Tony Awards: 1982

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

David Edgar (playwright)
James M. Nederlander, The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth I. McCann, and Nelle Nugent (producers)

Crimes of the Heart

Beth Henley (playwright)
Warner Theater Productions, Inc., Claire Nichtern, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, and Francine Le Frak (producers)

The Dresser

Ronald Harwood (playwright)
James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Warner Theater Productions, Inc., and Michael Codron (producers)

‘Master Harold’…and the Boys

Athol Fugard (playwright)
The Shubert Organization, Freydberg/Bloch Productions, Dasha Epstein, Emanuel Azenberg and David Geffen (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Nine

Arthur Kopit (book)
Maury Yeston (music and lyrics)
Michel Stuart, Harvey J. Klaris, Roger S. Berlind, James M. Nederlander, Francine LeFrak, and Kenneth D. Greenblatt (producer)

Dreamgirls

Tom Eyen (book and lyrics)
Henry Krieger (music)
Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records, and The Shubert Organization (producers)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Tim Rice (book and lyrics)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music)
Zev Bufman, Susan R. Rose, Melvin J. Estrin, Sidney Shlenker, and Gail Berman (producers)

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Pump Boys and Dinettes (conceivers and writers)
Dodger Productions, Louis Busch Hager, Marilyn Strauss, Kate Studley, Warner Theater Productions, Inc., and Max Weitzenhoffer (producers)

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION OF A REVIVAL

Othello

Barry and Fran Weissler and CBS Video Enterprises (producers)

A Taste of Honey

Roundabout Theatre Co., Gene Feist and Michael Fried (producers)

Medea

Barry and Fran Weissler, The Kennedy Center and Bunny and Warren Austin (producers)

My Fair Lady

Mike Merrick and Don Gregory (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Roger Rees – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Tom Courtenay – The Dresser
Milo O’Shea – Mass Appeal
Christopher Plummer – Othello

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Zoe Caldwell – Medea
Katharine Hepburn – The West Side Waltz
Geraldine Page – Agnes of God
Amanda Plummer – A Taste of Honey

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Ben Harney – Dreamgirls
Herschel Bernardi – Fiddler on the Roof
Victor Garber – Little Me
Raul Julia – Nine

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Jennifer Holliday – Dreamgirls
Lisa Mordente – Marlowe
Mary Gordon Murray – Little Me
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Dreamgirls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Zakes Mokae – ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys
Richard Kavanaugh – The Hothouse
Edward Petherbridge – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
David Threlfall – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Amanda Plummer – Agnes of God
Judith Anderson – Medea
Mia Dillon – Crimes of the Heart
Mary Beth Hurt – Crimes of the Heart

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Cleavant Derricks – Dreamgirls
Obba Babatunde – Dreamgirls
David Alan Grier – The First
Bill Hutton – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Liliane Montevecchi – Nine
Karen Akers – Nine
Laurie Beechman – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Anita Morris – Nine

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Trevor Nunn and John Caird – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Melvin Bernhardt – Crimes of the Heart
Geraldine Fitzgerald – Mass Appeal
Athol Fugard – ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Tommy Tune – Nine
Michael Bennett – Dreamgirls
Martin Charnin – The First
Tony Tanner – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Bennett and Michael Peters – Dreamgirls
Peter Gennaro – Little Me
Tony Tanner – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tommy Tune – Nine

BEST SCORE

Maury Yeston (music and lyrics) – Nine
Henry Krieger (music) and Tom Eyen (lyrics) – Dreamgirls
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) – Merrily We Roll Along

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Tom Eyen – Dreamgirls
Tim Rice – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Arthur Kopit – Nine
Joel Siegel and Martin Charnin – The First

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

John Napier and Dermot Hayes – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ben Edwards – Medea
Lawrence Miller – Nine
Robin Wagner – Dreamgirls

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

William Ivey Long – Nine
Theoni V. Aldredge – Dreamgirls
Jane Greenwood – Medea
John Napier – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tharon Musser – Dreamgirls
Martin Aronstein – Medea
David Hersey – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Marcia Madeira – Nine

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Actors’ Fund of America

THEATRE AWARD ’82

Warner Communications
Radio City Music Hall

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