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Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year Category Nominee Show Nom
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Eubie Blake Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Noble Sissle Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Andy Razaf Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre F. E. Miller Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Jim Europe Eubie!
1979 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Jerry Herman The Grand Tour
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Gregory Hines Eubie!
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Ron Holgate The Grand Tour
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Henderson Forsythe The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Richard Cox Platinum production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Edward James Olmos Zoot Suit
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Bob Balaban The Inspector General production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Michael Gough Bedroom Farce Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Joseph Maher Spokesong
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Len Cariou Sweeney Todd
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Vincent Gardenia Ballroom production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Joel Grey The Grand Tour
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Robert Klein They're Playing Our Song
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Tom Conti Who's Life Is It Anyway? Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Philip Anglim The Elephant Man
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Jack Lemmon Tribute
1979 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Alec McCowen St. Mark's Gospel production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Carlin Glynn The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Joan Ellis The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Millicent Martin King of Hearts production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Maxine Sullivan My Old Friends
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Laurie Kennedy Man and Superman production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Susan Littler Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Mary-Joan Negro Wings
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Joan Hickson Bedroom Farce Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Alexis Smith Platinum production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Dorothy Loudon Ballroom production took place the previous year
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Angela Lansbury Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Jane Alexander First Monday in October
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Carole Shelley The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play ConstanceCummings Wings Award winner
1979 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Frances Sternhagen On Golden Pond
1979 Best Play Arthur Kopit Wings
1979 Best Play The Kennedy Center Wings
1979 Best Play Bernard Pomerance The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Play Ray Cooney Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979 Best Play James Nederlander Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979 Best Play Emanuel Azenberg Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979 Best Play Brian Clark Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1979 Best Play Frank Milton Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Play George W. George Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Play Roger L. Stevens Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Play Robert Whitehead Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Play Alan Ayckbourn Bedroom Farce
1979 Best Play Nelle Nugent The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Play Elizabeth Ireland McCann The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Play Richmond Crinkley The Elephant Man Award winner
1979 Best Scenic Design David Jenkins The Elephant Man
1979 Best Scenic Design John Wulp The Crucifer of Blood Production took place the previous year.
1979 Best Scenic Design Karl Eigsti Knockout
1979 Best Scenic Design Eugene Lee Sweeney Todd Award winner
1979 Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre Richard Rodgers 0 Award winner
1979 Regional Theater Tony Award American Conservatory Theater 0 Award winner
1978 Best Book of a Musical Betty Comden On the Twentieth Century Award winner
1978 Best Book of a Musical Larry L. King The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1978 Best Book of a Musical Adolph Green On the Twentieth Century Award winner
1978 Best Book of a Musical Christopher Durang A History of the American Film
1978 Best Book of a Musical Elizabeth Swados Runaways
1978 Best Book of a Musical Stephen Schwartz Working
1978 Best Choreography Elizabeth Swados Runaways
1978 Best Choreography Bob Fosse Dancin' Award winner
1978 Best Choreography Arthur Faria Ain't Misbehavin'
1978 Best Choreography Ron Lewis The Act
1978 Best Costume Design Edward Gorey Dracula Production took place the previous year. Award winner
1978 Best Costume Design Halston The Act Production took place the previous year.
1978 Best Costume Design Geoffrey Holder Timbuktu!
1978 Best Costume Design Willa Kim Dancin'
1978 Best Direction of a Musical Richard Maltby, Jr Ain't Misbehavin' Award winner
1978 Best Direction of a Musical Elizabeth Swados Runaways
1978 Best Direction of a Musical Harold Prince On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Direction of a Musical Bob Fosse Dancin'
1978 Best Direction of a Play Melvin Bernhardt Da Production took place 1880 year. Award winner
1978 Best Direction of a Play Robert Moore Deathtrap
1978 Best Direction of a Play Mike Nichols The Gin Game Production took place the previous year.
1978 Best Direction of a Play Dennis Rosa Dracula Production took place the previous year.
1978 Best Lighting Design Ken Billington Working
1978 Best Lighting Design Tharon Musser The Act Production took place the previous year
1978 Best Lighting Design Jules Fisher Beatlemania Production took place the previous year.
1978 Best Lighting Design Jules Fisher Dancin' Award winner
1978 Best Musical Dasha Epstein Ain't Misbehavin' Award winner
1978 Best Musical Emanuel Azenberg Ain't Misbehavin' Award winner
1978 Best Musical Mary Lea Johnson On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical Jane Gaynor Ain't Misbehavin' Award winner
1978 Best Musical Ron Dante Ain't Misbehavin' Award winner
1978 Best Musical Jules Fisher Dancin'
1978 Best Musical Columbia Pictures Dancin'
1978 Best Musical Circle 2 On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical Robert Fryer On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical James Cresson On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical Martin Richards On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical Ira Bernstein On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Musical Joseph Papp Runaways
1978 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Betty Comden On the Twentieth Century Award winner
1978 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Cy Coleman On the Twentieth Century
1978 Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Stephen Schwartz Working

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