1977 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1977 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Michael Feingold | Adaptation |
| Best Book of a Musical | Thomas Meehan | Annie |
| Best Book of a Musical | Vinnette Carroll | Box With God |
| Best Book of a Musical | Elisabeth Hauptmann | Happy End |
| Best Book of a Musical | Michael Stewart | I Love My Wife |
| Best Choreography | Peter Gennaro | Annie |
| Best Choreography | Patricia Birch | Music Is |
| Best Choreography | Talley Beatty | Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Annie |
| Best Costume Design | Nancy Potts | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Costume Design | Santo Loquasto | The Cherry Orchard |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Threepenny Opera |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Martin Charnin | Annie |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Gene Saks | I Love My Wife |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Vinnette Carroll | Your Arm's too Short to Box With God |
| Best Direction of a Play | Ulu Grosbard | American Buffalo |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols | Comedians |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols | Streamers |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gordon Davidson | The Shadow Box |
| Best Lighting Design | John Bury | Man's Land |
| Best Lighting Design | Jennifer Tipton | The Cherry Orchard |
| Best Lighting Design | Neil Peter Jampolis | The Innocents |
| Best Lighting Design | Pat Collins | Threepenny Opera |
| Best Musical | Stephen R. Friedman, Irwin Meyer, Mike Nichols, Lewis Allen | Annie |
| Best Musical | The Chelsea Theatre Center, Michael Harvey | Happy End |
| Best Musical | Terry Allen Kramer, Harry Rigby, Joseph Kipness | I Love My Wife |
| Best Musical | Harold Prince, Ruth Mitchell | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin | Annie |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Schwartz | Godspell |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Kurt Weil, Michael Feingold, Bertolt Brecht | Happy End |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman | I Love My Wife |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lenny Baker | I Love My Wife |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Larry Marshall | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | David Kernan, Ned Sherrin | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jonathan Pryce | Comedians |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Bob Dishy | Sly Fox |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joe Fields | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Laurence Luckinbill | The Shadow Box |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Reid Shelton | Annie |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Guillaume | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Barry Bostwick | The Robber Bridegroom |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Raul Julia | Threepenny Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ralph Richardson | No Man's Land |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Courtenay | Otherwise Engaged |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Al Pacino | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ben Gazzara | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Millicent Martin, Julie N. McKenzie | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ellen Green | Threepenny Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Delores Hall | Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary McCarty | Anna Christie |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Trazana Beverley | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Patricia Elliott, Rose Gregorio | The Shadow Box |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dorothy Loudon | Annie |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Andrea McArdle | Annie |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ernestine Jackson | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Clamma Dale | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Liv Ullmann | Anna Christie |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Julie Harris | The Belle of Amherst |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Irene Worth | The Cherry Orchard |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Play | Ntozake Shange, Joseph Papp | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf |
| Best Play | James M. Nederlander, Frank Milton, Simon Gray, Michael Codron | Otherwise Engaged |
| Best Play | Joseph Papp, David Rabe | Streamers |
| Best Play | Lester Osterman, Ken Marsolais, Allan Francis, Michael Cristofer, Leonard Soloway | The Shadow Box |
| Best Scenic Design | Santo Loquasto | American Buffalo |
| Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | Annie |
| Best Scenic Design | Robert Randolph | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Scenic Design | Santo Loquasto | The Cherry Orchard |
| Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre | Cheryl Crawford | |
| Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Ashton Springer, Moe Septee, Victor H. Potamkin, Carmen F. Zollo | Guys and Dolls |
| Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Sherwin M. Goldman, Houston Grand Opera | Porgy and Bess |
| Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Joseph Papp | Threepenny Opera |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Mark Taper Forum | |
| Special Tony Award | Lily Tomlin | |
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