Tony Awards 1982
The 36th Tony Awards · Held June 6, 1982 · 15 categories · everything in 1982
Best Play
- Winner The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · David Edgar, David Edgar
- Nominee "Master Harold"...and the Boys · Athol Fugard
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Beth Henley
- Nominee The Dresser · Ronald Harwood
Best Musical
- Winner Nine
- Nominee Dreamgirls
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Nominee Pump Boys and Dinettes
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Roger Rees · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Nominee Christopher Plummer
- Nominee Milo O'Shea
- Nominee Tom Courtenay · The Dresser
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Zoe Caldwell · Medea
- Nominee Amanda Plummer
- Nominee Geraldine Page
- Nominee Katharine Hepburn
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Ben Harney · Dreamgirls
- Nominee Herschel Bernardi · Fiddler on the Roof
- Nominee Victor Garber · Little Me
- Nominee Raul Julia · Nine
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Jennifer Holliday · Dreamgirls
- Nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph · Dreamgirls
- Nominee Lisa Mordente
- Nominee Mary Gordon Murray · Little Me
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Dreamgirls · Tom Eyen
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Tim Rice
- Nominee Nine · Arthur Kopit
- Nominee The First · Joel Siegel, Martin Charnin
Best Choreography
- Winner Dreamgirls · Michael Bennett, Michael Peters
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Tony Tanner
- Nominee Little Me · Peter Gennaro
- Nominee Nine · Tommy Tune
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Nine · Tommy Tune
- Nominee Dreamgirls · Michael Bennett
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Tony Tanner
- Nominee The First · Martin Charnin
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Trevor Nunn, John Caird
- Nominee "Master Harold"...and the Boys · Athol Fugard
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Melvin Bernhardt
- Nominee Mass Appeal · Geraldine Fitzgerald
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Cleavant Derricks · Dreamgirls
- Nominee Obba Babatundé · Dreamgirls
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Nominee David Alan Grier · The First
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Zakes Mokae · "Master Harold"...and the Boys
- Nominee Richard Kavanaugh
- Nominee The Hothouse
- Nominee Edward Petherbridge · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Nominee David Threlfall · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Liliane Montevecchi · Nine
- Nominee Laurie Beechman · Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Nominee Anita Morris · Nine
- Nominee Karen Akers · Nine
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Amanda Plummer
- Nominee Mia Dillon · Crimes of the Heart
- Nominee Mary Beth Hurt · Crimes of the Heart
- Nominee Judith Anderson · Medea
Best Original Score
- Winner Nine · Maury Yeston
- Nominee Dreamgirls · Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Nominee Merrily We Roll Along · Stephen Sondheim