1981 Tony Award Winners

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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	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	Michael Smuin	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	Peter Hall	Amadeus Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Coe	A Life production took place the previous year.
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Marshall W. Mason	Fifth of July production took place the previous year
1981	Best Direction of a Play	Austin Pendleton	The Little Foxes
1981	Best Lighting Design	John Bury	Amadeus production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	42nd Street production took place the previous year
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	David Merrick	42nd Street production took place the previous year	Award winner
1981	Best Musical	Roger S. Berlind	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Manheim Fox	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Sondra Gilman	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Burton L. Litwin	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Louise Westergaard	Sophisticated Ladies
1981	Best Musical	Richmond Crinkley	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Larry J. Silva	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Eve Skina	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Joan F. Tobin	Tintypes
1981	Best Musical	Lawrence Kasha	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	David S. Landay	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	James M. Nederlander	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Claire Nichtern	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Carole J. Shorenstein	Woman of the Year
1981	Best Musical	Stewart F. Lane	Woman of the Year
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	Hinton Battle	Sophisticated Ladies	Award winner
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 Play	Brian Backer	The Floating Light Bulb	Award winner
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	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 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	Marilyn Cooper	Woman of the Year	Award winner
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	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	Jane Lapotaire	Piaf	Award winner
1981	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Glenda Jackson	Rose
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 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
1981	Best Play	Jay J. Cohen	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	Louis Bush Hager Associates	A Lesson From Aloes 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	Hugh Leonard	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Lester Osterman	A Life producer, production took place the previous year
1981	Best Play	Richard Horner	A Life
1981	Best Play	Hinks Shimberg	A Life 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	Lanford Wilson	Fifth of July 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	Robert Lussier	Fifth of July producer, production took place the previous year

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