1980 / Actor (Musical)
Jim Dale, Barnum
1980 / Actor (Play)
John Rubinstein, Children of a Lesser God
1980 / Actress (Musical)
Patti LuPone, Evita
1980 / Actress (Play)
Phyllis Frelich, Children of a Lesser God
1980 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Mandy Patinkin, Evita
1980 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
David Rounds, Morning's at Seven
1980 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Priscilla Lopez, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Dinah Manoff, I Ought to be in Pictures
1980 / Book (Musical)
Evita by Tim Rice
1980 / Choreographer
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
1980 / Costume Designer
Theoni V. Aldredge, Barnum
1980 / Director (Musical)
Harold Prince, Evita
1980 / Director (Play)
Vivian Matalon, Morning's at Seven
1980 / Lighting Designer
David Hersey, Evita
1980 / Musical
Evita. Produced by Robert Stigwood
1980 / Original Musical Score
Evita. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
1980 / Play
Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Dasha Epstein, and Ron Dante
1980 / Regional Theatre Tony Award
Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky
1980 / Revival
Morning's at Seven. Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent and Ray Larson
1980 / Scenic Designer
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
David Mitchell, Barnum
1980 / Special Tony Award
Helen Hayes
Mary Tyler Moore, Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut
Richard Fitzgerald, honored for his installing the infrared system in Broadway theatres, thus bringing the compassion and dedication of making theatergoing for those with impaired hearing, rewarding, stimulating and enjoyable.