35th_Tony_Awards

35th Tony Awards
35th Tony Awards
Date	June 7, 1981
Location	Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, New York
Hosted by	Ellen Burstyn and Richard Chamberlain
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

35th Tony Awards

Tony awards from 1981

The 35th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television on June 7, 1981, from the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The hosts were Ellen Burstyn and Richard Chamberlain. The theme was "Women's Achievements in the Theatre."

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Best Play	Best Musical
Amadeus – Peter Shaffer A Lesson from Aloes – Athol Fugard A Life – Hugh Leonard Fifth of July – Lanford Wilson	42nd Street Sophisticated Ladies Tintypes Woman of the Year
Best Revival	Best Book of a Musical
The Pirates of Penzance Brigadoon Camelot The Little Foxes	Peter Stone – Woman of the Year Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble – 42nd Street Monty Norman and Julian More – The Moony Shapiro Songbook Mary Kyte – Tintypes
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
*Ian McKellen – Amadeus* as Antonio Salieri** Tim Curry – Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Roy Dotrice – A Life as Drumm Jack Weston – The Floating Light Bulb as Jerry Wexler	*Jane Lapotaire – Piaf* as Edith Piaf** Glenda Jackson – Rose as Rose Eva Le Gallienne – To Grandmother's House We Go as Grandie Elizabeth Taylor – The Little Foxes as Regina Giddens
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
*Kevin Kline – The Pirates of Penzance* as The Pirate King** Gregory Hines – Sophisticated Ladies as Performer George Rose – The Pirates of Penzance as Major-General Martin Vidnovic – Brigadoon as Tommy Albright	*Lauren Bacall – Woman of the Year* as Tess Harding** Meg Bussert – Brigadoon as Fiona MacLaren Chita Rivera – Bring Back Birdie as Rosie Alvarez Linda Ronstadt – The Pirates of Penzance as Mabel
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
*Brian Backer – The Floating Light Bulb* as Paul Pollack** Tom Aldredge – The Little Foxes as Horace Giddens Adam Redfield – A Life as Desmond Shepperd Strudwick – To Grandmother's House We Go as Jared	*Swoosie Kurtz – Fifth of July* as Gwen Landis** Maureen Stapleton – The Little Foxes as Birdie Hubbard Jessica Tandy – Rose as Mother Zoë Wanamaker – Piaf as Toine
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
*Hinton Battle – Sophisticated Ladies* as Various Characters** Tony Azito – The Pirates of Penzance as Sergeant of Police Lee Roy Reams – 42nd Street as Billy Lawlor Paxton Whitehead – Camelot as King Pellinore	*Marilyn Cooper – Woman of the Year* as Jan Donovan** Phyllis Hyman – Sophisticated Ladies as Various Characters Wanda Richert – 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer Lynne Thigpen – Tintypes as Sussanah
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Best Choreography
Woman of the Year – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) Charlie and Algernon – Charles Strouse (music) and David Rogers (lyrics) Copperfield – Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (music and lyrics) Shakespeare's Cabaret – Lance Mulcahy (music)	Gower Champion – 42nd Street Graciela Daniele – The Pirates of Penzance Henry LeTang, Donald McKayle, and Michael Smuin – Sophisticated Ladies Roland Petit – Can-Can
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Peter Hall – Amadeus Peter Coe – A Life Marshall W. Mason – Fifth of July Austin Pendleton – The Little Foxes	Wilford Leach – The Pirates of Penzance Gower Champion – 42nd Street Robert Moore – Woman of the Year Michael Smuin – Sophisticated Ladies
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
John Bury – Amadeus John Lee Beatty – Fifth of July Santo Loquasto – The Suicide David Mitchell – Can-Can	Willa Kim – Sophisticated Ladies Theoni V. Aldredge – 42nd Street John Bury – Amadeus Franca Squarciapino – Can-Can
Best Lighting Design
John Bury – Amadeus Tharon Musser – 42nd Street Dennis Parichy – Fifth of July Jennifer Tipton – Sophisticated Ladies

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