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Awards for 1980-1981

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Best Actor
Ian McKellen - Amadeus

Best Actress
Swoosie Kurtz - The Fifth of July

Best Broadway Play
Amadeus

Best Choreography
Michael Smuin, Donald MacKayle, Henry LeTang - Sophisticated Ladies

Best Off Broadway Play
March of the Falsettos

Best Revival
The Pirates of Penzance

Best Set Design
Robert Phillips

John Gassner Playwriting Award
Ted Talley - Coming Attractions

Lucille Lortel Award for New Director
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Long Day's Journey Into Night / Mass Appeal

Most Impressive Debut
Elizabeth Taylor - The Little Foxes

Outstanding Debuts
Brian Backer - The Floating Light Bulb
Daniel Gerroll - Knuckle / The Fly Boys

Outstanding New Play
Dario Fo - We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!

Special Citations
National Critics Institute at the O'Neill Theatre Center