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Use the search below to find Tony Award winners by year, production, or category. This database includes winners from 1947 to 2025.
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Year Category Nominee Show Nom
1987 Best Play Christopher Hampton Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play James M. Nederlander Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play The Shubert Organization Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play Jerome Minskoff Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play Elizabeth Ireland McCann Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play Stephen Graham Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987 Best Play Jonathan Farkas Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1986 Best Play James Walsh I'm Not Rappaport production took place the previous year Award winner
1986 Best Play Lewis Allen I'm Not Rappaport production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Martin Heinfling I'm Not Rappaport Production took place the previous year. Award winner
1986 Best Play Michael Frayn Benefactors Production took place the previous year.
1986 Best Play James M. Nederlander Benefactors production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Robert Fryer Benefactors production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Douglas Urbanski Douglas Urbanski production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Michael Codron Benefactors production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play MTM Enterprises Benefactors production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play CBS Productions Benefactors production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Athol Fugard Blood Knot production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play James B. Freydberg Blood Knot production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Max Weitzenhoffer Blood Knot
1986 Best Play Lucille Lortel Blood Knot production took place the previous year
1986 Best Play Gregory Mosher The House of Blue Leaves
1986 Best Play Bernard Gersten The House of Blue Leaves
1985 Best Play Neil Simon Biloxi Blues producer, production took place the 2009 year Award winner
1985 Best Play Emanuel Azenberg Biloxi Blues Award winner
1985 Best Play The Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre Biloxi Blues Award winner
1985 Best Play Los Angeles Biloxi Blues Award winner
1985 Best Play William M. Hoffman As Is Award winner
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.
1984 Best Play Tom Stoppard The Real Thing Award winner
1984 Best Play Emanuel Azenberg The Real Thing
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 Icarus Productions 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
1984 Best Play Roger Berlind The Real Thing Award winner
1984 Best Play Michael Codron The Real Thing Award winner
1984 Best Play David Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross
1984 Best Play Elliot Martin Glengarry Glen Ross
1984 Best Play The Shubert Organization Glengarry Glen Ross
1984 Best Play Arnold Bernhard Glengarry Glen Ross
1984 Best Play The Goodman Theater Glengarry Glen Ross
1984 Best Play Michael Frayn Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play James Nederlander Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play Robert Fryer Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play Jerome Minskoff 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 Michael Codron Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play Jonathan Farkas Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play MTM Enterprises, Inc. Noises Off production took place the previous year
1984 Best Play Joanna Glass Play Memory
1984 Best Play Alexander H. Cohen Play Memory
1984 Best Play Hildy Parks Play Memory
1983 Best Play Harvey Fierstein Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1983 Best Play Kenneth Waissman Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1983 Best Play Martin Markinson Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Play Lawrence Lane Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Play John Glines Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year.
1983 Best Play BetMar Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1983 Best Play Donald Tick Torch Song Trilogy producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1983 Best Play Lanford Wilson Angels Fall
1983 Best Play Elliot Martin Angels Fall
1983 Best Play Circle Repertory Co Angels Fall
1983 Best Play Circle Repertory Co Angels Fall
1983 Best Play Lucille Lortel Angels Fall
1983 Best Play The Shubert Organization Angels Fall
1983 Best Play The Kennedy Center Angels Fall
1983 Best Play Marsha Norman Night, Mother
1983 Best Play Dann Byck Night, Mother
1983 Best Play Wendell Cherry Night, Mother
1983 Best Play The Shubert Organization Night, Mother
1983 Best Play Frederick M. Zollo Night, Mother
1983 Best Play David Hare Plenty
1983 Best Play Joseph Papp Plenty
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 James M. Nederlander The Dresser 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

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