1981 – Best Play Tony Awards

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1981	Best Play	Peter Shaffer	Amadeus	Award winner
1981	Best Play	The Shubert Organization	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Play	Elizabeth I. McCann	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Play	Nelle Nugent	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Play	Roger S. Berlind	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Play	Athol Fugard	A Lesson From Aloes
1981	Best Play	Jay J. Cohen	A Lesson From Aloes producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Richard Press	A Lesson From Aloes producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Louis Bush Hager Associates	A Lesson From Aloes producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Yale Repertory Theater	A Lesson From Aloes producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Hugh Leonard	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Lester Osterman	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Richard Horner	A Life
1981	Best Play	Hinks Shimberg	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Lanford Wilson	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Jerry Arrow	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Robert Lussier	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Warner Theater Productions	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year

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