36th Tony Awards

The 36th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS television on June 6, 1982, from the Imperial Theatre. The host was Tony Randall.

The ceremony
Presenters: Lucie Arnaz, Milton Berle, Victor Borge, Pam Dawber, Lillian Gish, Marvin Hamlisch, Lena Horne, Beth Howland, Robert Goulet, James Earl Jones, Swoosie Kurtz, Michele Lee, Hal Linden, Ann Miller, Robert Preston, Jason Robards, Ginger Rogers, Gary Sandy, Ben Vereen.

Some of Broadway's theatres were being demolished (the Morosco, Helen Hayes and Bijou Theatres) thus the theme was to celebrate a great Broadway theatre, the Imperial. "The Imperial Medley" featured songs from Rose Marie; Oh, Kay!; Jubilee; Leave It to Me; On Your Toes; Between the Devil; Annie Get Your Gun; Miss Liberty; Call Me Madam; The Most Happy Fella; Fiddler on the Roof; The New Moon; Silk Stockings; Wish You Were Here; The Laugh Parade; Carnival; They're Playing Our Song; Oliver!; and Pippin.

Musicals represented:
 * Dreamgirls ("It's All Over/And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - Jennifer Holliday and Company);
 * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ("Any Dream Will Do" - Bill Hutton and Company);
 * Nine ("Be Italian" - Kathi Moss and Company);
 * Pump Boys and Dinettes ("Vacation"/"No Holds Barred"/"Highway 57" - Company).

Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold 

Special awards

 * Special Awards—The Actors' Fund of America
 * Theatre Award '82
 * Warner Communications
 * Radio City Music Hall


 * Regional Theatre Award -- The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Multiple nominations and awards
These productions had multiple nominations:


 * 13 nominations: Dreamgirls
 * 12 nominations: Nine
 * 8 nominations: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
 * 7 nominations: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 * 6 nominations: Medea
 * 4 nominations: Crimes of the Heart
 * 3 nominations: The First, Little Me and "Master Harold"...and the Boys
 * 2 nominations: Agnes of God, The Dresser, Mass Appeal, Othello and A Taste of Honey

The following productions received multiple awards.


 * 6 wins: Dreamgirls
 * 5 wins: Nine
 * 4 wins: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby