38th Tony Awards

The 38th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 3, 1984, at the Gershwin Theatre and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.Gans, Andrew. "Diva Talk: A Backwards Glance—the 1984 Tonys PLUS Ripley, Menzel and Jones", Playbill, July 1, 2005, accessed June 1, 2016

Eligibility Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1983–1984 season before May 7, 1984 are eligible.

Original plays Beethoven's Tenth Brothers Edmund Kean End of the World Glengarry Glen Ross The Golden Age The Guys in the Truck Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare Noises Off Open Admissions Play Memory The Real Thing A Woman of Independent Means

Original musicals Amen Corner Baby Doonesbury The Human Comedy La Cage aux Folles Marilyn: An American Fable Peg The Rink Sunday in the Park with George The Tap Dance Kid

Play revivals American Buffalo Awake and Sing! The Corn Is Green Death of a Salesman The Glass Menagerie Heartbreak House A Moon for the Misbegotten

Musical revivals Mame Oliver! La Tragedie de Carmen Zorba

The ceremony Presenters and performers:"Ceremony, 1984" tonyawards.com, accessed June 1, 2016 Carol Channing, Marilyn Cooper, Nancy Dussault, Robert Goulet, Robert Guillaume, Dustin Hoffman, Beth Howland, Larry Kert, Michele Lee, Dorothy Loudon, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Mary Tyler Moore, Anita Morris, Bernadette Peters, Anthony Quinn, Tony Randall, Tony Roberts, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, Raquel Welch

Musicals represented: Baby ("I Want It All" - Liz Callaway, Catherine Cox and Beth Fowler) La Cage aux Folles ("We Are What We Are" - Company/"I Am What I Am" - George Hearn) The Tap Dance Kid ("Fabulous Feet" - Hinton Battle, Company) The Rink ("Wallflower" - Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli) Sunday in the Park with George ("Sunday" - Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Company)

There was a special salute to the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim. The Finale was a medley of Jerry Herman songs, including "Milk and Honey' and "Shalom" (Robert Goulet), "Before the Parade Passes By" (Carol Channing), "It Only Takes a Moment" (Nancy Dussault), "Hello, Dolly!" (chorus plus Channing), "If He Walked Into My Life" (Leslie Uggams) and "Mame" (Dorothy Loudon); a Mack & Mabel medley with Robert Preston ("I Won't Send Roses") and Bernadette Peters ("Time Heals Everything"); and a La Cage aux Folles segment with Gene Barry, the Cagelles, and George Hearn, ("I Am What I Am"). The first Brooks Atkinson Award for lifetime contribution to the theater was given to Al Hirschfeld.O'Connor, John J. "The 38th Tony Awards", The New York Times, June 5, 1984, p. C17, accessed June 1, 2016

Winners and nominees Winners in bold

Best Play Best Musical The Real Thing – Tom Stoppard Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet Noises Off – Michael Frayn Play Memory – Joanna Glass | valign="top" | La Cage aux Folles Baby Sunday in the Park with George The Tap Dance Kid Best Revival Best Book of a Musical Death of a Salesman American Buffalo Heartbreak House A Moon for the Misbegotten Harvey Fierstein – La Cage aux Folles Sybille Pearson – Baby James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George Charles Blackwell – The Tap Dance Kid Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Jeremy Irons – The Real Thing as Henry Calvin Levels – Open Admissions as Calvin Jefferson Rex Harrison – Heartbreak House as Captain Shotover Ian McKellen – Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare as Performer Glenn Close – The Real Thing as Annie Rosemary Harris – Heartbreak House as Hesione Hushabye Linda Hunt – End of the World as Audrey Wood Kate Nelligan – A Moon for the Misbegotten as Josie Hogan Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical George Hearn – La Cage aux Folles as Albin Gene Barry – La Cage aux Folles as Georges Ron Moody – Oliver! as Fagin Mandy Patinkin – Sunday in the Park with George as George Chita Rivera – The Rink as Anna Rhetta Hughes – Amen Corner as Sister Margaret Alexander Liza Minnelli – The Rink as Angel Bernadette Peters – Sunday in the Park with George as Dot/Marie Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Joe Mantegna – Glengarry Glen Ross as Richard Roma Robert Prosky – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene Philip Bosco – Heartbreak House as Boss Mangan Douglas Seale – Noises Off as Selsdon Mowbray Christine Baranski – The Real Thing as Charlotte Jo Henderson – Play Memory as Ruth MacMillan Dana Ivey – Heartbreak House as Lady Utterword Deborah Rush – Noises Off as Brooke Ashton Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Hinton Battle – The Tap Dance Kid as Dipsey Samuel E. Wright – The Tap Dance Kid as William Stephen Geoffreys – The Human Comedy as Homer Todd Graff – Baby as Danny Lila Kedrova – Zorba as Madame Hortense Martine Allard – The Tap Dance Kid as Emma Liz Callaway – Baby as Lizzie Fields Dana Ivey – Sunday in the Park with George as Yvonne/Naomi Eisen Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Best Choreography La Cage aux Folles – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) Baby – David Shire (music) and Richard Maltby Jr. (lyrics) The Rink – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics) Sunday in the Park with George – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) | valign="top" | Danny Daniels – The Tap Dance Kid Wayne Cilento – Baby Graciela Daniele – The Rink Scott Salmon – La Cage aux Folles Best Direction of a Play Best Direction of a Musical Mike Nichols – The Real Thing Michael Blakemore – Noises Off David Leveaux – A Moon for the Misbegotten Gregory Mosher – Glengarry Glen Ross 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 Scenic Design Best Costume Design Tony Straiges – Sunday in the Park with George Clarke Dunham – End of the World Peter Larkin – The Rink Tony Walton – The Real Thing Theoni V. Aldredge – La Cage aux Folles Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House Anthea Sylbert – The Real Thing Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward – Sunday in the Park with George Best Lighting Design 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

Special awards To director Peter Brook and producer Alexander H. Cohen for La tragédie de Carmen, for outstanding achievement in musical theatreFreedman, Samuel G. " 'Real Thing' And 'La Cage' Dominate The Tony Awards", The New York Times, June 4, 1984, p.C11, accessed June 1, 2016 Peter Feller, a master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic A Chorus Line producer Joseph Papp was presented with a special Gold Tony Award in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical Al Hirschfeld, Brooks Atkinson Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Regional Theatre Award Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: Sunday in the Park with George 9 nominations: La Cage aux Folles 7 nominations: Baby, The Real Thing and The Tap Dance Kid 6 nominations: Heartbreak House 5 nominations: The Rink 4 nominations: Glengarry Glen Ross, A Moon for the Misbegotten and Noises Off 3 nominations: End of the World 2 nominations: Play Memory

The following productions received multiple awards.

6 wins: La Cage aux Folles 5 wins: The Real Thing 2 wins: Sunday in the Park with George and The Tap Dance Kid

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