1984 Tony Awards results (38th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners and nominees of the 38th Tony Awards, held on June 3, 1984. The 1984 Tony Award for Best Musical went to La Cage aux Folles.

Best musical

• La Cage aux Folles

• Baby
• Sunday in the Park with George
• The Tap Dance Kid

Best play

• The Real Thing

• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Noises Off
• Play Memory

Best book of a musical

• Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles)

• Sybille Pearson (Baby)
• James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George)
• Charles Blackwell (The Tap Dance Kid)

Best original score

• Jerry Herman (La Cage aux Folles)

• David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr. (Baby)
• John Kander, Fred Ebb (The Rink)
• Stephen Sondheim (Sunday in the Park with George)

Best revival

• Death of a Salesman

• American Buffalo
• Heartbreak House
• A Moon for the Misbegotten

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Jeremy Irons (The Real Thing)

• Calvin Levels (Open Admissions)
• Rex Harrison (Heartbreak House)
• Ian McKellen (Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Glenn Close (The Real Thing)

• Rosemary Harris (Heartbreak House)
• Linda Hunt (End of the World)
• Kate Nelligan (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• George Hearn (La Cage aux Folles)

• Gene Barry (La Cage aux Folles)
• Ron Moody (Oliver!)
• Mandy Patinkin (Sunday in the Park with George)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Chita Rivera (The Rink)

• Rhetta Hughes (Amen Corner)
• Liza Minnelli (The Rink)
• Bernadette Peters (Sunday in the Park with George)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Joe Mantegna (Glengarry Glen Ross)

• Philip Bosco (Heartbreak House)
• Robert Prosky (Glengarry Glen Ross)
• Douglas Seale (Noises Off)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Christine Baranski (The Real Thing)

• Jo Henderson (Play Memory)
• Dana Ivey (Heartbreak House)
• Deborah Rush (Noises Off)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Hinton Battle (The Tap Dance Kid)

• Stephen Geoffreys (The Human Comedy)
• Todd Graff (Baby)
• Samuel E. Wright (The Tap Dance Kid)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Lila Kedrova (Zorba)

• Martine Allard (The Tap Dance Kid)
• Liz Callaway (Baby)
• Dana Ivey (Sunday in the Park with George)

Best scenic design in a musical

• Tony Straiges (Sunday in the Park with George)

• Clarke Dunham (End of the World)
• Peter Larkin (The Rink)
• Tony Walton (The Real Thing)

Best costume design in a play

• Theoni V. Aldredge (La Cage aux Folles)

• Jane Greenwood (Heartbreak House)
• Anthea Sylbert (The Real Thing)
• Patricia Zipprodt, Ann Hould-Ward (Sunday in the Park with George)

Best lighting design in a play

• Richard Nelson (Sunday in the Park with George)

• Ken Billington (End of the World)
• Jules Fisher (La Cage aux Folles)
• Marc B. Weiss (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

Best direction of a play

• Mike Nichols (The Real Thing)

• Michael Blakemore (Noises Off)
• David Leveaux (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• Gregory Mosher (Glengarry Glen Ross)

Best direction of a musical

• Arthur Laurents (La Cage aux Folles)

• James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George)
• Richard Maltby, Jr. (Baby)
• Vivian Matalon (The Tap Dance Kid)

Best choreography

• Danny Daniels (The Tap Dance Kid)

• Wayne Cilento (Baby)
• Graciela Daniele (The Rink)
• Scott Salmon (La Cage aux Folles)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California

Special Tony Award

• La Tragedie de Carmen
• Peter Feller
• A Chorus Line
• Al Hirschfeld received the Brooks Atkinson Award

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