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A Lesson from Aloes(opened November 17, 1980) 96
performances
1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Play, Athol Fugard (playwright)

Amadeus(opened December 17, 1980) 1,181 perfor-
mances
1981 Tony Awards: Best Play, Peter Shaffer (play-
wright) and The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth
I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, and Roger S. Berlind
(producers); Best Actor in a Play, Ian McKellen;
Best Direction of a Play, Peter Hall
1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Play Runner-Up, Peter Shaffer

Plays Opening in 1981
The Pirates of Penzance(opened January 8, 1981) 787
performances (revival)
1981 Tony Awards: Best Actor in a Musical, Kevin
Kline; Best Direction of a Musical, Wilford Leach;
Best Reproduction of a Play or Musical, Joseph
Papp (producer)
1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Spe-
cial Citation

Piaf(opened February 5, 1981) 165 performances
1981 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play, Jane
Lapotaire

Sophisticated Ladies(opened March 1, 1981) 767 per-
formances
1981 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Musi-
cal, Hinton Battle

Woman of the Year(opened March 29, 1981) 770 per-
formances
1981 Tony Awards: Best Book of a Musical, Peter
Stone; Best Original Score, John Kander and Fred
Ebb; Best Actress in a Musical, Lauren Bacall; Best
Featured Actress in a Musical, Marilyn Cooper

The Floating LightBulb (opened April 27, 1981) 62
performances
1981 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Play,
Brian Backer

Lena Horne: “The Lady and Her Music”(opened May
12, 1981) 333 performances
1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Spe-
cial Citation

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(Octo-

ber 4, 1981) 49 performances

1982 Tony Awards: Best Play, David Edgar (adapter)

and James M. Nederlander, The Shubert Orga-

nization, Elizabeth I. McCann, and Nelle Nugent

(producers); Best Actor in a Play, Roger Rees;

Best Direction of a Play, Trevor Nunn 1982 New

York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best Play, David

Edgar

Crimes of the Heart(opened November 4, 1981) 535

performances

1981 Pulitzer Prize: Beth Henley* (playwright)

1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best

American Play, Beth Henley*

Mass Appeal(opened November 12, 1981) 212 per-

formances

The Dresser(opened November 19, 1981) 200 perfor-

mances

Dreamgirls(opened December 20, 1981) 1,521 per-

formances

1982 Tony Awards: Best Book of a Musical, Tom

Eyen; Best Actor in a Musical, Ben Harney; Best

Actress in a Musical, Jennifer Holliday; Best Fea-

tured Actor in a Musical, Cleavant Derricks; Best

Choreography, Michael Bennett and Michael

Peters

Plays Opening in 1982

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(opened

January 27, 1982) 747 performances

Pump Boys and Dinettes(opened February 4, 1982)

573 performances

Agnes of God(March 30, 1982) 599 performances

1982 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Play,

Amanda Plummer

Medea(opened May 2, 1982) 65 performances

1982 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play, Zoe

Caldwell

“MASTER HAROLD”... and the Boys(opened May 4,

1982) 344 performances

1982 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Play,

Zakes Mokae

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Entertainment: Major Broadway Plays and Awards The Eighties in America