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34th Tony Awards

1980 theatrical awards ceremony

Field	Value
name	34th Tony Awards
date	June 8, 1980
location	Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, New York
host	Mary Tyler Moore and Jason Robards
network	CBS
previous	33rd
main	Tony Awards
next	35th

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.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1979–1980 season before May 15, 1980 are eligible.

;Original plays

Bent
Betrayal
Charlotte
Children of a Lesser God
Clothes for a Summer Hotel
Devour the Snow
Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth
Goodbye Fidel
Harold and Maude
Heartaches of a Pussycat
Hide and Seek
Home
Horowitz and Mrs. Washington
I Ought to Be in Pictures
The Lady from Dubuque
Last Licks
Lone Star
Loose Ends
Mister Lincoln
Night and Day
Nuts
Once a Catholic
Past Tense
Pvt. Wars
The Roast
Romantic Comedy
Strider
Talley's Folly
Teibele and Her Demon ;Original musicals
Barnum
But Never Jam Today
Censored Scenes from King Kong
Comin' Uptown
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Evita
Got Tu Go Disco
Happy New Year
King of Schnorrers
A Kurt Weill Cabaret
The Madwoman of Central Park West
Musical Chairs
The 1940's Radio Hour
Reggae
Sugar Babies ;Play revivals
Filumena
Major Barbara
Morning's at Seven
The Price
Richard III
Watch on the Rhine ;Musical revivals
Canterbury Tales
The Most Happy Fella
Oklahoma!
Peter Pan
West Side Story

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 ("Doin' the Production Code" - Company)
Barnum ("Come Follow the Band"/"There is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute" - Jim Dale and Company)
Evita ("A 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)
West Side Story ("America" - Debbie Allen and Company)

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical	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 (Music and/or Lyrics) 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

Special awards

Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre — Helen Hayes
Regional Theatre Award Winner - Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky
Mary Tyler Moore, Whose Life Is It Anyway?.

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

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

The following productions received multiple awards.

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

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