1964 Tony Awards results (18th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 18th Tony Awards, held on May 24, 1964. The 1964 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Hello, Dolly!”.

Best Musical

• Hello, Dolly!

• Funny Girl
• High Spirits
• She Loves Me

Best Play

• Luther

• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
• Barefoot in the Park
• Dylan

Best Book of a Musical

• Michael Stewart (Hello, Dolly!)

• Noël Coward, Harry Kurnitz (The Girl Who Came to Supper)
• Joe Masteroff (She Loves Me)
• Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray (High Spirits)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Alec Guinness (Dylan)

• Richard Burton (Hamlet)
• Albert Finney (Luther)
• Jason Robards, Jr. (After the Fall)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Sandy Dennis (Any Wednesday)

• Elizabeth Ashley (Barefoot in the Park)
• Colleen Dewhurst (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe)
• Julie Harris (Marathon ’33)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Bert Lahr (Foxy)

• Sydney Chaplin (Funny Girl)
• Bob Fosse (Little Me)
• Steve Lawrence (What Makes Sammy Run?)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Carol Channing (Hello, Dolly!)

• Beatrice Lillie (High Spirits)
• Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl)
• Inga Swenson (110 in the Shade)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Hume Cronyn (Hamlet)

• Lee Allen (Marathon ’33)
• Michael Dunn (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe)
• Larry Gates (A Case of Libel)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Barbara Loden (After the Fall)

• Rosemary Murphy (Any Wednesday)
• Kate Reid (Dylan)
• Diana Sands (Blues for Mister Charlie)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Jack Cassidy (She Loves Me)

• Will Geer (110 in the Shade)
• Danny Meehan (Funny Girl)
• Charles Nelson Reilly (Hello, Dolly!)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Tessie O’Shea (The Girl Who Came to Supper)

• Julienne Marie (Foxy)
• Kay Medford (Funny Girl)
• Louise Troy (High Spirits)

Best Scenic Design

• Oliver Smith (Hello, Dolly!)

• Raoul Pene Du Bois (The Student Gypsy)
• Ben Edwards (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe)
• David Hays (Marco Millions)

Best Costume Design

• Freddy Wittop (Hello, Dolly!)

• Irene Sharaff (The Girl Who Came to Supper)
• Beni Montresor (Marco Millions)
• Rouben Ter-Arutunian (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui)

Best Direction of a Play

• Mike Nichols (Barefoot in the Park)

• June Havoc (Marathon ’33)
• Alan Schneider (The Ballad of the Sad Cafe)
• Herman Shumlin (The Deputy)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Gower Champion (Hello, Dolly!)

• Joseph Anthony (110 in the Shade)
• Noël Coward (High Spirits)
• Harold Prince (She Loves Me)

Best Choreography

• Gower Champion (Hello, Dolly!)

• Danny Daniels (High Spirits)
• Carol Haney (Funny Girl)
• Herbert Ross (Anyone Can Whistle)

Special Tony Award

• Eva Le Gallienne

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