Tony Awards 1983
The 37th Tony Awards · Held June 5, 1983 · 15 categories · everything in 1983
Best Play
- Winner Torch Song Trilogy · Harvey Fierstein
- Nominee 'night, Mother · Marsha Norman
- Nominee Angels Fall · Lanford Wilson
- Nominee Plenty · David Hare
Best Musical
- Winner Cats
- Nominee Blues in the Night
- Nominee Merlin
- Nominee My One and Only
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Harvey Fierstein · Torch Song Trilogy
- Nominee Tony Lo Bianco · A View from the Bridge
- Nominee Jeffrey DeMunn
- Nominee Edward Herrmann · Plenty
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Jessica Tandy · Foxfire
- Nominee Anne Pitoniak · 'night, Mother
- Nominee Kathy Bates · 'night, Mother
- Nominee Kate Nelligan · Plenty
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Tommy Tune · My One and Only
- Nominee George Hearn · A Doll's Life
- Nominee Michael V. Smartt
- Nominee Porgy and Bess
- Nominee Al Green · Your Arms Too Short to Box with God
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Natalia Makarova
- Nominee Lonette McKee
- Nominee Chita Rivera · Merlin
- Nominee Twiggy · My One and Only
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Cats · T. S. Eliot
- Nominee A Doll's Life · Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Nominee Merlin · Richard Levinson, William Link
- Nominee My One and Only · Peter Stone
Best Choreography
- Winner My One and Only · Thommie Walsh, Tommy Tune
- Nominee Cats · Gillian Lynne
- Nominee On Your Toes · Donald Saddler
- Nominee Porgy and Bess · George Faison
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Cats · Trevor Nunn
- Nominee Merlin · Ivan Reitman
- Nominee My One and Only · Tommy Tune, Thommie Walsh
- Nominee Show Boat · Michael Kahn
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Brighton Beach Memoirs · Gene Saks
- Nominee 'night, Mother · Tom Moore
- Nominee All's Well That Ends Well · Trevor Nunn
- Nominee Angels Fall · Marshall W. Mason
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Charles Coles · My One and Only
- Nominee Stephen Hanan · Cats
- Nominee Harry Groener · Cats
- Nominee Lara Teeter · On Your Toes
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Matthew Broderick
- Nominee George Martin · Plenty
- Nominee Stephen Moore
- Nominee Željko Ivanek
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Betty Buckley · Cats
- Nominee Denny Dillon · My One and Only
- Nominee Christine Andreas · On Your Toes
- Nominee Karla Burns · Show Boat
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Judith Ivey
- Nominee Elizabeth Franz
- Nominee Margaret Tyzack
- Nominee Roxanne Hart
Best Original Score
- Winner Cats · Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot
- Nominee A Doll's Life · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Larry Grossman
- Nominee Merlin · Don Black, Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Al Kasha, Gene de Paul, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer