Tony Awards: 1968

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Tom Stoppard (playwright)
the David Merrick Arts Foundation (producer)

Joe Egg

Peter Nichols (playwright)
Joseph Cates and Henry Fownes (producers)

Plaza Suite

Neil Simon (playwright)
Saint-Subber (producer)

The Price

Arthur Miller (playwright)
Robert Whitehead (producer)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Hallelujah, Baby!

Arthur Laurents (book)
Jule Styne (music)
Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics)
Albert Selden, Hal James, Jane C. Nussbaum, and Harry Rigby (producers)

The Happy Time

N. Richard Nash (book)
John Kander (music)
Fred Ebb (lyrics)
David Merrick (producer)

How Now, Dow Jones

Max Shulman (book)
Elmer Bernstein (music)
Carolyn Leigh (lyrics)
David Merrick (producer)

Ilya Darling

Jules Dassin (book)
Manos Hadjidakis (music)
Joe Darion (lyrics)
Kermit Bloomgarten (producer)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Martin Balsam – You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running
Albert Finney – Joe Egg
Milo O’Shea – Staircase
Alan Webb – I Never Sang for My Father

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Zoe Caldwell – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Colleen Dewhurst – More Stately Mansions
Maureen Stapleton – Plaza Suite
Dorothy Tutin – Portrait of a Queen

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Robert Goulet – The Happy Time
Robert Hooks – Hallelujah, Baby!
Anthony Roberts – How Now, Dow Jones
David Wayne – The Happy Time

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Leslie Uggams – Hallelujah, Baby! tie
Patricia Routledge – Darling of the Day tie
Melina Mercouri – Ilya Darling
Brenda Vaccaro – How Now, Dow Jones

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

James Patterson – The Birthday Party
Paul Hecht – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Brian Murray – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
John Wood – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Zena Walker – Joe Egg
Pert Kelton – Spofford
Ruth White – The Birthday Party
Eleanor Wilson – Weekend

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Hiram Sherman – How Now, Dow Jones
Scott Jacoby – Golden Rainbow
Nikos Kourkoulos – Ilya Darling
Mike Rupert – The Happy Time

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Lillian Hayman – Hallelujah, Baby!
Geula Gill – The Grand Music Hall of Israel
Julie Gregg – The Happy Time
Alice Playten – Henry, Sweet Henry

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Mike Nichols – Plaza Suite
Michael Blakemore – Joe Egg
Derek Goldby – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Alan Schneider – You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Gower Champion – The Happy Time
George Abbot – How Now, Dow Jones
Jules Dassin – Ilya Darling
Burt Shevelove – Hallelujah, Baby!

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

BEST SCORE

Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green – Hallelujah, Baby!
Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh – How Now, Dow Jones
John Kander and Fred Ebb – The Happy Time
Manos Hadjidakis and Joe Darion – Ilya Darling

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Desmond Heeley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Boris Aronson – The Price
Rober Randoph – Golden Rainbow
Peter Wexler – The Happy Time

COSTUME DESIGNER

Desmond Helley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Jane Greenwood – More Stately Mansions
Irene Sharaff – Hallelujah, Baby!
Freddy Wittop – The Happy Time

SPECIAL TONY AWARDS

David Merrick

APA-Phoenix Theatre

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