Baby(opened December 4, 1983) 241 performances
Noises Off(opened December 11, 1983) 553 perfor-
mances
The Tap Dance Kid(opened December 21, 1983) 669
performances
1984 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Musi-
cal, Hinton Battle; Best Choreography, Danny
Daniels
Plays Opening in 1984
The Real Thing(opened January 5, 1984) 566 perfor-
mances
1984 Tony Awards: Best Play, Tom Stoppard (play-
wright) and Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Or-
ganization, Icarus Productions, Byron Goldman,
Ivan Bloch, Roger S. Berlind, and Michael Codron
(producers); Best Actor in a Play, Jeremy Irons;
Best Actress in a Play, Glenn Close*; Best Fea-
tured Actress in a Play, Christine Baranski; Best
Direction of a Play, Mike Nichols
1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Play, Tom Stoppard
The Rink(opened February 9, 1984) 204 perfor-
mances
1984 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Musical,
Chita Rivera
Glengarr y Glen Ross(opened March 25, 1984) 378
performances
1984 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Play,
Joe Mantegna
1984 Pulitzer Prize: David Mamet (playwright)
1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
American Play, David Mamet
Sunday in the Park with George(opened May 2, 1984)
604 performances
1985 Pulitzer Prize: Stephen Sondheim and James
Lapine
1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Musical, Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
and James Lapine (book)
Design for Living(opened June 20, 1984) 245 perfor-
mances (revival)
Hurlyburly(opened August 7, 1984) 343 perfor-
mances
1985 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Play,
Judith IveyMa Rainey’s Black Bottom(opened October 11, 1984)
276 performances
1985 New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Play, August Wilson* (playwright)Much Ado About Nothing(opened October 14, 1984)
53 performances (revival)
1985 Tony Awards: Best Actor in a Play, Derek
JacobiPlays Opening in 1985
The Odd Couple(opened January 11, 1985) 295 per-
formances (revival)Joe Egg(opened March 27, 1985) 93 performances
(revival)
1985 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play, Stockard
Channing; Best Reproduction of a Play or Musi-
cal, The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azen-
berg, Roger S. Berlind, Ivan Bloch, and MTM
Enterprises, Inc. (producers)Biloxi Blues(opened March 28, 1985) 524 perfor-
mances
1985 Tony Awards: Best Play, Neil Simon (play-
wright) and Emanuel Azenberg and the Center
Theater Group/Ahmanson Theater (producers);
Best Featured Actor in a Play, Barry Miller; Best
Direction of a Play, Gene Saks
1985: New York Drama Critics Circle Award: Best
Play Runner-Up, Neil SimonGrind(opened April 16, 1985) 71 performances
1985 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actress in a Mu-
sical, Leilani JonesBig River(opened April 25, 1985) 1,005 perfor-
mances
1985 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Rocco Landes-
man, Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony
Fisher, and Dodger Theatricals (producers); Best
Book of a Musical, William Hauptman; Best Origi-
nal Score, Roger Miller; Best Featured Actor in a
Musical, Ron Richardson; Best Direction of a Mu-
sical, Des McAnuff1088 Entertainment: Major Broadway Plays and Awards The Eighties in America