Tony Awards: 1984

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

The Real Thing

Tom Stoppard (playwright)
Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Icarus Productions, Byron Goldman, Ivan Bloch, Roger Berlind, and Michael Codron (producers)

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet (playwright)
Elliot Martin, The Shubert Organization, Arnold Bernhard, and The Goodman Theater (producers)

Noises Off

Michael Frayn (playwright)
James Nederlander, Robert Fryer, Jerome Minskoff, The Kennedy Center, Michael Codron, Jonathan Farkas, and MTM Enterprises, Inc. (producers)

Play Memory

Joanna Glass (playwright)
Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parks (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

La Cage aux Folles

Harvey Fierstein (book)
Jerry Herman (music and lyrics)
Allan Carr, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, Marvin A. Krauss, Stewart F. Lane, James M. Nederlander, Martin Richards, Barry Brown, and Fritz Holt (producers)

Baby

Sybille Pearson (book)
David Shire (music)
Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics)
James B. Freydberg, Ivan Bloch, Kenneth-John Productions, Suzanne J. Schwartz and Manuscript Productions (producers)

Sunday in the Park with George

James Lapine (book)
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
The Shubert Organization and Emanuel Azenberg (producers)

The Tap Dance Kid

Charles Blackwell (book)
Henry Krieger (music)
Robert Lorick (lyrics)
Stanley White, Evelyn Barron, Harvey J. Klaris, and Michael Stuart (producers)

MOST INNOVATIVE REPRODUCTION OF A PLAY

Death of a Salesman

Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens (producers)

American Buffalo

Elliot Martin and Arnold Berhard (producers)

Heartbreak House

Circle in the Square (producer)

A Moon for the Misbegotten

The Shubert Organization and Emanuel Azenberg (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Jeremy Irons – The Real Thing
Calvin Levels – Open Admissions
Rex Harrison – Heartbreak House
Ian McKellan – Ian McKellan Acting Shakespeare

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Glenn Close – The Real Thing
Rosemary Harris – Heartbreak House
Linda Hunt – End of the World
Kate Nelligan – A Moon for the Misbegotten

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

George Hearn – La Cage aux Folles
Gene Barry – La Cage aux Folles
Ron Moody – Oliver!
Mandy Patinkin – Sunday in the Park with George

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Chita Rivera – The Rink
Rhetta Hughes – Amen Comedy
Liza Minnelli – The Rink
Bernadette Peters – Sunday in the Park with George

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Joe Mantegna – Glengarry Glen Ross
Philip Bosco – Heartbreak House
Robert Prosky – Glengarry Glen Ross
Douglas Seale – Noises Off

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Christine Baranski – The Real Thing
Jo Henderson – Play Memory
Dana Ivey – Heartbreak House
Deborah Rush – Noises Off

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Hinton Battle – The Tap Dance Kid
Stephen Geoffreys – The Human Comedy
Todd Graff – Baby
Samuel E. Wright – The Tap Dance Kid

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Lila Kedrova – Zorba
Martine Allard – The Tap Dance Kid
Liz Callaway – Baby
Dana Ivey – Sunday in the Park with George

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Mike Nichols – The Real Thing
Michael Blakemore – Noises Off
David Leveaux – A Moon for the Misbegotten
Gregory Mosher – Glengarry Glen Ross

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Arthur Laurents – La Cage aux Folles
James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George
Richard Maltby, Jr. – Baby
Vivian Matalon – The Tap Dance Kid

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Danny Daniels – The Tap Dance Kid
Wayne Cilento – Baby
Graciela Daniele – The Rink
Scott Salmon – La Cage aux Folles

BEST SCORE

Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) – La Cage aux Folles
David Shire (music) Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics) – Baby
John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) – The Rink
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) – Sunday in the Park with George

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Harvey Fiersten – La Cage aux Folles
Sybille Pearson – Baby
James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George
Charles Blackwell – The Tap Dance Kid

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Tony Straiges – Sunday in the Park with George
Clark Dunham – End of the World
Peter Larkin – The Rink
Tony Walton – The Real Thing

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Theoni V. Aldredge – La Cage aux Folles
Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
Anthea Sylbert – The Real Thing
Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward – Sunday in the Park with George

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Richard Nelson – Sunday in the Park with George
Ken Billington – End of the World
Jules Fisher – La Cage aux Folles
Marc B. Weiss – A Moon for the Misbegotten

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California

SPECIAL AWARDS

La Tragedie de Carmen, for outstanding achievement in musical theatre.
Peter Feller, a master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic.
A Chorus Line was presented with a special Gold Tony Award in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical.

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