1979 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Len Cariou	Sweeney Todd
Actor (Musical)	Vincent Gardenia	Ballroom
Actor (Musical)	Joel Grey	The Grand Tour
Actor (Musical)	Robert Klein	They're Playing Our Song
Actor (Play)	Tom Conti	Who's Life Is It Anyway?
Actor (Play)	Philip Anglim	The Elephant Song
Actor (Play)	Jack Lemmon	Tribute
Actor (Play)	Alec McCowen	St. Mark's Gospel
Actress (Musical)	Angela Lansbury	Sweeney Todd
Actress (Musical)	Tovah Feldshuh	Sarava
Actress (Musical)	Dorothy Loudon	Ballroom
Actress (Musical)	Alexis Smith	Platinum
Actress (Play)	Constance Cummings	Wings tie
Actress (Play)	Carole Shelley	The Elephant Man tie
Actress (Play)	Jane Alexander	First Monday in October
Actress (Play)	Frances Sternhagen	On Golden Pond
Book (Musical)	Hugh Wheeler	Sweeney Todd
Book (Musical)	Jerome Kass	Ballroom
Book (Musical)	Larry L. King and Peter Masterson	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Book (Musical)	Neil Simon	They're Playing Our Song
Choreographer	Michael Bennett and Bob Avian	Ballroom
Choreographer	Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson	Eubie!
Choreographer	Dan Siretta	Whoopie!
Choreographer	Tommy Tune	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Costume Designer	Franne Lee	Sweeney Todd
Costume Designer	Theoni V. Aldredge	Ballroom
Costume Designer	Ann Roth	The Crucifer of Blood
Costume Designer	Julie Weiss	The Elephant Man
Director (Musical)	Harold Prince	Sweeney Todd
Director (Musical)	Michael Bennett	Ballroom
Director (Musical)	Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Director (Musical)	Robert Moore	They're Playing Our Song
Director (Play)	Jack Hofsiss	The Elephant Man
Director (Play)	Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Hall	Bedroom Farce
Director (Play)	Paul Giovanni	The Crucifer of Blood
Director (Play)	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Featured Actor (Musical)	Henderson Forsythe	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Featured Actor (Musical)	Richard Cox	Platinum
Featured Actor (Musical)	Gregory Hines	Eubie!
Featured Actor (Musical)	Ron Holgate	The Grand Tour
Featured Actor (Play)	Michael Gough	Bedroom Farce
Featured Actor (Play)	Bob Balaban	The Inspector General
Featured Actor (Play)	Joseph Maher	Spokesong
Featured Actor (Play)	Edward James Olmos	Zoot Suit
Featured Actress (Musical)	Carlin Glynn	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Featured Actress (Musical)	Joan Ellis	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Featured Actress (Musical)	Millicent Martin	King of Hearts
Featured Actress (Musical)	Maxine Sullivan	My Old Friends
Featured Actress (Play)	Joan Hickson	Bedroom Farce
Featured Actress (Play)	Laurie Kennedy	Man and Superman
Featured Actress (Play)	Susan Littler	Bedroom Farce
Featured Actress (Play)	Mary-Joan Negro	Wings
Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre	Richard Rodgers	Lawrence Langner Award
Lighting Designer	Roger Morgan	The Crucifer of Blood
Lighting Designer	Ken Billington	Sweeney Todd
Lighting Designer	Beverly Emmons	The Elephant Man
Lighting Designer	Tharon Musser	Ballroom
Musical		Sweeney Todd Produced by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards
Musical		Ballroom Produced by Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Bernard Gersten, and Susan MacNair
Musical		The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Produced by Universal Pictures
Musical		They're Playing Our Song Produced by Emanuel Azenberg
Play		The Elephant Man By Bernard Pomerance. Produced by Richmond Crinkley, Elizabeth I. McCann, and Nelle Nugent.
Play		Bedroom Farce By Alan Ayckbourn. Produced by Robert Whitehead, Roger L. Stevens, George W. George, and Frank Milton.
Play		Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Brian Clark. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, James Nederlander, and Ray Cooney.
Play		Wings By Arthur Kopit. Produced by the Kennedy Center.
Regional Theatre Award	American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California
Scenic Designer	Eugene Lee	Sweeney Todd
Scenic Designer	Karl Eigsti	Knockout
Scenic Designer	David Jenkins	The Elephant Man
Scenic Designer	John Wulp	The Crucifer of Blood
Score	Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Sweeney Todd
Score	Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner	Carmelina
Score	Music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F. E. Miller, Johnny Brandon, and Jim Europe	Eubie!
Score	Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman	The Grand Tour
Special Tony Awards	Henry Fonda
Special Tony Awards	Walter F. Diehl	International President of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, has been an active force in advancing the well-being of the Broadway theatre and of theatre nationally
Special Tony Awards	Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut