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Year Category Nominee Show Nom
1980 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Charles Brown Home production took place the previous year
1980 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Gerlad Hiken Strider producer, production took place the previous year
1980 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Judd Hirsch Talley's Folly
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Priscilla Lopez A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine Award winner
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Debbie Allen West Side Story
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Glenn Close Barnum
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Josie de Guzman West Side Story
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Dinah Manoff I Ought to be in Pictures Award winner
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Maureen Anderman The Lady from Dubuque
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Pamela Burrell Strider production took place the previous year
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Lois de Banzie Morning's at Seven
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Ann Miller Sugar Babies
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Sandy Duncan Peter Pan
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Christine Andreas Oklahoma!
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Patti LuPone Evita Award winner
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Maggie Smith Night and Day production took place the previous year
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Phyllis Frelich Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Anne Twomey Nuts
1980 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Blythe Danner Betrayal
1980 Best Play Emanuel Azenberg Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Play Mark Medoff Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Play The Shubert Organization Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Play Lanford Wilson Talley's Folly
1980 Best Play Dasha Epstein Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Play Ron Dante Children of a Lesser God Award winner
1980 Best Play Jack Schlissel Bent
1980 Best Play Steven Steinlauf Bent
1980 Best Play Samm-Art Williams Home
1980 Best Play Nancy Cooperstein Talley's Folly
1980 Best Play Porter Van Zandt Talley's Folly
1980 Best Play Marc Howard Talley's Folly
1980 Best Play Gerald S. Krone Home
1980 Best Play Ray Larsen Home
1980 Best Play Elizabeth Ireland McCann Home
1980 Best Play Nelle Nugent Home
1980 Best Revival Peter Pan Major Barbara
1980 Best Revival Elizabeth Ireland McCann Morning's at Seven Award winner
1980 Best Revival Nelle Nugent Morning's at Seven Award winner
1980 Best Revival Ray Larson Morning's at Seven Award winner
1980 Best Revival Circle in the Square Major Barbara
1980 Best Revival Zev Bufman Peter Pan
1980 Best Revival Gladys Rackmil West Side Story
1980 Best Revival The John F. Kennedy Center West Side Story
1980 Best Revival James M. Nederlander West Side Story
1980 Best Revival Ruth Mitchell West Side Story
1980 Best Scenic Design David Mitchell Barnum Award winner
1980 Best Scenic Design Tazeena Firth Evita
1980 Best Scenic Design Tony Walton A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980 Best Scenic Design John Lee Beatty Talley's Folly Award winner
1980 Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre Helen Hayes 0 Award winner
1980 Regional Theater Tony Award Actors Theatre of Louisville 0 Award winner
1980 Special Tony Award East Haddam Whose Life Is It Anyway? Award winner
1980 Special Tony Award Goodspeed Opera House Whose Life Is It Anyway? Award winner
1980 Special Tony Award Mary Tyler Moore Whose Life Is It Anyway? Award winner
1980 Theatre Award '80 Richard Fitzgerald Variety Award winner
1980 Theatre Award '80 Hobe Morrison Variety Production took place the 1857 year. Award winner
1979 Best Book of a Musical Larry L. King The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979 Best Book of a Musical Neil Simon They're Playing Our Song
1979 Best Book of a Musical Peter Masterson The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979 Best Book of a Musical Jerome Kass Ballroom production took place the previous year
1979 Best Book of a Musical Hugh Wheeler Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Choreography Tommy Tune The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979 Best Choreography Dan Siretta Whoopee!
1979 Best Choreography Billy Wilson Eubie!
1979 Best Choreography Henry LeTang Eubie!
1979 Best Choreography Bob Avian Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979 Best Choreography Michael Bennett Ballroom production took place the previous year Award winner
1979 Best Costume Design Julie Weiss The Elephant Man
1979 Best Costume Design Ann Roth The Crucifer of Blood Production took place the previous year
1979 Best Costume Design Theoni V. Aldredge Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979 Best Costume Design Franne Lee Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Direction of a Musical Harold Prince Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Direction of a Musical Michael Bennett Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979 Best Direction of a Musical Peter Masterson Tommy Tune producer, production took place the 1975 year
1979 Best Direction of a Musical Robert Moore They're Playing Our Song
1979 Best Direction of a Play Jack Hofsiss The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Direction of a Play Alan Ayckbourn Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Direction of a Play Peter Hall Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Direction of a Play Paul Giovanni The Crucifer of Blood producer, production took place the previous year
1979 Best Direction of a Play Michael Lindsay-Hogg Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979 Best Lighting Design Roger Morgan The Crucifer of Blood producer, production took place the previous year. Award winner
1979 Best Lighting Design Tharon Musser Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979 Best Lighting Design Beverly Emmons The Elephant Man
1979 Best Lighting Design Ken Billington Sweeney Todd
1979 Best Musical Richard Barr Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Musical Charles Woodward Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Musical Bernard Gersten Ballroom production took place the previous year .
1979 Best Musical Robert Fryer Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Musical Mary Lea Johnson Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Musical Martin Richards Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Musical Michael Bennett Ballroom production took place the previous year .
1979 Best Musical Bob Avian Ballroom production took place the previous year .
1979 Best Musical Susan MacNair Ballroom production took place the previous year .
1979 Best Musical Universal Pictures The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas production took place the previous year .
1979 Best Musical Emanuel Azenberg They're Playing Our Song
1979 Best Musical Bob Avian Ballroom
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Johnny Brandon Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Stephen Sondheim Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Burton Lane Carmelina
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Alan Jay Lerner Carmelina

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