The 1980s: The Arts: Awards

THE 1980s: THE ARTS: AWARDS

Pulitzer Prizes

1980

Fiction: The Executioner's Song, by Norman Mailer

Drama: Talley's Folly, by Lanford Wilson

Poetry: Selected Poems, by Donald Rodney Justice

Music: In Memory of a Summer Day, by David Del Tredici

1981

Fiction: A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole

Drama: Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley

Poetry: The Morning of the Poem, by James Schuyler

Music: no award given

1982

Fiction: Rabbit Is Rich, by John Updike

Drama: A Soldier's Play, by Charles Fuller

Poetry: The Collected Poems, by Sylvia Plath

Music: Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions

1983

Fiction: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker

Drama: Night, Mother, by Marsha Norman

Poetry: Selected Poems, by Galway Kinnell

Music: Three Movements for Orchestra, by Ellen T. Zwilich

1984

Fiction: Ironweed, by William Kennedy

Drama: Glengarry Glen Ross, by David Mamet

Poetry: American Primitive, by Mary Oliver

Music: Canti del Sole, by Bernard Rands

1985

Fiction: Foreign Affairs, by Alison Lurie

Drama: Sunday in the Park with George, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

Poetry: Yin, by Carolyn Kizer

Music: Symphony River Run, by Stephen Albert

1986

Fiction: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry

Drama: no award given

Poetry: The Flying Change, by Henry Taylor

Music: Wind Quintet IV, by George Perle

1987

Fiction: A Summons to Memphis, by Peter Taylor

Drama: Fences, by August Wilson

Poetry: Thomas and Beulah, by Rita Dove

Music: The Flight into Egypt, by John Harbison

1988

Fiction: Beloved, by Toni Morrison

Drama: Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry

Poetry: Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems, by William Meredith

Music: 12 New Etudes for Piano, by William Bolcom

1989

Fiction: Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler

Drama: The Heidi Chronicles, by Wendy Wasserstein

Poetry: New and Collected Poems, by Richard Wilbur

Music: Whispers Out of Time, by Roger Reynolds

Antoinette Perry Awards (Tonys)

1980

Play: Children of a Lesser God, Mark Medoff

Actor, Dramatic Star: John Rubinstein, Children of a Lesser God

Actress, Dramatic Star: Phyllis Frelich, Children of a Lesser God

Musical: Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

Actor, Musical Star: Jim Dale, Barnum

Actress, Musical Star: Patti LuPone, Evita

1981

Play: Amadeus, Peter Shaffer

Actor, Dramatic Star: Ian McKellan, Amadeus

Actress, Dramatic Star: Jane Lapotaire, Piaf

Musical: 42nd Street

Actor, Musical Star: Kevin Kline, The Pirates of Penzance

Actress, Musical Star: Lauren Bacali, Woman of the Year

1982

Play: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, David Edgar

Actor, Dramatic Star: Roger Rees, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Actress, Dramatic Star: Zoe Caldwell, Medea

Musical: Nine, Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit

Actor, Musical Star: Adam Harney, Dreamgirls

Actress, Musical Star: Jennifer Holliday, Dreamgirls

1983

Play: Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein

Actor, Dramatic Star: Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy

Actress, Dramatic Star: Jessica Tandy, Foxfire

Musical: Cats, T. S. Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Actor, Musical Star: Tommy Tune, My One and Only

Actress, Musical Star: Natalia Makarova, On Your Toes

1984

Play: The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard

Actor, Dramatic Star: Jeremy Irons, The Real Thing

Actress, Dramatic Star: Glenn Close, The Real Thing

Musical: La Cage aux Folles, Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman

Actor, Musical Star: George Hearn, La Cage aux Folles

Actress, Musical Star: Chita Rivera, The Rink

1985

Play: Biloxi Blues, Neil Simon

Actor, Dramatic Star: Derek Jacobi, Much Ado About Nothing

Actress, Dramatic Star: Stockard Channing, The Egg

Musical: Big River, Roger Miller and William Hauptman

Actor, Musical Star: no award given

Actress, Musical Star: no award given

1986

Play: I'm Not Rappaport, Herb Gardner

Actor, Dramatic Star: Judd Hirsch, Tm Not Rappaport

Actress, Dramatic Star: Lily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Musical: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rupert Holmes

Actor, Musical Star: George Rose, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Actress, Musical Star: Bernadette Peters, Song and Dance

1987

Play: Fences, August Wilson

Actor, Dramatic Star: James Earl Jones, Fences

Actress, Dramatic Star: Linda Lavin, Broadway Bound

Musical: Les Miserables, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer

Actor, Musical Star: Robert Lindsey, Me and My Girl

Actress, Musical Star: Maryann Plunkett, Me and My Girl

1988

Play: M Butterfly, David Henry Hwang

Actor, Dramatic Star: Ron Silver, Speed-the-Plow

Actress, Dramatic Star: Joan Allen, Burn This

Musical: The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart

Actor, Musical Star: Michael Crawford, The Phantom of the Opera

Actress, Musical Star: Joanna Gleason, Into the Woods

1989

Play: The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein

Actor, Dramatic Star: Philip Bosco, Lend Me a Tenor

Actress, Dramatic Star: Pauline Collins, Shirley Valentine

Musical: Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Actor, Musical Star: Jason Alexander, Jerome Robbins Broadway

Actress, Musical Star: Ruth Brown, Black and Blue

Academy of Motion PiÇtuie Arts
and Sciences Awards (The
Oscars)

1980

Actor: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull

Actress: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter

Picture: Ordinary People, Paramount

1981

Actor: Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond

Actress: Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond

Picture: Chariots of Fire, Warner Bros.

1982

Actor: Ben Kingsley, Gandhi

Actress: Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice

Picture: Gandhi, Columbia

1983

Actor: Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies

Actress: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment

Picture: Terms of Endearment, Paramount

1984

Actor: F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus

Actress: Sally Field, Places in the Heart

Picture: Amadeus, Orion

1985

Actor: William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Actress: Géraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful

Picture: Out of Africa, Universal

1986

Actor: Paul Newman, The Color of Money

Actress: Mariée Matlin, Children of a Lesser God

Picture: Platoon, Orion

1987

Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street

Actress: Cher, Moonstruck

Picture: The Last Emperor, Columbia

1988

Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man

Actress: Jodie Foster, The Accused

Picture: Rain Man, United Artists

1989

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

Actress: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

Picture: Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros.