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The 37th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Gershwin Theatre on June 5, 1983, and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Richard Burton, Lena Horne, and Jack Lemmon.

The ceremony

Presenters included George Abbott, Diahann Carroll, David Cassidy, James Coco, Cleavant Derricks, Colleen Dewhurst, Sergio Franchi, Bonnie Franklin, Peter Michael Goetz, Mark Hamill, Cheryl Hartley, Florence Lacey, Frank Langella, Court Miller, Liliane Montevecchi, Jerry Orbach, Jay Patterson, John Rubinstein, and Pamela Sousa.^[1]

The Special Salute was a medley of George Gershwin songs. At the end of the ceremony the Uris Theatre was renamed the Gershwin Theatre.^[2] Songs included: "The Real American Folk Song" sung by Diahann Carroll, "Stairway to Paradise" sung by Ben Vereen, "Somebody Loves Me" sung by Jack Lemmon and Ginger Rogers, "Lady Be Good" sung by Hal Linden and Ginger Rogers, "Someone to Watch Over Me" sung by Melissa Manchester, "How Long Has This Been Going On?" sung by Bonnie Franklin, "Vodka" sung by Dorothy Loudon, "I've Got Rhythm" sung by Michele Lee and "There's a Boat dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" sung by Robert Guillaume.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Play

Best Musical

Torch Song Trilogy – Harvey Fierstein
- Angels Fall – Lanford Wilson
- 'night, Mother – Marsha Norman
- Plenty – David Hare

Cats
- Blues in the Night
- Merlin
- My One and Only

Best Revival

Best Book of a Musical

On Your Toes
- All's Well That Ends Well
- A View from the Bridge
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

T.S. Eliot – Cats
- Betty Comden and Adolph Green – A Doll's Life
- Richard Levinson and William Link – Merlin
- Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer – My One and Only

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy as Arnold Beckoff
- Jeffrey DeMunn – K2 as Taylor
- Edward Herrmann – Plenty as Raymond Brock
- Tony Lo Bianco – A View from the Bridge as Eddie

Jessica Tandy – Foxfire as Annie Nations
- Kathy Bates – 'night, Mother as Jessie Cates
- Kate Nelligan – Plenty as Susan Traherne
- Anne Pitoniak – 'night, Mother as Thelma Cates

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Tommy Tune – My One and Only as Cpt. Billy Buck Chandler
- Al Green – Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God as Performer
- George Hearn – A Doll's Life as Various Characters
- Michael V. Smartt – Porgy and Bess as Porgy

Natalia Makarova – On Your Toes as Vera Barnova
- Lonette McKee – Show Boat as Julie LaVerne
- Chita Rivera – Merlin as The Queen
- Twiggy – My One and Only as Edith Herbert

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Matthew Broderick – Brighton Beach Memoirs as Eugene Jerome
- Željko Ivanek – Brighton Beach Memoirs as Stanley Jerome
- George N. Martin – Plenty as Leonard Darwin
- Stephen Moore – All's Well That Ends Well as Captain Parolles

Judith Ivey – Steaming as Josie
- Elizabeth Franz – Brighton Beach Memoirs as Kate Jerome
- Roxanne Hart – Passion as Kate
- Margaret Tyzack – All's Well That Ends Well as The Countess of Rossillion

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Charles "Honi" Coles – My One and Only as Mr. Magix
- Harry Groener – Cats as Munkustrap
- Stephen Hanan – Cats as Various Characters
- Lara Teeter – On Your Toes as Junior

Betty Buckley – Cats as Grizabella
- Christine Andreas – On Your Toes as Frankie Frayne
- Karla Burns – Show Boat as Queenie
- Denny Dillon – My One and Only as Mickey

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Best Choreography

Cats – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and T.S. Eliot (lyrics)
- A Doll's Life – Larry Grossman (music) and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics)
- Merlin – Elmer Bernstein (music) and Don Black (lyrics)
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (music) and Johnny Mercer, Kasha and Hirschhorn (lyrics)

Thommie Walsh and Tommy Tune – My One and Only
- George Faison – Porgy and Bess
- Gillian Lynne – Cats
- Donald Saddler – On Your Toes

Best Direction of a Play

Best Direction of a Musical

Gene Saks – Brighton Beach Memoirs
- Marshall W. Mason – Angels Fall
- Tom Moore – 'night, Mother
- Trevor Nunn – All's Well That Ends Well

Trevor Nunn – Cats
- Michael Kahn – Show Boat
- Ivan Reitman – Merlin
- Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh – My One and Only

Best Scenic Design

Best Costume Design

Ming Cho Lee – K2
- John Gunter – All's Well That Ends Well
- David Mitchell – Foxfire
- John Napier – Cats

John Napier – Cats
- Lindy Hemming – All's Well That Ends Well
- Rita Ryack – My One and Only
- Patricia Zipprodt – Alice in Wonderland

Best Lighting Design

David Hersey – Cats
- Ken Billington – Foxfire
- Robert & Beverly Bryan – All's Well That Ends Well
- Allen Lee Hughes – K2

Special awards

References

1. ^¹²[https://web.archive.org/web/20110519173408/http://http/ "1983 - 37th Annual Tony Awards"] tonyawards.com, accessed April 30, 2011
2. ^Lawson, Carol.[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/06/theater/cats-and-torch-song-trilogy-win-top-tonys.html?scp=1&sq=%22Tony+Award%22&st=nyt " 'Cats' And 'Torch Song Trilogy' Win Top Tonys"] New York Times (abstract), June 6, 1983, p. C11
3. ^"1983 Tony Award Winners" broadwayworld.com, accessed April 30, 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728001548/http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1983 |date=July 28, 2011 }}

The ceremony

Winners and nominees

Special awards

References

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