Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Hinton Battle	Sophisticated Ladies	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Tony Azito	The Pirates of Penzance production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Paxton Whitehead	Camelot
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Brian Backer	The Floating Light Bulb	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Tom Aldredge	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Adam Redfield	A Life production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Shepperd Strudwick	To Grandmother's House We Go
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Gregory Hines	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	George Rose	The Pirates of Penzance
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Martin Vidnovic	Brigadoon
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Kevin Kline	The Pirates of Penzance	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Ian McKellen	Amadeus production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Tim Curry	Amadeus production took place the previous year
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Roy Dotrice	A Life production took place the previous year
1981	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Jack Weston	The Floating Light Bulb
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Phyllis Hyman	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Wanda Richert	42nd Street production took place the previous year
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Lynne Thigpen	Tintypes
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Marilyn Cooper	Woman of the Year	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Swoosie Kurtz	Fifth of July production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Maureen Stapleton	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Jessica Tandy	Rose
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Zoe Wanamaker	Piaf
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Chita Rivera	Bring Back Birdie
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Linda Ronstadt	The Pirates of Penzance
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Meg Bussert	Brigadoon
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Lauren Bacall	Woman of the Year	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Jane Lapotaire	Piaf	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Glenda Jackson	Rose
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Eva Le Gallienne	To Grandmother's House We Go
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Elizabeth Taylor	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Play	Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
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	Roger S. Berlind	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Play	Warner Theater Productions	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	Jerry Arrow	Fifth of July 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	Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Hinks Shimberg	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Richard Horner	A Life
1981	Best Play	Lester Osterman	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Hugh Leonard	A Life 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	Louis Bush Hager Associates	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	Jay J. Cohen	A Lesson From Aloes producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Athol Fugard	A Lesson From Aloes
1981	Best Play	Nelle Nugent	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Revival	Jon Cultler	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Revival	Zev Bufman	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Revival	Joseph Papp	The Pirates of Penzance producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Revival	The New York Shakespeare Festival	The Pirates of Penzance	Award winner
1981	Best Revival	Zev Bufman	Brigadoon producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Revival	The Shubert Organization	Brigadoon
1981	Best Revival	MikeMerrick	Camelot
1981	Best Revival	Don Gregory	Camelot
1981	Best Revival	Donald C. Carter	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Scenic Design	David Mitchell	Can-Can
1981	Best Scenic Design	John Bury	Amadeus producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Scenic Design	John Bury	Amadeus producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Scenic Design	John Lee Beatty	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Scenic Design	Santo Loquasto	The Suicide producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Regional Theater Tony Award	Trinity Square Repertory Company	Providence producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Regional Theater Tony Award	Rhode Island	Trinity Square Repertory Company	Award winner
1981	Special Tony Award	Lena Horne	The Lady and Her Music	Award winner
1980	Best Book of a Musical	Tim Rice	Evita	Award winner
1980	Best Book of a Musical	Dick Vosburgh	A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980	Best Book of a Musical	Mark Bramble	Barnum
1980	Best Book of a Musical	Ralph G. Allen	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Book of a Musical	Harry Rigby	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Choreography	Tommy Tune	A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine	Award winner
1980	Best Choreography	Thommie Walsh	A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine	Award winner
1980	Best Choreography	Ernest Flatt	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Choreography	Larry Fuller	Evita
1980	Best Choreography	Joe Layton	Barnum
1980	Best Costume Design	Harold Prince	Evita	Award winner
1980	Best Costume Design	Tazeena Firth	Evita
1980	Best Costume Design	Raoul Pene Du Bois	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Costume Design	Timothy O'Brien	Evita
1980	Best Costume Design	Pierre Balmain	Happy New Year
1980	Best Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	Barnum	Award winner
1980	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	Evita	Award winner
1980	Best Direction of a Musical	Ernest Flatt and Rudy Tronto	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Direction of a Musical	Joe Layton	Barnum
1980	Best Direction of a Musical	Tommy Tune	A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980	Best Direction of a Play	Marshall W. Mason	Talley's Folly
1980	Best Direction of a Play	Gordon Davidson	Children of a Lesser God
1980	Best Direction of a Play	Vivian Matalon	Morning's at Seven	Award winner
1980	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Hall	Betrayal
1980	Best Lighting Design	Craig Miller	Barnum
1980	Best Lighting Design	Dennis Parichy	Talley's Folly
1980	Best Lighting Design	David Hersey	Evita	Award winner
1980	Best Lighting Design	Beverly Emmons	A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980	Best Musical	Maurice Rosenfield	Barnum
1980	Best Musical	Terry Allen Kramer	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Musical	Harry Rigby	Sugar Babies
1980	Best Musical	David Merrick	42nd Street	Award winner

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