Tony Awards 1979
The 33rd Tony Awards · Held June 3, 1979 · 15 categories · everything in 1979
Best Play
- Winner The Elephant Man · Bernard Pomerance, Bernard Pomerance
- Nominee Bedroom Farce · Alan Ayckbourn
- Nominee Whose Life Is It Anyway? · Brian Clark
- Nominee Wings · Arthur Kopit
Best Musical
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Nominee Ballroom
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Nominee They're Playing Our Song
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Tom Conti · Whose Life Is It Anyway?
- Nominee Alec McCowen
- Nominee Jack Lemmon
- Nominee Philip Anglim · The Elephant Man
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Constance Cummings · Wings
- Nominee Carole Shelley
- Nominee Frances Sternhagen
- Nominee Jane Alexander
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Len Cariou · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Nominee Vincent Gardenia · Ballroom
- Nominee Joel Grey · The Grand Tour
- Nominee Robert Klein · They're Playing Our Song
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Angela Lansbury · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Nominee Alexis Smith
- Nominee Dorothy Loudon · Ballroom
- Nominee Tovah Feldshuh
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Hugh Wheeler
- Nominee Ballroom · Jerome Kass
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · Larry L. King, Peter Masterson
- Nominee They're Playing Our Song · Neil Simon
Best Choreography
- Winner Ballroom · Michael Bennett, Bob Avian
- Nominee Eubie! · Henry LeTang
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · Tommy Tune
- Nominee Whoopee!
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Harold Prince
- Nominee Ballroom · Michael Bennett
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · Peter Masterson, Tommy Tune
- Nominee They're Playing Our Song · Robert Moore
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner The Elephant Man · Jack Hofsiss
- Nominee Bedroom Farce · Alan Ayckbourn, Peter Hall
- Nominee The Crucifer of Blood · Paul Giovanni
- Nominee Whose Life Is It Anyway? · Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Henderson Forsythe · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Nominee Gregory Hines · Eubie!
- Nominee Richard Cox · Platinum
- Nominee Ronald Holgate · The Grand Tour
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Michael Gough · Bedroom Farce
- Nominee Bob Balaban
- Nominee Edward James Olmos
- Nominee Joseph Maher
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Carlin Glynn · The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Nominee Millicent Martin · King of Hearts
- Nominee Maxine Sullivan · My Old Friends
- Nominee The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Joan Hickson · Bedroom Farce
- Nominee Susan Littler · Bedroom Farce
- Nominee Laurie Kennedy
- Nominee Mary-Joan Negro · Wings
Best Original Score
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Carmelina · Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
- Nominee Eubie! · Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake, Flournoy Miller, James Reese Europe, Johnny Brandon, Noble Sissle
- Nominee The Grand Tour · Jerry Herman