38th Tony Awards

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The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984) was broadcast by CBS television on June 3, 1984 from the Gershwin Theatre. Hosts were Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.

Presenters and Performers: Carol Channing, Marilyn Cooper, Nancy Dussault, Robert Goulet, Robert Guillaume, Beth Howland, Larry Kert, Michele Lee, Dorothy Loudon, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Mary Tyler Moore, Anita Morris, Bernadette Peters, Anthony Quinn, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, Raquel Welch.

Musicals represented:

  • Baby ("I Want It All"-Liz Callaway, Catherine Cox, Beth Fowler);
  • La Cage aux Folles ("We Are What We Are"- Company/"I Am What I Am"- George Hearn);
  • The Tap Dance Kid ( "Fabulous Feet"- Hinton Battle and Company);
  • The Rink ("Wallflower"- Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli);
  • Sunday in the Park with George ("Sunday" - Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and Company).

There was a special salute to the songs of John Kander & Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim.

The Finale was "The Best of Times" - Gene Barry, 1984 Tony Award winners and The Company of La Cage aux Folles.

Contents

[edit] Winners and Nominees

Winners are in bold

[edit] Production

Best Play


  • The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard. (Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Icarus Productions, Byron Goldman, Ivan Bloch, Roger Berlind, and Michael Codron)

Nominees:

  • Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. (Produced by Elliot Martin, The Shubert Organization, Arnold Bernhard, and The Goodman Theater)
  • Noises Off by Michael Frayn. (Produced by James Nederlander, Robert Fryer, Jerome Minskoff, The Kennedy Center, Michael Codron, Jonathan Farkas, and MTM Enterprises, Inc.)
  • Play Memory by Joanna Glass. (Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parks)

Best Musical


  • La Cage aux Folles (Produced by Allan Carr, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, Marvin A. Krauss, Stewart F. Lane, James M. Nederlander, Martin Richards, Barry Brown, and Fritz Holt

Nominees:

  • Baby (Produced by James B. Freydberg, Ivan Bloch, Kenneth-John Productions, Suzanne J. Schwartz and Manuscript Productions)
  • The Tap Dance Kid (Produced by Stanley White, Evelyn Barron, Harvey J. Klaris, and Michel Stuart)

Reproduction (Play or Musical)


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[edit] Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play


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Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play


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Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical


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Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical


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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play


  • Joe Mantegna (Glengarry Glen Ross)

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Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play


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Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical


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Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical


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[edit] Craft

Best Direction of a Play


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Best Direction of a Musical


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Best Choreography


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Best Book of a Musical


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Best Original Score Written for the Theatre


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Best Scenic Design


  • Tony Straiges (Sunday in the Park with George)

Nominees:

  • Clarke Dunham (End of the World)
  • Peter Larkin (The Rink)
  • Tony Walton (The Real Thing)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design


  • Theoni V. Aldredge (La Cage aux Folles)

Nominees:

  • Jane Greenwood (Heartbreak House)
  • Anthea Sylbert (The Real Thing)
  • Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward (Sunday in the Park with George)

Tony Award for Best Lighting Designer


  • Richard Nelson (Sunday in the Park with George)

Nominees:

  • Ken Billington (End of the World)
  • Jules Fisher (La Cage aux Folles)
  • Marc B. Weiss (A Moon for the Misbegotten)


[edit] Special awards

  • La Tragedie de Carmen, for outstanding achievement in musical theatre
  • Peter Feller, a master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic.
  • A Chorus Line was presented with a special Gold Tony Award in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical.
Regional Theatre Award

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