1978 Tony Awards results (32nd) – Winners & nominees

On this page, you’ll find a complete list of winners from the 32nd Tony Awards, held on June 4, 1978. The 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

Best musical

• Ain’t Misbehavin’

• Dancin’
• On the Twentieth Century
• Runaways

Best play

• Da

• Chapter Two
• Deathtrap
• The Gin Game

Best book of a musical

• Betty Comden, Adolph Green (On the Twentieth Century)

• Christopher Durang (A History of the American Film)
• Elizabeth Swados (Runaways)
• Stephen Schwartz (Working)

Best original score

• Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green (On the Twentieth Century)

• John Kander, Fred Ebb (The Act)
• Elizabeth Swados (Runaways)
• Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor (Working)

Best revival of a musical

• Dracula

• Tartuffe
• Timbuktu!
• A Touch of the Poet

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Barnard Hughes (Da)

• Hume Cronyn (The Gin Game)
• Frank Langella (Dracula)
• Jason Robards (A Touch of the Poet)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Jessica Tandy (The Gin Game)

• Anne Bancroft (Golda)
• Anita Gillette (Chapter Two)
• Estelle Parsons (Miss Margarida’s Way)

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• John Cullum (On the Twentieth Century)

• Eddie Bracken (Hello, Dolly!)
• Barry Nelson (The Act)
• Gilbert Price (Timbuktu!)

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Liza Minnelli (The Act)

• Madeline Kahn (On the Twentieth Century)
• Eartha Kitt (Timbuktu!)
• Frances Sternhagen (Angel)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Lester Rawlins (Da)

• Morgan Freeman (The Mighty Gents)
• Victor Garber (Deathtrap)
• Cliff Gorman (Chapter Two)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Ann Wedgeworth (Chapter Two)

• Starletta DuPois (The Mighty Gents)
• Swoosie Kurtz (Tartuffe)
• Marian Seldes (Deathtrap)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Kevin Kline (On the Twentieth Century)

• Steven Boockvor (Working)
• Wayne Cilento (Dancin’)
• Rex Everhart (Working)

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Nell Carter (Ain’t Misbehavin’)

• Imogene Coca (On the Twentieth Century)
• Ann Reinking (Dancin’)
• Charlaine Woodard (Ain’t Misbehavin’)

Best scenic design in a musical

• Robin Wagner (On the Twentieth Century)

• Zack Brown (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Edward Gorey (Dracula)
• David Mitchell (Working)

Best costume design in a play

• Edward Gorey (Dracula)

• Halston (The Act)
• Geoffrey Holder (Timbuktu!)
• Willa Kim (Dancin’)

Best lighting design in a play

• Jules Fisher (Dancin’)

• Tharon Musser (The Act)
• Ken Billington (Working)

Best direction of a play

• Melvin Bernhardt (Da)

• Robert Moore (Deathtrap)
• Mike Nichols (The Gin Game)
• Dennis Rosa (Dracula)

Best direction of a musical

• Richard Maltby, Jr. (Ain’t Misbehavin’)

• Bob Fosse (Dancin’)
• Harold Prince (On the Twentieth Century)
• Elizabeth Swados (Runaways)

Best choreography

• Bob Fosse (Dancin’)

• Arthur Faria (Ain’t Misbehavin’)
• Ron Lewis (The Act)
• Elizabeth Swados (Runaways)

Regional theatre Tony Award

• The Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut

Special Tony Award

• Irving Berlin

劇場賞

• Charles Moss, Stan Dragoti (Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc.)

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