Tony Award Winners by Year

Use the search below to find Tony Award winners by year, production, or category. This database includes winners from 1947 to 2025.

2026 Printable Ballot

Scorecard

Nominations

Winners

Show by Show

Performances

Videos

Tony Quiz

Party Planner

Musicals

Plays

Database

Search

Year

Category

Nominee

Show

Hide nominations?

Note: Award winners will appear on a background

Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1982	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Roger Rees	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1982	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Tom Courtenay	The Dresser
1982	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Milo O'Shea	Mass Appeal
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Liliane Montevecchi	Nine	Award winner
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Karen Akers	Nine
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Laurie Beechman	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Anita Morris	Nine
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Amanda Plummer	Agnes of God	Award winner
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Judith Anderson	Medea
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Mia Dillon	Crimes of the Heart producer, production took place the previous year.
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Mary Beth Hurt	Crimes of the Heart
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Jennifer Holliday	Dreamgirls	Award winner
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Lisa Mordente	Marlowe producer, production took place the previous year.
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Mary Gordon Murray	Little Me
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Sheryl Lee Ralph	Dreamgirls
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Katharine Hepburn	The West Side Waltz producer, production took place the previous year.
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Amanda Plummer	A Taste of Honey
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Geraldine Page	Agnes of God
1982	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Zoe Caldwell	Medea	Award winner
1982	Best Play	James M. Nederlander	The Dresser producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	David Edgar	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year .	Award winner
1982	Best Play	James M. Nederlander	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby production took place the previous year .	Award winner
1982	Best Play	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1982	Best Play	Nelle Nugent	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1982	Best Play	Claire Nichtern	Crimes of the Heart producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Mary Lea Johnson	Crimes of the Heart producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Martin Richards	Crimes of the Heart producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Francine Le Frak	Crimes of the Heart producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	The Dresser production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Nelle Nugent	The Dresser production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Michael Codron	The Dresser producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Play	Athol Fugard	'Master Harold'...and the Boys
1982	Best Play	Dasha Epstein	'Master Harold'...and the Boys
1982	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	'Master Harold'...and the Boys
1982	Best Play	David Geffen	'Master Harold'...and the Boys
1982	Best Revival	Theatre Co.	A Taste of Honey producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Revival	Don Gregory	My Fair Lady producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Revival	Mike Merrick	My Fair Lady producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Revival	Warren Austin	Medea
1982	Best Revival	Bunny	Medea
1982	Best Revival	The Kennedy Center	Medea
1982	Best Revival	Fran Weissler	Medea
1982	Best Revival	Michael Fried	A Taste of Honey producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Revival	Gene Feist	A Taste of Honey producer, production took place the previous year
1982	Best Revival	CBS Video Enterprises	Othello	Award winner
1982	Best Revival	Fran Weissler	Othello	Award winner
1982	Best Scenic Design	Dermot Hayes	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1982	Best Scenic Design	Lawrence Miller	Nine
1982	Best Scenic Design	Robin Wagner	Dreamgirls
1982	Best Scenic Design	John Napier	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby producer, production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1982	Best Scenic Design	Ben Edwards	Medea
1982	Reproduction (Play or Musical)	Barry	Othello	Award winner
1982	Reproduction (Play or Musical)	Barry	Medea
1982	Special Tony Award	The Actors' Fund of America	0	Award winner
1982	Theatre Award '82	0	Warner Communications	Award winner
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Peter Stone	Woman of the Year	Award winner
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Michael Stewart	42nd Street Production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Mark Bramble	42nd Street production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Monty Norman	The Moony Shapiro Songbook
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Julian More	The Moony Shapiro Songbook
1981	Best Book of a Musical	Mary Kyte	Tintypes
1981	Best Choreography	Michael Smuin	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Choreography	Roland Petit	Can-Can
1981	Best Choreography	Donald McKayle	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Choreography	Henry le Tan	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Choreography	Graciela Daniele	The Pirates of Penzance
1981	Best Choreography	Gower Champion	42nd Street production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1981	Best Costume Design	Willa Kim	Sophisticated Ladies	Award winner
1981	Best Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	42nd Street production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Costume Design	John Bury	Amadeus production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Costume Design	Franca Squarciapino	Can-Can
1981	Best Direction of a Musical	Wilford Leach	The Pirates of Penzance	Award winner
1981	Best Direction of a Musical	Gower Champion	42nd Street Production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Direction of a Musical	Robert Moore	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Smuin	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Marshall W. Mason	Fifth of July production took place the previous year
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Austin Pendleton	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Coe	A Life production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Hall	Amadeus Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1981	Best Lighting Design	John Bury	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	42nd Street production took place the previous year
1981	Best Lighting Design	Dennis Parichy	Fifth of July production took place the previous year
1981	Best Lighting Design	Jennifer Tipton	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Burton L. Litwin	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Stewart F. Lane	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Carole J. Shorenstein	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Claire Nichtern	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	James M. Nederlander	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	David S. Landay	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Lawrence Kasha	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Joan F. Tobin	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Eve Skina	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Larry J. Silva	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Richmond Crinkley	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Louise Westergaard	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Sondra Gilman	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Manheim Fox	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Roger S. Berlind	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	David Merrick	42nd Street production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Joel Hirschhorn	Copperfield

View all Videos

Tickets From $73

Tickets From $89

Tickets From $65