
| Best Choreography | Patricia Birch | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | A Chorus Line |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Chicago |
| Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | The Royal Family |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Bennett | A Chorus Line |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Bob Fosse | Chicago |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Wood | Travesties |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Bill Gile | Very Good Eddie |
| Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | A Chorus Line |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Chicago |
| Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Lighting Design | Ian Calderon | Trelawny of the "Wells" |
| Best Musical | Joseph Papp | A Chorus Line |
| Best Musical | J. Lloyd Grant, Richard Bell, Robert M. Cooper, Moe Septee | Bubbling Brown Sugar |
| Best Musical | Robert Fryer, James Cresson | Chicago |
| Best Musical | Harold Prince, Ruth Mitchell | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Marvin Hamlisch | A Chorus Line |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | John Kander, Fred Ebb | Chicago |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Scott Joplin | Treemonisha |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Sammy Williams | A Chorus Line |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Robert LuPone | A Chorus Line |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Isao Sato | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Charles Repole | Very Good Eddie |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Daniel Seltzer | Knock Knock |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Gabriel Dell | Lamppost Reunion |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Edward Herrmann | Mrs. Warren's Profession |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Barry Bostwick | They Knew What They Wanted |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jerry Orbach | Chicago |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | George Rose, Ian Richardson | My Fair Lady |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mako | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | George C. Scott | Death of a Salesman |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Sinden | Habeas Corpus |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Moses Gunn | The Poison Tree |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Wood | Travesties |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Carole Bishop | A Chorus Line |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Priscilla Lopez | A Chorus Line |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patti LuPone | The Robber Bridegroom |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Virginia Seidel | Very Good Eddie |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Meryl Streep | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Shirley Knight | Kennedy's Children |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lois Nettleton | They Knew What They Wanted |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary Beth Hurt | Trelawny of the "Wells" |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Donna McKechnie | A Chorus Line |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Vivian Reed | Bubbling Brown Sugar |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon | Chicago |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lynn Redgrave | Mrs. Warren's Profession |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Irene Worth | Sweet Bird of Youth |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris | The Royal Family |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Tovah Feldshuh | Yentl |
| Best Play | Harry Rigby, Jules Feiffer | Knock Knock |
| Best Play | Terry Allen Kramer | Knock Knock |
| Best Play | Louis La Russo | Lamppost Reunion |
| Best Play | Joe Garofalo | Lamppost Reunion |
| Best Play | Negro Ensemble | The First Breeze of Summer |
| Best Play | Leslie Lee | The First Breeze of Summer |
| Best Play | Burry Fredrik, Tom Stoppard, Eddie Kulukundis, S. Spencer Davids, Doris Cole Abrahams | Travesties |
| Best Play | David Merrick | Travesties |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | A Matter of Gravity |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | Chicago |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | Trelawny of the "Wells" |
| Special Tony Award | Thomas H. Fitzgerald, Mathilde Pincus | |
| Special Tony Award | Richard Burton | |
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