Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Derek Jacobi	Much Ado About Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Jim Dale	Joe Egg
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Jonathan Hogan	As Is
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	John Lithgow	Requiem for a Heavyweight
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Leilani Jones	Grind	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Evalyn Baron	Quilters producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Mary Beth Peil	The King and I
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Lenka Peterson	Quilters producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Judith Ivey	Hurlyburly	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Joanna Gleason	Joe Egg
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Theresa Merritt	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Sigourney Weaver	Hurlyburly producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Rosemary Harris	Pack of Lies
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Stockard Channing	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Sinead Cusack	Much Ado About Nothing producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Glenda Jackson	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Play	The Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Play	Lucille Lortel	As Is
1985	Best Play	The Shubert Organization	As Is
1985	Best Play	David Rabe	Hurlyburly producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Play	Frederick M. Zollo	Hurlyburly production took place the previous year
1985	Best Play	Ivan Bloch	Hurlyburly
1985	Best Play	ERB Productions	Hurlyburly production took place the previous year
1985	Best Play	August Wilson	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom production took place the previous year
1985	Best Play	Ivan Bloch	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Play	Robert Cole	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Play	Frederick M. Zollo	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Play	John Glines/Lawrence Lane	As Is
1985	Best Play	William M. Hoffman	As Is	Award winner
1985	Best Play	Los Angeles	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Play	Neil Simon	Biloxi Blues producer, production took place the 2009 year	Award winner
1985	Best Revival	Dale Duffy	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	Robert Michael	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Geisler	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	John Roberdeau	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Douglas Urbanski	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	James M. Nederlander	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Duncan C. Weldon	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Paul Gregg	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Lionel Becker	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Jerome Minskoff	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Revival	Allan Carr	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	Emanuel Azenberg	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Revival	Cynthia Wood	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	Nelle Nugent	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	James M. Nederlander	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	Allan Carr	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the 1946 year.
1985	Best Revival	Dale Duffy	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the 1946 year.
1985	Best Revival	Cynthia Wood	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the 1946 year.
1985	Best Revival	Nelle Nugent	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Revival	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Revival	James M. Nederlander	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Revival	MTM Enterprises, Inc.	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Revival	Ivan Bloch	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Revival	Roger Berlind	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Revival	The Shubert Organization	Joe Egg	Award winner
1985	Best Scenic Design	Heidi Landesman	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Scenic Design	Voytek and Michael Levine	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Scenic Design	Ralph Koltai	Much Ado about Nothing
1985	Best Scenic Design	Clarke Dunham	Grind
1985	Special Tony Award	New York State Council on the Arts	The King and I	Award winner
1985	Special Tony Award	Yul Brynner	The King and I	Award winner
1984	Best Book of a Musical	Sybille Pearson	Baby
1984	Best Book of a Musical	James Lapine	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Book of a Musical	Charles Blackwell	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Book of a Musical	Harvey Fierstein	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Choreography	Danny Daniels	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Choreography	Wayne Cilento	Baby
1984	Best Choreography	Scott Salmon	La Cage aux Folles
1984	Best Costume Design	Anthea Sylbert	The Real Thing
1984	Best Costume Design	Ann Hould-Ward	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Costume Design	Patricia Zipprodt	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Costume Design	Jane Greenwood	Heartbreak House production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Direction of a Musical	Arthur Laurents	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Direction of a Musical	James Lapine	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Direction of a Musical	Richard Maltby, Jr	Baby
1984	Best Direction of a Musical	Vivian Matalon	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Direction of a Play	Gregory Mosher	Glengarry Glen Ross
1984	Best Direction of a Play	David Leveaux	A Moon for the Misbegotten
1984	Best Direction of a Play	Mike Nichols	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Direction of a Play	Michael Blakemore	Noises Off production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Lighting Design	Richard Nelson	Sunday in the Park with George	Award winner
1984	Best Lighting Design	Ken Billington	End of the World
1984	Best Lighting Design	Jules Fisher	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Lighting Design	Marc B. Weiss	A Moon for the Misbegotten
1984	Best Musical	Kenneth D. Greenblatt	La Cage aux Folles	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Marvin A. Krauss	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Allan Carr	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Musical	Kenneth-John Productions	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Suzanne J. Schwartz	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Manuscript Productions	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	The Shubert Organization	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Musical	Barry Brown	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Emanuel Azenberg	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Musical	Stanley White	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Evelyn Barron	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Harvey J. Klaris	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year

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