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Browse Awards By Year for 1978
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| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Christopher Durang |
A History of the American Film
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Betty Comden |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Adolph Green |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Elizabeth Swados |
Runaways
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Larry L. King |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Stephen Schwartz |
Working
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Arthur Faria |
Ain't Misbehavin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Bob Fosse |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Elizabeth Swados |
Runaways
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Ron Lewis |
The Act
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Willa Kim |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Edward Gorey |
Dracula Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Halston |
The Act Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Geoffrey Holder |
Timbuktu!
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Richard Maltby, Jr |
Ain't Misbehavin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Bob Fosse |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Elizabeth Swados |
Runaways
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Melvin Bernhardt |
Da Production took place 1880 year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Robert Moore |
Deathtrap
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Dennis Rosa |
Dracula Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols |
The Gin Game Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher |
Beatlemania Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser |
The Act Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Ken Billington |
Working
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Emanuel Azenberg |
Ain't Misbehavin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jules Fisher |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Circle 2 |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joseph Papp |
Runaways
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Cy Coleman |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Elizabeth Swados |
Runaways
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | John Kander |
The Act Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Craig Carnelia |
Working
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Wayne Cilento |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kevin Kline |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Steven Boockvor |
Working
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Cliff Gorman |
Chapter Two Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Lester Rawlins |
Da
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Victor Garber |
Deathtrap
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Morgan Freeman |
The Mighty Gents
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Eddie Bracken |
Hello, Dolly!
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | John Cullum |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Barry Nelson |
The Act producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gilbert Price |
Timbuktu!
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jason Robards |
A Touch of the Poet Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Barnard Hughes |
Da
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Frank Langella |
Dracula production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hume Cronyn |
The Gin Game production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Nell Carter |
Ain't Misbehavin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ann Reinking |
Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Imogene Coca |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Ann Wedgeworth |
Chapter Two
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Marian Seldes |
Deathtrap
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Swoosie Kurtz |
Tartuffe production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Starletta DuPois |
The Mighty Gents
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Frances Sternhagen |
Angel
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Madeline Kahn |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tovah Feldshuh |
Sarava
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Liza Minnelli |
The Act Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Eartha Kitt |
Timbuktu!
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Anita Gillette |
Chapter Two production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Anne Bancroft |
Golda production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Estelle Parsons |
Miss Margarida's Way Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Tandy |
The Gin Game production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Neil Simon |
Chapter Two Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Hugh Leonard |
Da Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Lester Osterman |
Da Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Marilyn Strauss |
Da
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Ira Levin |
Deathtrap
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | D. L. Coburn |
The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization |
The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Mike Nichols |
The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Edward Gorey |
Dracula production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Robin Wagner |
On the Twentieth Century
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Zack Brown |
The Importance of Being Earnest production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell |
Working
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| Tony Awards | Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre | Irving Berlin |
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| Tony Awards | Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Jujamcyn Theaters |
Dracula Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Elliot Martin |
A Touch of the Poet production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Elizabeth Ireland McCann |
Dracula Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Circle in the Square |
Tartuffe production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Most Innovative Production of a Revival | Luther Davis |
Timbuktu!
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| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | The Long Wharf Theatre |
New Haven production took place the previous year |
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