| Year |
Category |
Nominee |
Show |
Nom |
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Peter Stone |
Woman of the Year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Michael Stewart |
42nd Street
Production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Mark Bramble |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Monty Norman |
The Moony Shapiro Songbook
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Julian More |
The Moony Shapiro Songbook
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Book of a Musical |
Mary Kyte |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Michael Smuin |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Gower Champion |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year.
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Graciela Daniele |
The Pirates of Penzance
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Henry le Tan |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Donald McKayle |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Choreography |
Roland Petit |
Can-Can
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Costume Design |
Willa Kim |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Costume Design |
Theoni V. Aldredge |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Costume Design |
John Bury |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Costume Design |
Franca Squarciapino |
Can-Can
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Musical |
Wilford Leach |
The Pirates of Penzance
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Musical |
Gower Champion |
42nd Street
Production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Musical |
Robert Moore |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Musical |
Michael Smuin |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Play |
Marshall W. Mason |
Fifth of July
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Play |
Peter Hall |
Amadeus
Production took place the previous year.
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Play |
Austin Pendleton |
The Little Foxes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Direction of a Play |
Peter Coe |
A Life
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Lighting Design |
Tharon Musser |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Lighting Design |
John Bury |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Lighting Design |
Dennis Parichy |
Fifth of July
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Lighting Design |
Jennifer Tipton |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Lawrence Kasha |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Stewart F. Lane |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Carole J. Shorenstein |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Claire Nichtern |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
James M. Nederlander |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
David S. Landay |
Woman of the Year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Joan F. Tobin |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Eve Skina |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Larry J. Silva |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Richmond Crinkley |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Louise Westergaard |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Burton L. Litwin |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Sondra Gilman |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Manheim Fox |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
Roger S. Berlind |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Musical |
David Merrick |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
John Kander |
Woman of the Year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Fred Ebb |
Woman of the Year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Charles Strouse |
Charlie and Algernon
producer, production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
David Rogers |
Charlie and Algernon
producer, production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Al Kasha |
Copperfield
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Joel Hirschhorn |
Copperfield
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Lance Mulcahy |
Shakespeare's Cabaret
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Tony Azito |
The Pirates of Penzance
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Paxton Whitehead |
Camelot
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Hinton Battle |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
Adam Redfield |
A Life
production took place the previous year.
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
Shepperd Strudwick |
To Grandmother's House We Go
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
Tom Aldredge |
The Little Foxes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play |
Brian Backer |
The Floating Light Bulb
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Kevin Kline |
The Pirates of Penzance
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Gregory Hines |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical |
George Rose |
The Pirates of Penzance
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Martin Vidnovic |
Brigadoon
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
Ian McKellen |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year.
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
Tim Curry |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
Roy Dotrice |
A Life
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play |
Jack Weston |
The Floating Light Bulb
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Phyllis Hyman |
Sophisticated Ladies
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Marilyn Cooper |
Woman of the Year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Wanda Richert |
42nd Street
production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Lynne Thigpen |
Tintypes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
Swoosie Kurtz |
Fifth of July
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
Maureen Stapleton |
The Little Foxes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
Jessica Tandy |
Rose
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
Zoe Wanamaker |
Piaf
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Lauren Bacall |
Woman of the Year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Meg Bussert |
Brigadoon
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Chita Rivera |
Bring Back Birdie
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical |
Linda Ronstadt |
The Pirates of Penzance
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
Eva Le Gallienne |
To Grandmother's House We Go
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
Elizabeth Taylor |
The Little Foxes
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
Jane Lapotaire |
Piaf
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play |
Glenda Jackson |
Rose
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Warner Theater Productions |
Fifth of July
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions |
A Life
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Robert Lussier |
Fifth of July
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Hugh Leonard |
A Life
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Jerry Arrow |
Fifth of July
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Lanford Wilson |
Fifth of July
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions |
A Life
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Richard Horner |
A Life
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Lester Osterman |
A Life
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Yale Repertory Theater |
A Lesson From Aloes
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Louis Bush Hager Associates |
A Lesson From Aloes
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Richard Press |
A Lesson From Aloes
producer, production took place the previous year
|
|
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Peter Shaffer |
Amadeus
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Play |
The Shubert Organization |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Elizabeth I. McCann |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Nelle Nugent |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Roger S. Berlind |
Amadeus
production took place the previous year
|
Award winner |
| 1981 |
Best Play |
Athol Fugard |
A Lesson From Aloes
|
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