1981 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Kevin Kline	The Pirates of Penzance
Actor (Musical)	Gregory Hines	Sophisticated Ladies
Actor (Musical)	Martin Vidnovic	Brigadoon
Actor (Musical)	George Rose	The Pirates of Penzance
Actor (Play)	Ian McKellen	Amadeus
Actor (Play)	Tim Curry	Amadeus
Actor (Play)	Roy Dotrice	A Life
Actor (Play)	Jack Weston	The Floating Light Bulb
Actress (Musical)	Lauren Bacall	Woman of the Year
Actress (Musical)	Meg Bussert	Brigadoon
Actress (Musical)	Chita Rivera	Bring Back Birdie
Actress (Musical)	Linda Ronstadt	The Pirates of Penzance
Actress (Play)	Jane Lapotaire	Piaf
Actress (Play)	Glenda Jackson	Rose
Actress (Play)	Eva Le Gallienne	To Grandmother's House We Go
Actress (Play)	Elizabeth Taylor	The Little Foxes
Book (Musical)	Peter Stone	Woman of the Year
Book (Musical)	Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble	42nd Street
Book (Musical)	Monty Norman and Julian More	The Moony Shapiro Songbook
Book (Musical)	Mary Kyte	Tintypes
Choreographer	Gower Champion	42nd Street
Choreographer	Graciela Daniele	The Pirates of Penzance
Choreographer	Henry le Tan, Donald McKayle, and Michael Smuin	Sophisticated Ladies
Choreographer	Roland Petit	Can-Can
Costume Designer	Willa Kim	Sophisticated Ladies
Costume Designer	Theoni V. Aldredge	42nd Street
Costume Designer	John Bury	Amadeus
Costume Designer	Franca Squarciapino	Can-Can
Director (Musical)	Wilford Leach	The Pirates of Penzance
Director (Musical)	Gower Champion	42nd Street
Director (Musical)	Robert Moore	Woman of the Year
Director (Musical)	Michael Smuin	Sophisticated Ladies
Director (Play)	Peter Hall	Amadeus
Director (Play)	Peter Coe	A Life
Director (Play)	Marshall W. Mason	Fifth of July
Director (Play)	Austin Pendleton	The Little Foxes
Featured Actor (Musical)	Hinton Battle	Sophisticated Ladies
Featured Actor (Musical)	Tony Azito	The Pirates of Penzance
Featured Actor (Musical)	Lee Roy Reams	42nd Street
Featured Actor (Musical)	Paxton Whitehead	Camelot
Featured Actor (Play)	Brian Backer	The Floating Light Bulb
Featured Actor (Play)	Tom Aldredge	The Little Foxes
Featured Actor (Play)	Adam Redfield	A Life
Featured Actor (Play)	Shepperd Strudwick	To Grandmother's House We Go
Featured Actress (Musical)	Marilyn Cooper	Woman of the Year
Featured Actress (Musical)	Phyllis Hyman	Sophisticated Ladies
Featured Actress (Musical)	Wanda Richert	42nd Street
Featured Actress (Musical)	Lynne Thigpen	Tintypes
Featured Actress (Play)	Swoosie Kurtz	Fifth of July
Featured Actress (Play)	Maureen Stapleton	The Little Foxes
Featured Actress (Play)	Jessica Tandy	Rose
Featured Actress (Play)	Zoe Wanamaker	Piaf
Lighting Designer	John Bury	Amadeus
Lighting Designer	Tharon Musser	42nd Street
Lighting Designer	Dennis Parichy	Fifth of July
Lighting Designer	Jennifer Tipton	Sophisticated Ladies
Musical		42nd Street Produced by David Merrick
Musical		Sophisticated Ladies Produced by Roger S. Berlind, Manheim Fox, Sondra Gilman, Burton L. Litwin, Louise Westergaard, Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation, and Norzar Productions, Inc.
Musical		Tintypes Produced by Richmond Crinkley, Royal Pardon Productions, Ivan Block, Larry J. Silva, Eve Skina, and Joan F. Tobin
Musical		Woman of the Year Produced by Lawrence Kasha, David S. Landay, James M. Nederlander, Warner Theater Productions, Claire Nichtern, Carole J. Shorenstein, and Stewart F. Lane
Play		Amadeus By Peter Shaffer. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, and Roger S. Berlind.
Play		A Lesson From Aloes By Athol Fugard. Produced by Jay J. Cohen, Richard Press, Louis Bush Hager Associates, and Yale Repertory Theater.
Play		A Life By Hugh Leonard. Produced by Lester Osterman, Richard Horner, Hinks Shimberg, and Freydberg-Cutler-Diamond Productions.
Play		Fifth of July By Lanford Wilson. Produced by Jerry Arrow, Robert Lussier, and Warner Theater Productions.
Regional Theatre Award	Trinity Square Repertory Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Revival (Musical)		The Pirates of Penzance Category name was Best Reproduction until 1986, then Best Revival, split into Play/Musical categories in 1994; Produced by Joseph Papp and The New York Shakespeare Festival
Revival (Musical)		Brigadoon Category name was Best Reproduction until 1986, then Best Revival, split into Play/Musical categories in 1994; Produced by Zev Bufman and The Shubert Organization
Revival (Musical)		Camelot Category name was Best Reproduction until 1986, then Best Revival, split into Play/Musical categories in 1994; Produced by Mike Merrick and Don Gregory
Revival (Play)		The Little Foxes Category name was Best Reproduction until 1986, then Best Revival, split into Play/Musical categories in 1994; Produced by Zev Bufman, Donald C. Carter and Jon Cultler
Scenic Designer	John Bury	Amadeus
Scenic Designer	John Lee Beatty	Fifth of July
Scenic Designer	Santo Loquasto	The Suicide
Scenic Designer	David Mitchell	Can-Can
Score	Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb	Woman of the Year
Score	Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by David Rogers	Charlie and Algernon
Score	Music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn	Copperfield
Score	Music by Lance Mulcahy	Shakespeare's Cabaret
Special Tony Awards	Lena Horne	Lena Horne: The Lady and her Music