Tony Awards: 1986

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

I’m Not Rappaport

Herb Gardner (playwright)
James Walsh, Lewis Allen, and Martin Heinfling (producers)

Benefactors

Michael Frayn (playwright)
James M. Nederlander, Robert Fryer, Douglas Urbanski, Michael Codron, MTM Enterprises, Inc, and CBS Productions (producers)

Blood Knot

Athol Fugard (playwright)
James M. Freydberg, Max Weitzenhoffer, Lucille Lortel, Estrin Rose Berman Productions, and F.W.M. Producing Group (producers)

The House of Blue Leaves

John Guare (playwright)
Lincoln Center Theatre, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Rupert Holmes (book, music, and lyrics)
Joseph Papp (producer)

Big Deal

Bob Fosse (book)
The Shubert Organization, Robert Berlind, Jerome Minskoff, and Jonathan Farkas (producers)

Song & Dance

Andrew Lloyd Webber (music)
Don Black and Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics)
Cameron Mackintosh, Inc., The Shubert Organization, F.W.M. Producing Group, and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. (producers)

Tango Argentino

Mel Howard and Donald K. Donald (producers)

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION OF A REVIVAL

Sweet Charity

Jerome Minskoff, James M. Nederlander, Arthur Rubin, and Joseph Harris (producers)

Hay Fever

Roger Peters and MBS Co. (producers)

The Iceman Cometh

Lewis Allen, James M. Nederlander, Stephen Graham and Ben Edwards (producers)

Loot

David Merrick Arts Foundation, Charles P. Kopelman and Mark Simon (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Judd Hirsh – I’m Not Rappaport
Hume Cronyn– The Petition
Ed Harris – Precious Sons
Jack Lemmon – Long Day’s Journey Into Night

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Rosemary Harris – Hay Fever
Mary Beth Hurt – Benefactors
Jessica Tandy – The Petition

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

George Rose – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Don Corriea – Singin’ in the Rain
Cleavant Derricks – Big Deal
Maurice Hines – Uptown…It’s Hot!

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Bernadette Peters – Song & Dance
Debbie Allen – Sweet Charity
Cleo Laine – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chita Rivera – Jerry’s Girls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

John Mahoney – The House of Blue Leaves
Peter Gallagher – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Charles Keating – Loot
Joseph Maher – Loot

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Swoosie Kurtz – The House of Blue Leaves
Stockard Channing – The House of Blue Leaves
Bethel Leslie – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Zoe Wannamaker – Loot

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Michael Rupert – Sweet Charity
Christopher d’Amboise – Song & Dance
John Herrera – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Howard McGillin – The Mystery of Edwin Drood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Bebe Neuwirth – Sweet Charity
Patti Cohenour – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jana Schneider – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Elisabeth Welch – Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Jerry Zaks – The House of Blue Leaves
Jonathan Miller – Long Day’s Journey Into Night
José Quintero – The Iceman Cometh
John Tillinger – Loot

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Wilford Leach – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bob Fosse – Big Deal
Richard Maltby, Jr. – Song & Dance
Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli – Tango Argentino

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Bob Fosse – Big Deal
Graciela Daniele – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Peter Martins – Song & Dance
Tango Argentino Dancers – Tango Argentino

BEST SCORE

Rupert Holmes (music and lyrics) – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Paul Schierhorn (music and lyrics) – The News
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Don Black & Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics) – Song & Dance
William Perry (music) and Roger McGough (lyrics)– Wind in the Willows

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Rupert Holmes – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bob Fosse – Big Deal
Betty Comden and Adolph Green – Singin’ in the Rain
Jane Iredale – Wind in the Willows

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Tony Walton – The House of Blue Leaves
Ben Edwards – The Iceman Cometh
Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro
David Mitchell – The Boys in Winter

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Patricia Zipprodt – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Willa Kim – Song & Dance
Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro
Ann Roth – The House of Blue Leaves

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Pat Collins – I’m Not Rappaport
Jules Fisher – Song & Dance
Paul Gallo – The House of Blue Leaves
Thomas R. Skelton – The Iceman Cometh

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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