Tony Awards 1980
The 34th Tony Awards · Held June 8, 1980 · 15 categories · everything in 1980
Best Play
- Winner Children of a Lesser God · Mark Medoff
- Nominee Bent · Martin Sherman
- Nominee Home · Samm-Art Williams
- Nominee Talley's Folly · Lanford Wilson
Best Musical
- Winner Evita
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- Nominee Barnum
- Nominee Sugar Babies
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner John Rubinstein · Children of a Lesser God
- Nominee Gerald Hiken
- Nominee Charles Brown · Home
- Nominee Judd Hirsch · Talley's Folly
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Phyllis Frelich · Children of a Lesser God
- Nominee Anne Twomey
- Nominee Blythe Danner
- Nominee Maggie Smith
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Jim Dale · Barnum
- Nominee Gregory Hines
- Nominee Mickey Rooney · Sugar Babies
- Nominee Giorgio Tozzi · The Most Happy Fella
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Patti LuPone · Evita
- Nominee Christine Andreas · Oklahoma!
- Nominee Sandy Duncan
- Nominee Ann Miller · Sugar Babies
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Evita · Tim Rice
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine · Dick Vosburgh
- Nominee Barnum · Mark Bramble
- Nominee Sugar Babies · Harry Rigby
Best Choreography
- Winner A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine · Tommy Tune, Thommie Walsh
- Nominee Barnum · Joe Layton
- Nominee Evita · Larry Fuller
- Nominee Sugar Babies
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Evita · Harold Prince
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine · Tommy Tune
- Nominee Barnum · Joe Layton
- Nominee Sugar Babies
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Morning's at Seven · Vivian Matalon
- Nominee Betrayal · Peter Hall
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Gordon Davidson
- Nominee Talley's Folly · Marshall W. Mason
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Mandy Patinkin · Evita
- Nominee David Garrison · A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- Nominee Bob Gunton · Evita
- Nominee Harry Groener · Oklahoma!
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner David Rounds
- Nominee David Dukes · Bent
- Nominee Earle Hyman
- Nominee George Hearn
- Nominee Joseph Maher
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Priscilla Lopez · A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- Nominee Glenn Close · Barnum
- Nominee Debbie Allen · West Side Story
- Nominee Josie de Guzman · West Side Story
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Dinah Manoff
- Nominee Lois de Banzie
- Nominee Maureen Anderman
- Nominee Pamela Burrell
- Nominee Strider
Best Original Score
- Winner Evita · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine · Dick Vosburgh
- Nominee Barnum · Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart
- Nominee Sugar Babies · Artie Malvin