The 1980s: The Arts: Awards
American Decades
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.
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