1983 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1983 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Adolph Green, Betty Comden | A Doll's Life |
| Best Book of a Musical | T.S. Eliot | Cats |
| Best Book of a Musical | Richard Levinson, William Link | Merlin |
| Best Book of a Musical | Timothy S. Mayer | My One and Only |
| Best Book of a Musical | Peter Stone | My One and Only |
| Best Choreography | Gillian Lynne | Cats |
| Best Choreography | Thommie Walsh, Tommy Tune | My One and Only |
| Best Choreography | Donald Saddler | On Your Toes |
| Best Choreography | George Faison | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Alice in Wonderland |
| Best Costume Design | Lindy Hemming | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Costume Design | John Napier | Cats |
| Best Costume Design | Rita Ryack | My One and Only |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Trevor Nunn | Cats |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Ivan Reitman | Merlin |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Tommy Tune, Thommie Walsh | My One and Only |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Kahn | Show Boat |
| Best Direction of a Play | Tom Moore | 'Night, Mother |
| Best Direction of a Play | Trevor Nunn | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Direction of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | Angels Fall |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gene Saks | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Best Lighting Design | Robert Bryan | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Lighting Design | David Hersey | Cats |
| Best Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Foxfire |
| Best Lighting Design | Allen Lee Hughes | K2 |
| Best Musical | M2 Entertainment, Inc., Fred H. Krones, Alan J. Schuster, Mitchell Maxwell | Blues in the Night |
| Best Musical | The Shubert Organization, David Geffen, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh | Cats |
| Best Musical | Ivan Reitman, Columbia Pictures Stage Productions, Inc., Marvin A. Krauss, James M. Nederlander | Merlin |
| Best Musical | Paramount Theatre Productions, Francine LeFrak, Kenneth-Mark Productions | My One and Only |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Larry Grossman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green | A Doll's Life |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | T.S. Eliot | Cats |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Cats |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Elmer Bernstein, Don Black | Merlin |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer, Joel Hirschhorn | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Harry Groener, Stephen Hanan | Cats |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Charles Honi Coles | My One and Only |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lara Teeter | On Your Toes |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Stephen Moore | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Matthew Broderick | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Zeljko Ivanek | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | George N. Martin | Plenty |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | George Hearn | A Doll's Life |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tommy Tune | My One and Only |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Michael V. Smartt | Porgy and Bess |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Al Green | Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tony Lo Bianco | A View from the Bridge |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jeffrey DeMunn | K2 |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Edward Herrmann | Plenty |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Betty Buckley | Cats |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Denny Dillon | My One and Only |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Christine Andreas | On Your Toes |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Karla Burns | Show Boat |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Margaret Tyzack | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Elizabeth Franz | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Roxanne Hart | Passion |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Judith Ivey | Steaming |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Judith Ivey | Steaming |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Merlin |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Twiggy | My One and Only |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Natalia Makarova | On Your Toes |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Lonette McKee | Show Boat |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kathy Bates, Anne Pitoniak | 'Night, Mother |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Tandy | Foxfire |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kate Nelligan | Plenty |
| Best Play | Circle Repertory Co, Circle Repertory Co, Lucille Lortel, Elliot Martin | Angels Fall |
| Best Play | The Kennedy Center, The Shubert Organization, Lanford Wilson | Angels Fall |
| Best Play | Frederick M. Zollo, Dann Byck, Marsha Norman | Night, Mother |
| Best Play | Wendell Cherry, The Shubert Organization | Night, Mother |
| Best Play | David Hare | Plenty |
| Best Play | Joseph Papp | Plenty |
| Best Play | BetMar, Donald Tick | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Best Play | John Glines, Lawrence Lane | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Best Play | Kenneth Waissman, Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Best Play | Martin Markinson | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Best Revival | Sidney Schlenker, Zev Bufman | A View From the Bridge |
| Best Revival | The Royal Shakespeare Company | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Revival | Andre Pastoria, Donald R. Seawell, John Mauceri, Roger L. Stevens, Jr., Alfred de Liagre | On Your Toes |
| Best Revival | Circle in the Square Theatre, The Kennedy Center | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
| Best Scenic Design | John Gunter | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Best Scenic Design | John Napier | Cats |
| Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | Foxfire |
| Best Scenic Design | Ming Cho Lee | K2 |
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