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| The 1976 Tony awards Winners are indicated by Bold Type Best Broadway Play Knock Knock - Jules Feiffer (playwright), Harry Rigby, Terry Allen Kramer (producers) Lamppost Reunion - Louis LaRusso II (playwright), Joe Garofalo (producer) The First Breeze of Summer - Leslie Lee (playwright), The Negro Ensemble Company (producer) Travesties - Tom Stoppard (playwright), David Merrick, Doris Cole Abrahams, Barry Frederick in association with S. Spencer Davids and Eddie Kulukundis.(producers) Best Broadway Musical A Chorus Line - New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp (producers) Bubbling Brown Sugar - J. Lloyd Grant, Richard Bell, Robert M. Cooper, Ashton Springer in association with Moe Septee, Inc.(producers) Chicago - Robert Fryer, James Cresson (producers) Pacific Overtures - Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell.(producer) Best Actor in a Broadway Play George C. Scott - Death of a Salesman Donald Sinden - Habeas Corpus Moses Gunn - The Poison Tree John Wood - Travesties Best Actress in a Broadway Play Lynn Redgrave - Mrs. Warren's Professi Irene Worth - Sweet Bird of Youth Rosemary Harris - The Royal Family Tovah Feldshuh - Yentl Best Actor in a Broadway Musical Jerry Orbach - Chicago George Rose - My Fair Lady Ian Richardson - My Fair Lady Mako - Pacific Overtures Best Actress in a Broadway Musical Donna McKechnie - A Chorus Line Vivian Reed - Bubbling Brown Sugar Chita Rivera - Chicago Gwen Verdon - Chicago Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Broadway Play Daniel Selzer - Knock Knock Gabriel Dell - Lamppost Reunion Edward Herrmann- Mrs. Warren's Profession Barry Bostwick - They Knew What They Wanted Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Broadway Play Meryl Streep - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton Shirley Knight - Kennedy's Children Lois Nettleton - They Knew What They Wanted Mary Beth Hurt - Trelawny of the Wells Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Broadway Musical Robert LuPone - A Chorus Line Sammy Williams - A Chorus Line Isao Sato - Pacific Overtures Charles Repole - Very Good Eddie Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Broadway Musical Carole Bishop - A Chorus Line Priscilla Lopez - A Chorus Line Patti LuPone - The Robber Bridegroom Virginia Seidel - Very Good Eddie Best Director in a Broadway Play Arvin Brown - Ah Wilderness Marshall W. Mason - Knock Knock Ellis Rabb - The Royal Family Peter Wood - Travesties Best Director in a Broadway Musical Michael Bennett - A Chorus Line Bob Fosse - Chicago Harold Prince - Pacific Overtures Bill Gile - Very Good Eddie Best Choreographer of a Broadway Musical Michael Bennett and Bob Avian - A Chorus Line Billy Wilson - Bubbling Brown Sugar Bob Fosse - Chicago Partricia Birch - Pacific Overtures Best Book of a Broadway Musical A Chorus Line - James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante Chicago - Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Pacific Overtures - John Weidman The Robber Bridegroom - Alfred Uhry Best Score of a Broadway Musical A Chorus Line - Marvin Hamlisch (music), Edward Kleban (lyrics) Chicago - John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics) Pacific Overtures - Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Treemonisha - Scott Joplin (music and lyrics) Best Scenic Designer of a Broadway Play Ben Edwards - A Matter of Gravity Tony Walton - Chicago Boris Aronson - Pacific Overtures David Mitchell - Trelawny of the Wells Best Costume Designer of a Broadway Play Theoni V. Aldredge - A Chorus Line Partricia Zipprodt - Chicago Florence Klotz - Pacific Overtures Ann Roth - The Royal Family Best Lighting Designer of a Broadway Play Tharon Musser - A Chorus Line Jules Fisher - Chicago Tharon Musser - Pacific Overtures Ian Calderon - Trelawny of the Wells Special Awards Arena Stage, Washington, D.C Circle in the Square Mathilde Pincus Richard Burton Thomas H. Fitzgerald. Lawrance Langner Award (for distinguished lifetime achievement) George Abbott |
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