Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Patricia Elliott	A Little Night Music	Award winner
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Hermione Gingold	A Little Night Music
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Patsy Kelly	Irene
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Irene Ryan	Pippin
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Leora Dana	The Last of Mrs. Lincoln	Award winner
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Maya Angelou	Look Away
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Katherine Helmond	The Great God Brown
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Penelope Windust	Elizabeth
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Glynis Johns	A Little Night Music	Award winner
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Leland Palmer	Pippin
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Debbie Reynolds	Irene
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Marcia Rodd	Shelter
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Julie Harris	The Last of Mrs. Lincoln	Award winner
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Jane Alexander	6 Rms Riv Vu
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Colleen Dewhurst	Mourning Becomes Electra
1973	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Kathleen Widdoes	Much Ado About Nothing
1973	Best Play	Jason Miller	That Championship Season producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1973	Best Play	Joseph Papp	That Championship Season	Award winner
1973	Best Play	Lester Osterman	Butley
1973	Best Play	Simon Gray	Butley production took place the previous year
1973	Best Play	Richard Horner	Butley Production took place the previous year
1973	Best Play	David Storey	The Changing Room
1973	Best Play	Charles Bowden	The Changing Room
1973	Best Play	Lee Reynolds	The Changing Room
1973	Best Play	Isobel Robins	The Changing Room
1973	Best Play	Neil Simon	The Sunshine Boys
1973	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	The Sunshine Boys Production took place the previous year.
1973	Best Play	Eugene V. Wolsk	The Sunshine Boys production took place the previous year
1973	Best Scenic Design	Tony Walton	Pippin production took place the previous work.
1973	Best Scenic Design	Santo Loquasto	That Championship Season production took place the previous year
1973	Best Scenic Design	David Jenkins	The Changing Room
1973	Best Scenic Design	Boris Aronson	A Little Night Music
1973	Special Tony Award	John Lindsay	0 Mayor of New York City	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	John Guare	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Mel Shapiro	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Melvin Van Peebles	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Follies	James Goldman	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Melvin Van Peebles	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Jim Jacobs	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Book of a Musical	Warren Casey	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Choreography	Michael Bennet	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Choreography	Jean Erdman	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Choreography	Patricia Birch	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Costume Design	Florence Klotz	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Costume Design	Randy Barcelo	Jesus Christ Superstar	Award winner
1972	Best Costume Design	Carrie F. Robbins	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Musical	Gilbert Moses	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Musical	Burt Shevelove	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1972	Best Direction of a Musical	Mel Shapiro	Two Gentlemen of Verona
1972	Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Bennett	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Play	Mike Nichols	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Play	Jeff Bleckner	Sticks and Bones	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Play	Gordon Davidson	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine	Award winner
1972	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Hall	Old Times	Award winner
1972	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Lighting Design	Martin Aronstein	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Lighting Design	John Bury	Old Times
1972	Best Lighting Design	Jules Fisher	Jesus Christ Superstar
1972	Best Musical	Emanuel Azenberg	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Musical	Maxine Fox	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Musical	Kenneth Waissman	Grease
1972	Best Musical	Harold Prince	Follies
1972	Best Musical	Robert Malina	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Musical	Charles Blackwell	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Musical	Eugene V. Wolsk	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Musical	Joseph Papp	Two Gentleman of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Stephen Sondheim	Follies production took place the previous year	Award winner
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Melvin Van Peebles	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death production took place the previous year
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Jesus Christ Superstar production took place the previous year
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Tim Rice	Jesus Christ Superstar Production took place the previous year.
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Galt MacDermot	Two Gentlemen of Verona Production took place the previous year.
1972	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	John Guare	Two Gentlemen of Verona Production took place the previous year.
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Vincent Gardenia	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Douglas Rain	Vivat! Vivat Regina!	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Lee Richardson	Vivat! Vivat Regina!	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Joe Silver	Lenny	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Larry Blyden	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Clifton Davis	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Barry Bostwick	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Raul Julia	Two Gentlemen of Verona	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Timothy Myers	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Gene Nelson	Follies	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Ben Vereen	Jesus Christ Superstar	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Laurence Guittard	A Little Night Music	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Phil Silvers	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Donald Pleasence	Wise Child	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Jason Robards	The Country Girl	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Cliff Gorman	Lenny	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Tom Aldredge	Sticks and Bones	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Beatrice Winde	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Bernadette Peters	On The Town	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Linda Hopkins	Inner City	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Adrienne Barbeau	Grease	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Cara Duff-MacCormick	Moonchildren	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Frances Sternhagen	The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Mercedes McCambridge	The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Elizabeth Wilson	Sticks and Bones	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Mildred Natwick	70, Girls	Award winner

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