Tony Awards: 1983

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BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Torch Song Trilogy

Harvey Fierstein (playwright)
Kenneth Waissman, Martin Markinson, Lawrence Lane, John Glines, BetMar, and Donald Tick (producers)

Angels Fall

Lanford Wilson (playwright)
Elliot Martin, Circle Repertory Co., Lucille Lortel, The Shubert Organization, and The Kennedy Center (producers)

’night Mother

Marsha Norman (playwright)
Dann Byck, Wendell Cherry, The Shubert Organization and Frederick M. Zollo (producers)

Plenty

David Hare (playwright)
Joseph Papp (producer)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Cats

T.S. Eliot (book and lyrics)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music)
Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Company, Inc., David Geffen, and The Shubert Organization (producers)

Blues in the Night

Sheldon Epps (conceiver)
Mitchell Maxwell, Alan J. Schuster, Fred H. Krones, and M2 Entertainment, Inc. (producers)

Merlin

Richard Levinson and William Link (book)
Elmer Bernstein (music)
Don Black (lyrics)
Ivan Reitman, Columbia Pictures Stage Productions, Inc., Marvin A. Krauss, and James M. Nederlander (producers)

My One and Only

Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer (book)
(music)
(lyrics)
Paramount Theatre Productions, Francine LeFrak, and Kenneth-Mark Productions (producers)

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION OF A REVIVAL

On Your Toes

Alfred de Liagre, Jr., Roger L. Stevens, John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and Andre Pastoria (producers)

All’s Well That Ends Well

The Royal Shakespeare Company (producer)

A View From the Bridge

Zev Bufman and Sidney Schlenker (producers)

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Circle in the Square Theatre and The Kennedy Center (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy
Jeffrey DeMunn – K2
Edward Herrmann – Plenty
Tony Lo Bianco– A View from the Bridge

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Jessica Tandy – Foxfire
Kathy Bates – ’night, Mother
Kate Nelligan – Plenty
Anne Pitoniak – ’night, Mother

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Tommy Tune – My One and Only
Al Green – Your Arm's Too Short To Box With God
George Hearn – A Doll’s Life
Michael V. Smartt – Porgy and Bess

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Natalia Makarova – On Your Toes
Lonette McKee – Show Boat
Chita Rivera – Merlin
Twiggy – My One and Only

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Matthew Broderick – Brighton Beach Memoirs
Zelijko Ivanek – Brighton Beach Memoirs
George N. Martin – Plenty
Stephen Moore – All’s Well That Ends Well

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Judith Ivey – Steaming
Elizabeth Franz – Brighton Beach Memoirs
Roxanne Hart – Passion
Margaret Tyzack – All’s Well That Ends Well

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Charles Honi Coles – My One and Only
Harry Groener – Cats
Stephen Hanan – Cats
Lara Teeter – On Your Toes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Betty Buckley – Cats
Christine Andreas – On Your Toes
Karla Burns – Show Boat
Denny Dillon – My One and Only

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Gene Saks – Brighton Beach Memoirs
Marshall W. Mason – Angels Fall
Tom Moore – ’night, Mother
Trevor Nunn – All’s Well That Ends Well

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Trevor Nunn – Cats
Michael Kahn – Show Boat
Ivan Reitman – Merlin
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh – My One and Only

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh – My One and Only
George Faison – Porgy and Bess
Gillian Lynne – Cats
Donald Saddler – On Your Toes

BEST SCORE

Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and T.S. Eliot (lyrics) – Nine
Larry Grossman (music) and Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics) – A Doll’s Life
Elmer Bernstein (music) and Don Black (lyrics) – Merlin
Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, and Joel Hirschhorn (music) and Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (lyrics) – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

T.S. Eliot – Cats
Betty Comden and Adolph Green] – A Doll’s Life
Richard Levinson and William Link – Merlin
Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer – My One and Only

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Ming Cho Lee – K2
John Gunter – All’s Well That Ends Well
David Mitchell – Foxfire
John Napier – Cats

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

John Napier – Cats
Lindy Hemming – All’s Well That Ends Well
Rita Ryack – My One and Only
Patricia Zipprodt – Alice in Wondeland

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

David Hersey – Cats
Ken Billington – Foxfire
Robert Bryan – All’s Well That Ends Well
Allen Lee Hughes – K2

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Actors’ Fund of America

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