1980 / Actor (Musical)
Jim Dale, Barnum
Gregory Hines, Comin' Uptown
Mickey Rooney, Sugar Babies
Giorgio Tozzi, The Most Happy Fella
1980 / Actor (Play)
John Rubinstein, Children of a Lesser God
Charles Brown, Home
Gerlad Hiken, Strider
Judd Hirsch, Talley's Folly
1980 / Actress (Musical)
Patti LuPone, Evita
Christine Andreas, Oklahoma!
Sandy Duncan, Peter Pan
Ann Miller, Sugar Babies
1980 / Actress (Play)
Phyllis Frelich, Children of a Lesser God
Blythe Danner, Betrayal
Maggie Smith, Night and Day
Anne Twomey, Nuts
1980 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Mandy Patinkin, Evita
David Garrison, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Harry Groener, Oklahoma!
Bob Gunton, Evita
1980 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
David Rounds, Morning's at Seven
David Dukes, Bent
George Hearn, Watch on the Rhine
Earle Hyman, The Lady from Dubuque
Joseph Maher, Night and Day
1980 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Priscilla Lopez, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Debbie Allen, West Side Story
Glenn Close, Barnum
Josie de Guzman, West Side Story
1980 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Dinah Manoff, I Ought to be in Pictures
Maureen Anderman, The Lady from Dubuque
Pamela Burrell, Strider
Lois de Banzie, Morning's at Seven
1980 / Book (Musical)
Evita by Tim Rice
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine by Dick Vosburgh
Barnum by Mark Bramble
Sugar Babies by Ralph G. Allen and Harry Rigby
1980 / Choreographer
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Ernest Flatt, Sugar Babies
Larry Fuller, Evita
Joe Layton, Barnum
1980 / Costume Designer
Theoni V. Aldredge, Barnum
Pierre Balmain, Happy New Year
Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth, Evita
Raoul Pene Du Bois, Sugar Babies
1980 / Director (Musical)
Harold Prince, Evita
Ernest Flatt and Rudy Tronto, Sugar Babies
Joe Layton, Barnum
Tommy Tune, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980 / Director (Play)
Vivian Matalon, Morning's at Seven
Gordon Davidson, Children of a Lesser God
Peter Hall, Betrayal
Marshall W. Mason, Talley's Folly
1980 / Lighting Designer
David Hersey, Evita
Beverly Emmons, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Craig Miller, Barnum
Dennis Parichy, Talley's Folly
1980 / Musical
Evita. Produced by Robert Stigwood
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parks
Barnum. Produced by Judy Gordon, Cy Coleman, Lois Rosenfield, and Maurice Rosenfield
Sugar Babies. Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby
1980 / Original Musical Score
Evita. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. Music by Frank Lazarus, lyrics by Dick Vosburgh
Barnum. Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart
Sugar Babies. Music and lyrics by Arthur Malvin
1980 / Play
Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Dasha Epstein, and Ron Dante
Bent by Martin Sherman. Produced by Jack Schlissel and Steven Steinlauf
Home by Samm-Art Williams. Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Gerald S. Krone, and Ray Larsen
Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson. Produced by Nancy Cooperstein, Porter Van Zandt, and Marc Howard
1980 / Revival
Morning's at Seven. Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent and Ray Larson
Major Barbara. Produced by Circle in the Square
Peter Pan. Produced by Zev Bufman
West Side Story. Produced by Gladys Rackmil, the John F. Kennedy Center, James M. Nederlander and Ruth Mitchell
1980 / Scenic Designer
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
David Mitchell, Barnum
Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth, Evita