1979 Tony Award Winners

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1979	Best Book of a Musical	Hugh Wheeler	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
1979	Best Book of a Musical	Jerome Kass	Ballroom production took place the previous year
1979	Best Book of a Musical	Peter Masterson	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	Larry L. King	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979	Best Choreography	Michael Bennett	Ballroom production took place the previous year	Award winner
1979	Best Choreography	Bob Avian	Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979	Best Choreography	Henry LeTang	Eubie!
1979	Best Choreography	Billy Wilson	Eubie!
1979	Best Choreography	Dan Siretta	Whoopee!
1979	Best Choreography	Tommy Tune	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1979	Best Costume Design	Franne Lee	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
1979	Best Costume Design	Theoni V. Aldredge	Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979	Best Costume Design	Ann Roth	The Crucifer of Blood Production took place the previous year
1979	Best Costume Design	Julie Weiss	The Elephant Man
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	Ken Billington	Sweeney Todd
1979	Best Lighting Design	Beverly Emmons	The Elephant Man
1979	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	Ballroom producer, production took place the previous year
1979	Best Musical	Richard Barr	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
1979	Best Musical	Charles Woodward	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
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	Bernard Gersten	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	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
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	Johnny Brandon	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	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 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 Play	Michael Gough	Bedroom Farce	Award winner
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	Joseph Maher	Spokesong
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 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	Joan Hickson	Bedroom Farce	Award winner
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 Leading Role in a Musical	Angela Lansbury	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
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	Alexis Smith	Platinum production took place the previous year
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	Carole Shelley	The Elephant Man	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	Frances Sternhagen	On Golden Pond
1979	Best Play	Bernard Pomerance	The Elephant Man	Award winner
1979	Best Play	Richmond Crinkley	The Elephant Man	Award winner
1979	Best Play	Elizabeth Ireland McCann	The Elephant Man	Award winner
1979	Best Play	Nelle Nugent	The Elephant Man	Award winner
1979	Best Play	Alan Ayckbourn	Bedroom Farce
1979	Best Play	Robert Whitehead	Bedroom Farce
1979	Best Play	Roger L. Stevens	Bedroom Farce
1979	Best Play	George W. George	Bedroom Farce
1979	Best Play	Frank Milton	Bedroom Farce
1979	Best Play	Brian Clark	Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1979	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979	Best Play	James Nederlander	Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979	Best Play	Ray Cooney	Whose Life Is It Anyway
1979	Best Play	Arthur Kopit	Wings
1979	Best Play	The Kennedy Center	Wings
1979	Best Scenic Design	Eugene Lee	Sweeney Todd	Award winner
1979	Best Scenic Design	Karl Eigsti	Knockout
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.

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