Tony Awards: 1976

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All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Travesties

Tom Stoppard (playwright)
David Merrick, Doris Cole Abrahams, and Burry Fredrik in association with S. Spencer Davids and Eddie Kulukundis (producers)

The First Breeze of Summer

Leslie Lee (playwright)
Negro Ensemble Co., Inc. (producer)

Knock Knock

Jules Pfeiffer (playwright)
Harry Rigby and Terry Allen Kramer (producers)

Lamppost Reunion

Louis La Russo II (playwright)
Joe Garofalo (producer)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

A Chorus Line

James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante (book)
Marvin Hamlisch (music)
Edward Kleban (lyrics)
New York Shakespeare Festival - Joseph Papp (producer)

Bubbling Brown Sugar

Loften Mitchell (book)
Rosetta LeNoire (concept)
various (music and lyrics)
J. Lloyd Grant, Richard Bell, Robert M. Cooper, and Ashton Springer in association with Moe Septee, Inc. (producers)

Chicago

Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse (book)
John Kander (music)
Fred Ebb (lyrics)
Robert Fryer and James Cresson (producers)

Pacific Overtures

John Weidman (book)
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell (producer)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

John Wood - Travesties
Moses Gunn - The Poison Tree
George C. Scott - Death of a Salesman
Donald Sinden - Habeas Corpus

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Irene Worth - Sweet Bird of Youth
Tovah Feldshuh - Yentl
Rosemary Harris - The Royal Family
Lynn Redgrave - Mrs. Warren's Profession

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

George Rose - My Fair Lady
Mako - Pacific Overtures
Jerry Orbach - Chicago
Ian Richardson - My Fair Lady

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Donna McKechnie - A Chorus Line
Vivian Reed - Bubbling Brown Sugar
Chita Rivera - Chicago
Gwen Verdon - Chicago

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Edward Herrmann - Mrs. Warren's Profession
Barry Bostwick - They Knew What They Wanted
Gabriel Dell - Lamppost Reunion
Daniel Seltzer - Knock Knock

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Shirley Knight - Kennedy's Children
Mary Beth Hurt - Trelawny of the `Wells'
Lois Nettleton - They Knew What They Wanted
Meryl Streep - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Sammy Williams - A Chorus Line
Robert LuPone - A Chorus Line
Charles Repole - Very Good Eddie
Isao Sato - Pacific Overtures

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Carole Bishop - A Chorus Line
Priscilla Lopez - A Chorus Line
Patti LuPone - The Robber Bridegroom
Virginia Seidel - Very Good Eddie

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Ellis Rabb - The Royal Family
Arvin Brown - Ah Wilderness
Marshall W. Mason - Knock Knock
Peter Wood - Travesties

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Bennett and Bob Avian - A Chorus Line
Patricia Birch - Pacific Overtures
Bob Fosse - Chicago
Billy Wilson - Bubbling Brown Sugar

BEST SCORE

Marvin Hamlisch (music) and Edward Kleban (lyrics) - A Chorus Line
John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) - Chicago
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) - Pacific Overtures
Scott Joplin (music and lyrics) - Treemonisha

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante - A Chorus Line
Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse - Chicago
John Weidman - Pacific Overtures
Alfred Uhry - The Robber Bridegroom

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Boris Aronson - Pacific Overtures
Ben Edwards - A Matter of Gravity
David Mitchell - Trelawny of the `Wells'
Tony Walton - Chicago

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tharon Musser - A Chorus Line
Ian Calderon - Trelawny of the `Wells'
Jules Fisher - Chicago
Tharon Musser - Pacific Overtures

SPECIAL AWARDS

Mathilde Pincus, for outstanding service to the Broadway musical theatre.
Thomas H. Fitzgerald, to the gifted lighting technician of countless Broadway shows and many Tony telecasts. (Posthumous)
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, co-stars and authors of Good Evening.
Circle in the Square, for twenty-five continuous years of quality productions.
Richard Burton

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

The Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. This award takes note of the company's balanced program of distinguished revivals and a broad spectrum of new works and American premieres of important foreign plays.

LAWRENCE LANGNER AWARD

George Abbot

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