Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1986	Best Revival	Stephen Graham	The Iceman Cometh production took place the previous year
1986	Best Revival	Mark Simon	Loot
1986	Best Revival	James M. Nederlander	Sweet Charity	Award winner
1986	Best Revival	Lewis Allen	The Iceman Cometh
1986	Best Revival	MBS Co.	Hay Fever
1986	Best Revival	Roger Peters	Hay Fever production took place the previous year
1986	Best Revival	Joseph Harris	Sweet Charity	Award winner
1986	Best Revival	Arthur Rubin	Sweet Charity	Award winner
1986	Best Revival	Ben Edwards	The Iceman Cometh production took place the previous year
1986	Best Scenic Design	Tony Walton	The House of Blue Leaves	Award winner
1986	Best Scenic Design	Ben Edwards	The Iceman Cometh production took place the previous year
1986	Best Scenic Design	David Mitchell	The Boys of Winter
1986	Best Scenic Design	Beni Montresor	The Marriage of Figaro production took place the previous year .
1985	Best Book of a Musical	Molly Newman	Quilters
1985	Best Book of a Musical	Michael Stewart	Harrigan 'n Hart
1985	Best Book of a Musical	Barbara Damashek	Quilters producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Book of a Musical	Grind	Fay Kanin
1985	Best Book of a Musical	Big River	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Costume Design	Florence Klotz	Grind	Award winner
1985	Best Costume Design	Patricia McGourty	Big River
1985	Best Costume Design	Alexander Reid	Cyrano de Bergerac producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Costume Design	Alexander Reid	Much Ado about Nothing producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Direction of a Musical	Mitch Leigh	The King and I
1985	Best Direction of a Musical	Barbara Damashek	Quilters producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Direction of a Musical	Des McAnuff	Big River
1985	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	Grind
1985	Best Direction of a Play	Keith Hack	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Direction of a Play	Terry Hands	Much Ado About Nothing producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Direction of a Play	Marshall W. Mason	As Is
1985	Best Direction of a Play	Gene Saks	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Lighting Design	Allen Lee Hughes	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Lighting Design	Terry Hands	Much Ado About Nothing
1985	Best Lighting Design	Richard Riddell	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Lighting Design	Terry Hands	Cyrano de Bergerac production took place the previous year
1985	Best Musical	Francine LeFrak	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	Clive Davis	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	John Hart Associates	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	Rodger Hess	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	Rocco Landesman	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Musical	The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Quilters
1985	Best Musical	Nelle Nugent	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	The American National Theatre and Academy	Quilters
1985	Best Musical	Brockman Seawell	Quilters producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Musical	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	Richard Kagan	Leader of the Pack
1985	Best Musical	Jonathan Farkas	Grind
1985	Best Musical	Michael Frazier	Grind
1985	Best Musical	Harold Prince	Grind
1985	Best Musical	John J. Pomerantz	Grind
1985	Best Musical	Kenneth D. Greenblatt	Grind
1985	Best Musical	Dodger Theatricals	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Musical	M. Anthony Fisher	Big River
1985	Best Musical	Rick Steiner	Big River
1985	Best Musical	Heidi Landesman	Big River
1985	Best Musical	The Denver Center for the Performing Arts	Quilters
1985	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Barbara Damashek	Quilters
1985	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Ellen Fitzhugh	Grind
1985	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Roger Miller	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Larry Grossman	Grind
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Ron Richardson	Big River	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Rene Auberjonois	Big River
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Daniel H. Jenkins	Big River
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Kurt Knudson	Take Me Along
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	John Herrera	The Mystery of Edwin Drood producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Barry Miller	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Barry Miller	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Charles S. Dutton	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom producer, production took place the previous year.
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	William Hurt	Hurlyburly producer, production took place the previous year
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Edward Petherbridge	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	John Lithgow	Requiem for a Heavyweight
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	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 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	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	Rosemary Harris	Pack of Lies
1985	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Glenda Jackson	Strange Interlude
1985	Best Play	John Glines/Lawrence Lane	As Is
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	Los Angeles	Biloxi Blues	Award winner
1985	Best Play	The Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre	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

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