Tony Awards: 1985

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Biloxi Blues

Neil Simon (playwright)
Emanuel Azenberg, and the Center Theater Group & Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (producers)

As Is

William M. Hoffman (playwright)
John Glines & Lawrence Lane, Lucille Lortel, and The Shubert Organization (producers)

Hurlyburly

David Rabe (playwright)
Icarus Productions, Frederick M. Zollo, Ivan Bloch, and ERB Productions (producers)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

August Wilson (playwright)
Ivan Bloch, Robert Cole, and Frederick M. Zollo (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Big River

William Hauptman (book)
Roger Miller (music and lyrics)
Rocco Landesman, Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher, and Dodger Productions (producers)

Grind

Fay Kanin (book)
Larry Grossman (music)
Ellen Fitzhugh (lyrics)
Kenneth D. Greenblatt, John J. Pomerantz, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, James M. Nederlander, Harold Prince, Michael Frazier, Susan Madden Samson, and Jonathan Farkas (producers)

Leader of the Pack

Ellie Greenwich (music and lyrics)
Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Francine LeFrak, Clive Davis, John Hart Associates, Inc., Rodger Hess, and Richard Kagan (producers)

Quilters

Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek (book)
Barbara Damashek (music and lyrics)
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy, and Brockman Seawell (producers)

MOST INNOVATIVE REPRODUCTION OF A REVIVAL

Joe Egg

The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg, Roger Berlind, Ivan Bloch, and MTM Enterprises, inc. (producers)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy, and Allan Carr (producers)

Much Ado About Nothing

James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy, and Allan Carr (producers)

Strange Interlude

Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski, James M. Nederlander, Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Gregg, Lionel Becker, and Jerome Minskoff (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Derek Jacobi – Much Ado About Nothing
Jim Dale – Joe Egg
Jonathan Hogan – As Is
John Lithgow – Requiem for a Heavyweight

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Stockard Channing – Joe Egg
Sinead Cusack – Much Ado About Nothing
Rosemary Harris – Pack of Lies
Glenda Jackson – Strange Interlude

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Kevin Kline – The Pirates of Penzance
Gregory Hines – Sophisticated Ladies
George Rose – The Pirates of Penzance
Martin Vidnovic – Brigadoon

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Lauren Bacall – Woman of the Year
Meg Bussert – Brigadoon
Chita Rivera – Bring Back Birdie
Linda Ronstadt – The Pirates of Penzance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Barry Miller – Biloxi Blues
Charles S. Dutton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
William Hurt – Hurlyburly
Edward Petherbridge – Strange Interlude

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Judith Ivey – Hurlyburly
Joanna Gleason – Joe Egg
Theresa Merritt – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sigourney Weaver – Hurlyburly

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Ron Richardson – Big River
René Auberjonois – Big River
Daniel H. Jenkins – Big River
Kurt Knudson – Take Me Along

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Leilani Jones – Grind
Evalyn Baron – Quilters
Mary Beth Peil – The King and I
Lenka Peterson – Quilters

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Gene Saks – Biloxi Blues
Keith Hack – Strange Interlude
Terry Hands – Much Ado About Nothing
Marshall W. Mason – As Is

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Des McAnuff – Big River
Barbara Damashek – Quilters
Mitch Leigh – The King and I
Harold Prince – Grind

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Gower Champion – 42nd Street
Graciela Daniele – The Pirates of Penzance
Henry le Tan, Donald McKayle, and Michael Smuin – Sophisticated Ladies
Roland Petit – Can-Can

BEST SCORE

Roger Miller (music and lyrics) – Big River
Larry Grossman (music) and Ellen Fitzhugh (lyrics) – Grind
Barbara Damashek (music and lyrics) – Quilters

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

William Hauptman – Big River
Fay Kanin – Grind
Michael Stewart – Harrigan ’n Hart
Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek – Quilters

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Heidi Landesman – Big River
Clark Dunham – Grind
Ralph Koltai – Much Ado About Nothing
Voytek and Michael Levine – Strange Interlude

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Florence Klotz – Grind
Patricia McGourty– Big River
Alexander Reid – Cyrano de Bergerac
Alexander Reid – Much Ado About Nothing

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Richard Riddell – Big River
Terry Hands – Cyrano de Bergerac
Terry Hands – Much Ado About Nothing
Allen Lee Hughs – Strange Interlude

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Steppenwolf Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois

SPECIAL AWARDS

Yul Brynner, honoring his 4,525 performances in The King and I.
New York State Council on the Arts

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