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NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS

1981 Awards

  • Outstanding Actor in a Musical

    • George Rose The Pirates of Penzance
    • Kevin Kline The Pirates of Penzance
    • Martin Vidnovic Brigadoon
  • Outstanding Actor in a Play

    • Derek Jacobi The Suicide
    • Ian McKellen Amadeus
    • John Heard The Chekhov Sketchbook
    • Milo O’Shea Mass Appeal
    • Remak Ramsay The Winslow Boy
    • Tim Curry Amadeus
  • Outstanding Actress in a Musical

    • Chita Rivera Bring Back Birdie
    • Lena Horne Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
  • Outstanding Actress in a Play

    • Amanda Plummer A Taste of Honey
    • Elizabeth Taylor The Little Foxes
    • Eva Le Gallienne To Grandmother’s House We Go
    • Joan Copeland The American Clock
    • Mary Beth Hurt Crimes of the Heart
  • Outstanding Choreography

    • Gower Champion 42nd Street
    • Graciela Daniele The Pirates of Penzance
  • Outstanding Costume Design

    • John Bury Amadeus
    • Patricia Zipprodt Fools
    • Theoni V. Aldredge Onward Victoria
  • Outstanding Director of a Musical

    • Arthur Faria Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
    • Wilford Leach The Pirates of Penzance
  • Outstanding Director of a Play

    • Douglas Seale The Winslow Boy
    • Geraldine Fitzgerald Mass Appeal
    • Melvin Bernhardt Crimes of the Heart
    • Peter Hall Amadeus
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

    • Gregg Burge Sophisticated Ladies
    • Lee Roy Reams 42nd Street
    • Michael Davis Broadway Follies
    • Paxton Whitehead Camelot
    • Tony Azito The Pirates of Penzance
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

    • Brian Backer The Floating Light Bulb
    • Jeff Daniels 5th of July
    • John Shea American Days
    • Nicholas Kepros Amadeus
    • Ralph Clanton The Winslow Boy
    • Roderick Cook The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

    • Debbie Shapiro Perfectly Frank
    • Jennifer Yvette Holliday Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
    • Marilyn Cooper Woman of the Year
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

    • Carrie Nye The Man Who Came to Dinner
    • Fran Brill Knuckle
    • Jean Smart Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
    • Jessica Tandy Rose
    • Swoosie Kurtz 5th of July
    • Zoe Wanamaker Piaf
  • Outstanding Lighting Design

    • Dennis Parichy 5th of July
    • Jennifer Tipton Lunch Hour
    • John Bury Amadeus
    • Jules Fisher & Robby Monk Frankenstein
    • Pat Collins Peguin Touquet
    • Thomas Skelton Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
  • Outstanding Musical

    • 42nd Street
    • Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
    • The Pirates of Penzance
  • Outstanding Play

    • Beth Henley Crimes of the Heart
    • Bill C. Davis Mass Appeal
    • Lanford Wilson 5th of July
    • Peter Shaffer Amadeus
  • Outstanding Set Design

    • Douglas Schmidt Frankenstein
    • John Bury Amadeus
    • John Lee Beatty 5th of July
    • Wilford Leach & Bob Shaw The Pirates of Penzance
  • Unique Theatrical Experience

    • Aaah Oui Genty!
    • Blackstone
    • Joseph Chaikin Texts
    • Paul Dooley Amazin’ Casey Stengel
    • Pericles
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