1980 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1980 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Dick Vosburgh | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Book of a Musical | Mark Bramble | Barnum |
| Best Book of a Musical | Tim Rice | Evita |
| Best Book of a Musical | Harry Rigby, Ralph G. Allen | Sugar Babies |
| Best Choreography | Thommie Walsh, Tommy Tune | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Choreography | Joe Layton | Barnum |
| Best Choreography | Larry Fuller | Evita |
| Best Choreography | Ernest Flatt | Sugar Babies |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Barnum |
| Best Costume Design | Harold Prince | Evita |
| Best Costume Design | Timothy O'Brien, Tazeena Firth | Evita |
| Best Costume Design | Pierre Balmain | Happy New Year |
| Best Costume Design | Raoul Pene Du Bois | Sugar Babies |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Tommy Tune | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Joe Layton | Barnum |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Evita |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Ernest Flatt and Rudy Tronto | Sugar Babies |
| Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall | Betrayal |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gordon Davidson | Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Direction of a Play | Vivian Matalon | Morning's at Seven |
| Best Direction of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | Talley's Folly |
| Best Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Lighting Design | Craig Miller | Barnum |
| Best Lighting Design | David Hersey | Evita |
| Best Lighting Design | Dennis Parichy | Talley's Folly |
| Best Musical | David Merrick | 42nd Street |
| Best Musical | Hildy Parks, Alexander H. Cohen | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Musical | Cy Coleman, Lois Rosenfield, Maurice Rosenfield | Barnum |
| Best Musical | Robert Stigwood | Evita |
| Best Musical | Terry Allen Kramer, Harry Rigby | Sugar Babies |
| Best Musical | Warner Theater Productions | Woman of the Year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Frank Lazarus, Dick Vosburgh | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart | Barnum |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | Evita |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Arthur Malvin | Sugar Babies |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | David Garrison | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Mandy Patinkin | Evita |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bob Gunton | Evita |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Harry Groener | Oklahoma! |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Dukes | Bent |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Rounds | Morning's at Seven |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Maher | Night and Day |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Earle Hyman | The Lady from Dubuque |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | George Hearn | Watch on the Rhine |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jim Dale | Barnum |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gregory Hines | Comin' Uptown |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mickey Rooney | Sugar Babies |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Giorgio Tozzi | The Most Happy Fella |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Rubinstein | Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Charles Brown | Home |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Gerlad Hiken | Strider |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Judd Hirsch | Talley's Folly |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Priscilla Lopez | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Glenn Close | Barnum |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Debbie Allen, Josie de Guzman | West Side Story |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Dinah Manoff | I Ought to be in Pictures |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lois de Banzie | Morning's at Seven |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Pamela Burrell | Strider |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Maureen Anderman | The Lady from Dubuque |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Evita |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Christine Andreas | Oklahoma! |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sandy Duncan | Peter Pan |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ann Miller | Sugar Babies |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Blythe Danner | Betrayal |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Phyllis Frelich | Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Maggie Smith | Night and Day |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Anne Twomey | Nuts |
| Best Play | Jack Schlissel | Bent |
| Best Play | Steven Steinlauf | Bent |
| Best Play | Mark Medoff, Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Dasha Epstein, Ron Dante | Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Play | Ray Larsen, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Gerald S. Krone, Samm-Art Williams, Nelle Nugent | Home |
| Best Play | Lanford Wilson, Nancy Cooperstein, Porter Van Zandt | Talley's Folly |
| Best Play | Marc Howard | Talley's Folly |
| Best Revival | Circle in the Square, Peter Pan | Major Barbara |
| Best Revival | Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Nelle Nugent, Ray Larson | Morning's at Seven |
| Best Revival | Zev Bufman | Peter Pan |
| Best Revival | The John F. Kennedy Center, Ruth Mitchell, James M. Nederlander, Gladys Rackmil | West Side Story |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine |
| Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | Barnum |
| Best Scenic Design | Tazeena Firth | Evita |
| Best Scenic Design | John Lee Beatty | Talley's Folly |
| Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre | Helen Hayes | |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Actors Theatre of Louisville | |
| Special Tony Award | Mary Tyler Moore, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam | Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
| Theatre Award '80 | Richard Fitzgerald, Hobe Morrison | Variety |
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