1984 Tony Award Winners

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1984	Best Book of a Musical	Harvey Fierstein	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	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 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	Theoni V. Aldredge	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Costume Design	Jane Greenwood	Heartbreak House production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Costume Design	Patricia Zipprodt	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Costume Design	Ann Hould-Ward	Sunday in the Park with George
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	Michael Blakemore	Noises Off production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Direction of a Play	David Leveaux	A Moon for the Misbegotten
1984	Best Direction of a Play	Gregory Mosher	Glengarry Glen Ross
1984	Best Direction of a Play	Mike Nichols	The Real Thing	Award winner
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	Allan Carr	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Musical	Kenneth D. Greenblatt	La Cage aux Folles	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Michel Stuart	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
1984	Best Musical	Evelyn Barron	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Stanley White	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Emanuel Azenberg	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Musical	The Shubert Organization	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Musical	Manuscript Productions	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Suzanne J. Schwartz	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Kenneth-John Productions	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Ivan Bloch	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	James B. Freydberg	Baby production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Fritz Holt	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year
1984	Best Musical	Barry Brown	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Barry Brown	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Martin Richards	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	James M. Nederlander	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Stewart F. Lane,	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year	Award winner
1984	Best Musical	Marvin A. Krauss	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Jerry Herman	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Richard Maltby, Jr	Baby
1984	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	John Kander	The Rink
1984	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Fred Ebb	The Rink
1984	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Stephen Sondheim	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Stephen Geoffreys	The Human Comedy
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Samuel E. Wright	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Todd Graff	Baby
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Hinton Battle	The Tap Dance Kid	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Philip Bosco	Heartbreak House production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Joe Mantegna	Glengarry Glen Ross	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Robert Prosky	Glengarry Glen Ross
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Douglas Seale	Noises Off production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	George Hearn	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Gene Barry	La Cage aux Folles production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Ron Moody	Oliver
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Mandy Patinkin	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Jeremy Irons	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Calvin Levels	Open Admissions
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Rex Harrison	Heartbreak House production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Ian McKellen	Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Martine Allard	The Tap Dance Kid production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Lila Kedrova	Zorba production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Liz Callaway	Baby
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Dana Ivey	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Christine Baranski	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Jo Henderson	Play Memory
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Dana Ivey	Heartbreak House
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Deborah Rush	Noises Off
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Chita Rivera	The Rink	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Rhetta Hughes	Amen Corner production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Liza Minnelli	The Rink
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Bernadette Peters	Sunday in the Park with George
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Linda Hunt	End of the World
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Kate Nelligan	A Moon for the Misbegotten
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Glenn Close	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Rosemary Harris	Heartbreak House production took place the previous year.
1984	Best Play	Hildy Parks	Play Memory
1984	Best Play	Alexander H. Cohen	Play Memory
1984	Best Play	Joanna Glass	Play Memory
1984	Best Play	Michael Codron	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	MTM Enterprises, Inc.	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Jonathan Farkas	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Michael Codron	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	The Kennedy Center	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Jerome Minskoff	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Robert Fryer	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Michael Frayn	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	Icarus Productions	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	James Nederlander	Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984	Best Play	The Shubert Organization	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	The Shubert Organization	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	The Real Thing
1984	Best Play	Tom Stoppard	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	Byron Goldman	The Real Thing	Award winner
1984	Best Play	Ivan Bloch	The Real Thing	Award winner

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