1974 Tony Awards results (28th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 28th Tony Awards ceremony held on April 21, 1974. The 1974 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Raisin.”

Best musical

• Raisin

• Over Here!
• Seesaw

Best play

• The River Niger

• Boom Boom Room
• The Au Pair Man
• Ulysses in Nighttown

Best book of a musical

• Hugh Wheeler (Candide)

• Robert Nemiroff, Charlotte Zaltzberg (Raisin)
• Michael Bennett (Seesaw)

Best original score

• Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner (Gigi)

• Peter Link (The Good Doctor)
• Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan (Raisin)
• Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields (Seesaw)

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Michael Moriarty (Find Your Way Home)

• Zero Mostel (Ulysses in Nighttown)
• Jason Robards (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• George C. Scott (Uncle Vanya)
• Nicol Williamson (Uncle Vanya)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Colleen Dewhurst (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

• Jane Alexander (Find Your Way Home)
• Julie Harris (The Au Pair Man)
• Madeline Kahn (Boom Boom Room)
• Rachel Roberts (New Phoenix Repertory Company)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• Christopher Plummer (Cyrano)

• Alfred Drake (Gigi)
• Joe Morton (Raisin)
• Lewis J. Stadlen (Candide)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Virginia Capers (Raisin)

• Carol Channing (Lorelei)
• Michele Lee (Seesaw)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Ed Flanders (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

• Rene Auberjonois (The Good Doctor)
• Douglas Turner Ward (The River Niger)
• Dick Anthony Williams (What the Wine Sellers Buy)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Frances Sternhagen (The Good Doctor)

• Regina Baff (Veronica’s Room)
• Fionnula Flanagan (Ulysses in Nighttown)
• Charlotte Moore (Chemin de Fer)
• Roxie Roker (The River Niger)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Tommy Tune (Seesaw)

• Mark Baker (Candide)
• Ralph Carter (Raisin)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Janie Sell (Over Here!)

• Leigh Berry (Cyrano)
• Maureen Brennan (Candide)
• June Gable (Candide)
• Ernestine Jackson (Raisin)

Best scenic design

• Franne Lee and Eugene Lee (Candide)

• John Conklin (The Au Pair Man)
• Santo Loquasto (What the Wine Sellers Buy)
• Oliver Smith (Gigi)
• Ed Wittstein (Ulysses in Nighttown)

Best costume design in a play

• Franne Lee (Candide)

• Theoni V. Aldredge (The Au Pair Man)
• Finlay James (Crown Matrimonial)
• Oliver Messel (Gigi)
• Carrie F. Robbins (Over Here!)

Best lighting design in a play

• Jules Fisher (Ulysses in Nighttown)

• Martin Aronstein (Boom Boom Room)
• Ken Billington (The Visit)
• Ben Edwards (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• Tharon Musser (The Good Doctor)

Best direction of a play

• Jose Quintero (A Moon for the Misbegotten)

• Burgess Meredith (Ulysses in Nighttown)
• Mike Nichols (Uncle Vanya)
• Stephen Porter (Chemin de Fer)
• Edwin Sherin (Find Your Way Home)

Best direction of a musical

• Harold Prince (Candide)

• Michael Bennett (Seesaw)
• Donald McKayle (Raisin)
• Tom Moore (Over Here!)

Best choreography

• Michael Bennett (Seesaw)

• Patricia Birch (Over Here!)
• Donald McKayle (Raisin)

Special Tony Award

• Liza Minnelli
• Bette Midler
• Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
• A Moon for the Misbegotten
• Candide
• Produced by Chelsea Theatre Group
• Harold Prince and Ruth Mitchell
• Actor’s Equity Association
• Theatre Development Fund

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