34th Tony Awards

The 34th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television on June 8, 1980 from the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The hosts were Mary Tyler Moore and Jason Robards. The theme was "understudies"; each of the hosts and presenters had been understudies and offered anecdotes of that beginning.

Presenters: Eve Arden, Carol Channing, Hume Cronyn, Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, James Earl Jones, Elia Kazan, Richard Kiley, James MacArthur, Nancy Marchand, Dudley Moore, Anthony Perkins, Gilda Radner, Lynn Redgrave, Tony Roberts, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson, Dick Van Dyke.

Musicals represented:
*"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine" ("Doin' the Production Code" - Company);
*"Barnum" ("Come Follow the Band"/"There is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute" - Jim Dale and Company);
*"Evita" ("New Argentina" - Patti LuPone and Company);
*"Oklahoma!" ("People Will Say We're In Love" - Joel Higgins and Christine Andreas);
*"Peter Pan" ("I'm Flying" - Sandy Duncan and children);
*"Sugar Babies" ("A McHugh Medley" - Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney); and
*"West Side Story" ("America" - Debbie Allen and Company).

Winners and nominees

"Winners are in bold "

Production

Best Play----
*"Children of a Lesser God" by Mark Medoff. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Dasha Epstein, and Ron Dante
*"Bent" by Martin Sherman. Produced by Jack Schlissel and Steven Steinlauf
*"Home" by Samm-Art Williams. Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Gerald S. Krone, and Ray Larsen
*"Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson. Produced by Nancy Cooperstein, Porter Van Zandt, and Marc Howard

Best Musical----
*"Evita". Produced by Robert Stigwood
*"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine". Produced by Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parks
*"Barnum". Produced by Judy Gordon, Cy Coleman, Lois Rosenfield, and Maurice Rosenfield
*"Sugar Babies". Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby

Reproduction (Play or Musical)----
*"Morning's at Seven". Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent and Ray Larson
*"Major Barbara". Produced by Circle in the Square
*"Peter Pan". Produced by Zev Bufman
*"West Side Story". Produced by Gladys Rackmil, the John F. Kennedy Center, James M. Nederlander and Ruth Mitchell

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play----
*John Rubinstein ("Children of a Lesser God")
*Charles Brown ("Home")
*Gerlad Hiken ("Strider")
*Judd Hirsch ("Talley's Folly")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play----
*Phyllis Frelich ("Children of a Lesser God")
*Blythe Danner ("Betrayal")
*Maggie Smith ("Night and Day")
*Anne Twomey ("Nuts")

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical----
*"'Jim Dale ("Barnum")
*Gregory Hines ("Comin' Uptown")
*Mickey Rooney ("Sugar Babies")
*Giorgio Tozzi ("The Most Happy Fella")

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical----
*"'Patti Lupone ("Evita")
*Christine Andreas ("Oklahoma!")
*Sandy Duncan ("Peter Pan")
*Ann Miller ("Sugar Babies")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play----
*David Rounds ("Morning's at Seven")
*David Dukes ("Bent")
*George Hearn ("Watch on the Rhine")
*Earle Hyman ("The Lady from Dubuque")
*Joseph Maher ("Night and Day")

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play----
*Dinah Manoff ("I Ought to be in Pictures")
*Maureen Anderman ("The Lady from Dubuque")
*Pamela Burrell ("Strider")
*Lois de Banzie ("Morning's at Seven")

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical----
*Mandy Patinkin ("Evita")
*David Garrison ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")
*Harry Groener ("Oklahoma!")
*Bob Gunton ("Evita") Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical----
*Priscilla Lopez ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")
*Debbie Allen ("West Side Story")
*Glenn Close ("Barnum")
*Josie de Guzman (West Side Story)

Craft

Best Direction of a Play----
*"'Vivian Matalon ("Morning's at Seven")
*Gordon Davidson ("Children of a Lesser God")
*Peter Hall ("Betrayal")
*Marshall W. Mason ("Talley's Folly")

Best Direction of a Musical----
*Harold Prince ("Evita")
*Ernest Flatt and Rudy Tronto ("Sugar Babies")
*Joe Layton ("Barnum")
*Tommy Tune ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")

Best Choreography----
*Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")
*Ernest Flatt ("Sugar Babies")
*Larry Fuller ("Evita")
*Joe Layton ("Barnum")

Best Book of a Musical----
*Evita by Tim Rice
*"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine" by Dick Vosburgh
*"Barnum" by Mark Bramble
*"Sugar Babies" by Ralph G. Allen and Harry Rigby

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre----
*Evita. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice
*"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine". Music by Frank Lazarus, lyrics by Dick Vosburgh"
*"Barnum". Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by "Michael Stewart
*"Sugar Babies". Music and lyrics by Arthur Malvin"

Best Scenic Design----
*John Lee Beatty ("Talley's Folly") and David Mitchell ("Barnum")(tie)
*Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth ("Evita")
*Tony Walton ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")

Tony Award for Best Costume Design----
*Theoni V. Aldredge ("Barnum")
*Pierre Balmain ("Happy New Year")
*Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth ("Evita")
*Raoul Pené Du Bois ("Sugar Babies") Tony Award for Best Lighting Design----
*David Hersey ("Evita")
*Beverly Emmons ("A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine")
*Craig Miller ("Barnum")
*Dennis Parichy ("Talley's Folly")

pecial awards

*Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre — Helen Hayes

*Regional Theatre Award Winner - Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky

External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search Official Site]