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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 | Columbia Pictures | Dancin'
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Ira Bernstein | 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 | Adolph Green | 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 | Fred Ebb | The Act Production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | James Taylor | 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 | Charlaine Woodard | 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 | Marc Howard | Da Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Lester Osterman | Da Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Roger L. Stevens | Deathtrap
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Hume Cronyn | The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | D. L. Coburn | 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 | 0
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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 | Max Weitzenhoffer | 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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