Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Sada Thompson	Twigs	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Eileen Atkins	Vivat! Vivat Regina!	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Colleen Dewhurst	All Over	Award winner
1972	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Rosemary Harris	Old Times	Award winner
1972	Best Play	David Rabe	Sticks and Bones	Award winner
1972	Best Play	Joseph Papp	Sticks and Bones production took place the Next year.	Award winner
1972	Best Play	Harold Pinter	Old Times Production took place the previous year.
1972	Best Play	Roger L. Stevens	Old Times production took place the previous
1972	Best Play	Neil Simon	The Prisoner of Second Avenue production took place the 1972 year.
1972	Best Play	Saint-Subber	The Prisoner of Second Avenue producer, production took place the previous year
1972	Best Play	Robert Bolt	Vivat! Vivat Regina!
1972	Best Play	David Merrick	Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
1972	Best Play	Arthur Cantor	Vivat! Vivat Regina!
1972	Best Scenic Design	Boris Aronson	Follies production took place the previous year	Award winner
1972	Best Scenic Design	John Bury	Old Times
1972	Best Scenic Design	Kert Lundell	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
1972	Best Scenic Design	Robin Wagner	Jesus Christ Superstar producer, production took place the previous year
1972	Special Tony Award	Richard Rodgers	0	Award winner
1972	Special Tony Award	Ethel Merman	0 Broadway history	Award winner
1972	Special Tony Award	Fiddler on the Roof	0 On becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history.	Award winner
1972	Special Tony Award	The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society	0 For its many years of service to audiences for touring shows.	Award winner
1971	Best Book of a Musical	George Furth	Company	Award winner
1971	Best Book of a Musical	Herb Schapiro	The Me Nobody Knows
1971	Best Book of a Musical	Sherman Yellen	The Rothschilds
1971	Best Book of a Musical	Robert H. Livingston	The Me Nobody Knows
1971	Best Choreography	Michael Kidd	The Rothschilds
1971	Best Choreography	Michael Bennett	Company
1971	Best Choreography	Donald Saddler	No, No Nanette	Award winner
1971	Best Costume Design	Jane Greenwood	Hay Fever	Award winner
1971	Best Costume Design	Freddy Wittop	Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
1971	Best Costume Design	Jane Greenwood	Les Blancs
1971	Best Costume Design	Raoul Pene Du Bois	No, No Nanette	Award winner
1971	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	Company	Award winner
1971	Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Kidd	The Rothschilds
1971	Best Direction of a Musical	Burt Shevelove	No, No Nanette
1971	Best Direction of a Musical	Robert H. Livingston	The Me Nobody Knows
1971	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Brook	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Award winner
1971	Best Direction of a Play	Clifford Williams	Sleuth
1971	Best Direction of a Play	Lindsay Anderson	Home
1971	Best Direction of a Play	Stephen Porter	The School for Wives
1971	Best Lighting Design	R.H. Poindexter	Story Theatre	Award winner
1971	Best Lighting Design	Robert Ornbo	Company
1971	Best Lighting Design	William Ritman	Sleuth
1971	Best Musical	Harold Prince	Company Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1971	Best Musical	Jeff Britton	The Me Nobody Knows Production took place the previous year.
1971	Best Musical	Lester Osterman	The Rothschilds production took place the previous year
1971	Best Musical	Hillard Elkins	The Rothschilds
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Jerry Bock	The Rothschilds production took place the previous year
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Gary William Friedman	The Me Nobody Knows producer, production took place the previous year
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Stephen Sondheim	Company	Award winner
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Sheldon Harnick	The Rothschilds
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Will Holt	The Me Nobody Knows
1971	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Stephen Sondheim	Company Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Paul Sand	Story Theatre	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Ronald Radd	Abelard and Heloise
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Donald Pickering	Conduct Unbecoming
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Ed Zimmermann	The Philanthropist
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Bobby Van	No, No Nanette
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Hal Linden	The Rothschilds	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	David Burns	Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Larry Kert	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Keene Curtis	The Rothschilds	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Charles Kimbrough	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Walter Willison	Two by Two
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Brian Bedford	The School for Wives	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	John Gielgud	Home
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Alec McCowen	The Philanthropist
1971	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Ralph Richardson	Home
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Patsy Kelly	No, No Nanette	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Barbara Barrie	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Pamela Myers	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Rae Allen	And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Joan Van Ark	The School for Wives
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Mona Washbourne	Home
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Lili Darvas	Les Blancs
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Helen Gallagher	No, No Nanette	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Susan Browning	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Sandy Duncan	The Boy Friend
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Elaine Stritch	Company
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Maureen Stapleton	The Gingerbread Lady	Award winner
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Estelle Parsons	And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Diana Rigg	Abelard and Heloise
1971	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Marian Seldes	Father's Day
1971	Best Play	Michael White	Sleuth production took place the previous year	Award winner
1971	Best Play	David Merrick	The Philanthropist
1971	Best Play	David Storey	Home
1971	Best Play	Zev Bufman	Story Theatre Production took place the previous year.
1971	Best Play	Paul Sills	Story Theatre Production took place the previous year.
1971	Best Play	Christopher Hampton	The Philanthropist
1971	Best Play	Alexander H. Cohen	Home Production took place the previous year.
1971	Best Play	Morton Gottlieb	Sleuth	Award winner
1971	Best Play	Helen Bonfils	Sleuth Production took place the previous year	Award winner
1971	Best Play	Anthony Shaffer	Sleuth Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1971	Best Scenic Design	John Bury	The Rothschilds production took place the previous year
1971	Best Scenic Design	Jo Mielziner	Father's Day
1971	Best Scenic Design	Sally Jacobs	A Midsummer Night's Dream
1971	Best Scenic Design	Boris Aronson	Company Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1971	Special Tony Award	Ingram Ash	Blaine-Thompson Advertising Production took place the previous year
1971	Special Tony Award	Roger L. Stevens
1971	Special Tony Award	Elliot Norton	0 Distinguished Theatrical Commentary	Award winner

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