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.
The ceremony
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
- Barnum
- Evita
- Oklahoma!
- Peter Pan
- Sugar Babies
- West Side Story
Winners and nominees
Best Play | Best Musical |
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Best Revival | Best Book of a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre | Best Choreography |
Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
Best Lighting Design | - |
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Special awards
Multiple nominations and awards
- 11 nominations: Evita
- 10 nominations: Barnum
- 9 nominations: A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
- 8 nominations: Sugar Babies
- 5 nominations: Talley's Folly
- 4 nominations: Children of a Lesser God and Morning's at Seven
- 3 nominations: West Side Story
- 2 nominations: Bent, Betrayal, Home, The Lady from Dubuque, Night and Day, Oklahoma!, Peter Pan and Strider
- 7 wins: Evita
- 3 wins: Barnum, Children of a Lesser God and Morning's at Seven
- 2 wins: A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine