Tony Awards: 1979 (thing) by JDWActor

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

The Elephant Man

Bernard Pomerance (playwright)
Richmond Crinkley, Elizabeth I. McCann, and Nelle Nugent (producers)

Bedroom Farce

Alan Ayckbourn (playwright)
Robert Whitehead, Roger L. Stevens, George W. George, and Frank Milton (producer)

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Brian Clark (playwright)
Emanuel Azenberg, James Nederlander, and Ray Cooney (producers)

Wings

Arthur Kopit (playwright)
The Kennedy Center (producer)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Sweeney Todd

Hugh Wheeler (book)
Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards (producers)

Ballroom

Jerome Kass (book)
Billy Goldberg (music)
Alan and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Bernard Gersten, and Susan MacNair (producers)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Larry L. King and Peter Masterson (book)
Carol Hall (music and lyrics)
Universal Pictures (producers)

They’re Playing Our Song

Neil Simon (book)
Marvin Hamlisch (music)
Carol Bayer Sager (lyrics)
Emanuel Azenberg (producer)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Tom Conti – Who’s Life Is It Anyway?
Philip Anglim – The Elephant Man
Jack Lemmon – Tribute
Alec McCowen – St. Mark’s Gospel

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Constance Cummings – Wings tie
Carole Shelley – The Elephant Man tie
Jane Alexander – First Monday in October
Frances Sternhagen – On Golden Pond

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Len Cariou – Sweeney Todd
Vincent Gardenia – Ballroom
Joel Grey – The Grand Tour
Robert Klein – They’re Playing Our Song

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Angela Lansbury – Sweeney Todd
Tovah Feldshuh – Saruva
Dorothy Loudon – Ballroom
Alexis Smith – Platinum

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Michael Gough – Bedroom Farce
Bob Balaban – The Inspector General
Joseph Maher– Spokesong
Edward James Olmos – Zoot Suit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Joan Hickson – Bedroom Farce
Laurie Kennedy – Man and Superman
Susan Littler – Bedroom Farce
Mary-Joan Negro – Wings

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Henderson Forsythe – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Richard Cox – Platinum
Gregory Hines – Eubie!
Ron Holgate – The Grand Tour

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Carlin Glynn – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Joan Ellis – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Millicent Martin – King of Hearts
Maxine Sullivan – My Old Friends

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Jack Hofsiss – The Elephant Man
Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Hall – Bedroom Farce
Paul Giovanni – The Crucifer of Blood
Michael Lindsay-Hogg – Whose Life Is It Anyway?

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Harold Prince – Sweeney Todd
Michael Bennett – Ballroom
Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Robert Moore – They’re Playing Our Song

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Bennett and Bob Avian – Ballroom
Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson – Eubie!
Dan Siretta – Whoopee!
Tommy Tune – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

BEST SCORE

Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) – Sweeney Todd
Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) – Carmelina
Eubie Blake (music) and Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F. E. Miller, Johnny Brandon, and Jim Europe (lyrics) – Eubie!
Jerry Herman ( music and lyrics) – The Grand Tour

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Hugh Wheeler – Sweeney Todd
Jerome Kass – Ballroom
Larry L. King and Peter Masterson – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Neil Simon – They’re Playing Our Song

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Eugene Lee – Sweeney Todd
Karl Eigsti – Knockout
David Jenkins – The Elephant Man
John Wulp – The Crucifer of Blood

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Franne Lee – Sweeney Todd
Theoni V. Aldredge – Ballroom
Ann Roth – The Crucifer of Blood
Julie Weiss – The Elephant Man

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Roger Morgan – The Crucifer of Blood
Ken Billington – Sweeney Todd
Beverly Emmons – The Elephant Man
Tharon Musser – Ballroom

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, California

LAWRENCE LANGNER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE

Richard Rodgers

SPECIAL AWARDS

Henry Fonda
Walter F. Diehl, International President of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, has been an active force in advancing the well-being of the Broadway theatre and of theatre nationally.
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut

Tony Awards: 1979 (thing)

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