1968 Tony Awards results (22nd) – Winners & nominees
Discover the winners and nominees from the 1968 Tony Awards, the highest honors in American musical theatre.
This page lists the winners from the 22nd Tony Awards, held on April 21, 1968. The 1968 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Hallelujah, Baby!”.
Best musical
Winner:
- Hallelujah, Baby!（Hallelujah, Baby!）
Nominees:
- The Happy Time（The Happy Time）
- How Now, Dow Jones（How Now, Dow Jones）
- Illya, Darling（Illya, Darling）
Best play
Winner:
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
Nominees:
- Joe Egg（A Day in the Death of Joe Egg）
- Plaza Suite（Plaza Suite）
- The Price（The Price）
Best performance by a leading actor in a play
Winner:
- Martin Balsam（You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running）
Nominees:
- Albert Finney（A Day in the Death of Joe Egg）
- Milo O’Shea（Staircase）
- Alan Webb（I Never Sang for My Father）
Best performance by a leading actress in a play
Winner:
- Zoe Caldwell（The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie）
Nominees:
- Colleen Dewhurst（More Stately Mansions）
- Maureen Stapleton（Plaza Suite）
- Dorothy Tutin（Portrait of a Queen）
Best performance by a leading actor in a musical
Winner:
- Robert Goulet（The Happy Time）
Nominees:
- Robert Hooks（Hallelujah, Baby!）
- Anthony Roberts（How Now, Dow Jones）
- David Wayne（The Happy Time）
Best performance by a leading actress in a musical
Winner:
- Patricia Routledge（Darling of the Day）
- Leslie Uggams（Hallelujah, Baby!）
Nominees:
- Melina Mercouri（Illya, Darling）
- Brenda Vaccaro（How Now, Dow Jones）
Best performance by a featured actor in a play
Winner:
- James Patterson（The Birthday Party）
Nominees:
- Paul Hecht（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
- Brian Murray（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
- John Wood（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
Best performance by a featured actress in a play
Winner:
- Zena Walker（A Day in the Death of Joe Egg）
Nominees:
- Pert Kelton（Spofford）
- Ruth White（The Birthday Party）
- Eleanor Wilson（Weekend）
Best performance by a featured actor in a musical
Winner:
- Hiram Sherman（How Now, Dow Jones）
Nominees:
- Scott Jacoby（Golden Rainbow）
- Nikos Kourkoulos（Illya, Darling）
- Mike Rupert（The Happy Time）
Best performance by a featured actress in a musical
Winner:
- Lillian Hayman（Hallelujah, Baby!）
Nominees:
- Geula Gill（The Grand Music Hall of Israel）
- Julie Gregg（The Happy Time）
- Alice Playten（Henry, Sweet Henry）
Best scenic design
Winner:
- Desmond Heeley（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
Nominees:
- Boris Aronson（The Price）
- Robert Randolph（Golden Rainbow）
- Peter Wexler（The Happy Time）
Best costume design
Winner:
- Desmond Heeley（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
Nominees:
- Jane Greenwood（More Stately Mansions）
- Irene Sharaff（Hallelujah, Baby!）
- Freddy Wittop（The Happy Time）
Best direction of a play
Winner:
- Mike Nichols（Plaza Suite）
Nominees:
- Michael Blakemore（A Day in the Death of Joe Egg）
- Derek Goldby（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
- Alan Schneider（You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running）
Best direction of a musical
Winner:
- Gower Champion（The Happy Time）
Nominees:
- George Abbott（How Now, Dow Jones）
- Jules Dassin（Illya, Darling）
- Burt Shevelove（Hallelujah, Baby!）
Best choreography
Winner:
- Gower Champion（The Happy Time）
Nominees:
- Michael Bennett（Henry, Sweet Henry）
- Kevin Carlisle（Hallelujah, Baby!）
- Onna White（Illya, Darling）
Producer (Play)
Winner:
- David Merrick Arts Foundation（Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead）
Producer (Musical)
Winner:
- Albert Selden, Hal James, Jane C. Nusbaum, Harry Rigby（Hallelujah, Baby!）
Special Tony Award
- Audrey Hepburn
- Carol Channing
- Pearl Bailey
- David Merrick
- Maurice Chevalier
- APA-Phoenix Theatre
- Marlene Dietrich
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