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1970 Broadway Awards

Winners and nominees across Broadway and Off-Broadway award shows.

Broadway Awards Database

Explore winners and nominees for Broadway and Off-Broadway honors. Browse by year or award, or search the full database — then jump to past shows for production history.

1970 winners & nominees

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

AwardsCategoryNomineeShow
Drama Desk AwardsBest American PlayPaul ZindelThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsBest MusicalGeorge FurthCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsBest Musical Stephen SondheimCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsBest PlayFrank McMahonBorstal Boy1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightPeter Link, C.C. CourtneySalvation1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightSusan YankowitzTerminal1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightPaul ZindelThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightGretchen Cryer, Nancy FordThe Last Sweet Days of Isaac1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightWill Holt, Gary William FriedmanThe Me Nobody Knows1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsMost Promising PlaywrightsStanley EvelingDear Janet Rosenbert, Dear Mr. Kooning1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding ChoreographyRon FieldApplause1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding Costume DesignFreddy WittopA Patriot for Me1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding Costume DesignWilla KimPromenade1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding LyricsBertolt BrechtThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding PerformanceNiall TobinBorstal Boy1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding PerformanceJames StewartHarvey1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOustanding PerformanceRon LeibmanTransfers1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding BookGeorge FurthCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Costume DesignWilla KimOperation Sidewinder1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Costume DesignTheoni V. AldredgePeer Gynt1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding DirectorRon FieldApplause1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding DirectorJosephy HardyChild's Play1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding DirectorHarold PrinceCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding DirectorJerzy GrotowskiThe Apocalypse1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding DirectorAlan ArkinThe White House Murder Case1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding LyricsStephen SondheimCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding MusicStephen SondheimCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding MusicKurt WeillThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceStephen ElliottA Whistle in the Dark1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceFritz WeaverChild's Play1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceColleen DewhurstHello and Goodbye1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceEthel Merman, Ethel MermanHello, Dolly!1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceStacy KeachIndians1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceChristopher WalkenLemon Sky1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceBrian BedfordPrivate Lives1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceMelba Moore, Cleavon LittlePurlie1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceSandy DuncanThe Boy Friend1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceRyszard CieslakThe Constant Prince1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceSada ThompsonThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformanceAustin PendletonThe Last Sweet Days of Isaac1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformancesLauren BacallApplause1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformancesFrank GrimesBorstal Boy1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformancesZoe CaldwellColette1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding PerformancesLewis J. StadlenMinnie's Boys1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Set DesignJo MielzinerChild's Play1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Set DesignBoris AronsonCompany1969-70 season
Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding Set DesignFred VoelpelThe Memory Bank1969-70 season
Drama League AwardsDistinguished Performance AwardJames Stewart
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsBest ActorRalph Richardson, John GielgudHome
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsBest ComedyChristopher HamptonThe Philanthropist
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsBest PlayDavid StoreyHome
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsCharles Wintour Award for Most Promising PlaywrightHeathcote WilliamsAC/DC
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsCharles Wintour Award for Most Promising PlaywrightDavid HareSlag
Evening Standard Theatre AwardsNatasha Richardson Award for Best ActressMaggie SmithHedda Gabler
Henry Hewes AwardsCostume DesignTheoni V. AldredgePeer Gynt
Henry Hewes AwardsScenic DesignJo MielzinerChild's Play
Henry Hewes AwardsScenic DesignBoris AronsonCompany
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest American PlayArthur KopitIndians1969-1970 season
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest American PlayPaul ZindelThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds1969-1970 season
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest MusicalGeorge Furth, Stephen SondheimCompany1969-1970 season
New York Drama Critics Circle AwardsBest PlayFrank McMahonBorstal Boy1969-1970 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest MusicalCompany1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest Off Broadway MusicalThe Last Sweet Days of Isaac1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest Off Broadway PlayThe White House Murder Case1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PerformanceBonnie FranklinApplause1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PerformanceFrank Grimes, Niall ToibinBorstal Boy1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PerformanceLewis J. StadlenMinnie's Boys1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PerformanceBrian BedfordPrivate Lives1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PlayChild's Play1969-70 season
Outer Critics Circle AwardsBest PreformanceSandy DuncanThe Boy Friend1969-70 season
Pulitzer Prize for DramaThe Pulitzer Prize for DramaCharles GordoneNo Place To Be Somebody
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceKatharine HoughtonA Scent of FlowersSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceBonnie Franklin, Len CariouApplauseSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceDonny BurksBilly NonameSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceDavid RoundsChild's PlaySeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceDavid HollidayCocoSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceSusan BrowningCompanySeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceCatherine BurnsDear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. KooningSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceLen CariouHenry VSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceKristoffer TaboriHow Much How Much?Season 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceLewis J. StadlenMinnie's BoysSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceMelba MoorePurlieSeason 1969–1970
Theatre World AwardsPerformanceFredricka WeberThe Last Sweet Days of IsaacSeason 1969–1970
Tony AwardsBest ChoreographyRon FieldApplause
Tony AwardsBest ChoreographyGrover DaleBilly
Tony AwardsBest ChoreographyMichael BennettCoco
Tony AwardsBest ChoreographyLouis JohnsonPurlie
Tony AwardsBest Costume DesignFreddy WittopA Patriot for Me
Tony AwardsBest Costume DesignRay AghayanApplause
Tony AwardsBest Costume DesignCecil BeatonCoco
Tony AwardsBest Costume DesignW. Robert LavineJimmy
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a MusicalRon FieldApplause
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a MusicalMichael BenthallCoco
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a MusicalPhilip RosePurlie
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a PlayTomas MacAnnaBorstal Boy
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a PlayMilton KatselasButterflies Are Free
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a PlayJoseph HardyChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest Direction of a PlayRobert MooreLast of the Red Hot Lovers
Tony AwardsBest Lighting DesignTharon MusserApplause
Tony AwardsBest Lighting DesignJo MielzinerChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest Lighting DesignThomas SkeltonIndians
Tony AwardsBest MusicalCharles Strouse, Betty Comden, Lawrence Kasha, Joseph Kipness, Lee Adams, Adolph GreenApplause
Tony AwardsBest MusicalFrederick Brisson, Andre Previn, Alan Jay LernerCoco
Tony AwardsBest MusicalPeter Udell, Gary Geld, Philip Rose, Ossie DavisPurlie
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayDennis KingA Patriot for Me
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayKen HowardChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a PlayJoseph BovaThe Chinese and Dr. Fish
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalBrandon Maggart, Len CariouApplause
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalRene AuberjonoisCoco
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalGeorge RoseCoco
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalRobert WeedeCry for Us All
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalCleavon LittlePurlie
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayFrank GrimesBorstal Boy
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayFritz WeaverChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayStacy KeachIndians
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a PlayJames CocoLast of the Red Hot Lovers
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalBonnie Franklin, Penny FullerApplause
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalMelissa HartGeorgy
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a MusicalMelba MoorePurlie
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayBlythe DannerButterflies Are Free
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayEileen HeckartButterflies Are Free
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayLinda LavinLast of the Red Hot Lovers
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayAlice DrummondThe Chinese and Dr. Fish
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalLauren BacallApplause
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalKatharine HepburnCoco
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a MusicalDilys WatlingGeorgy
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayGeraldine BrooksBrightower
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayHelen HayesHarvey
Tony AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a PlayTammy GrimesPrivate Lives
Tony AwardsBest PlayMichael McAloney, Burton C. Kaiser, Frank McMahonBorstal Boy
Tony AwardsBest PlayRobert MarascoChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest PlayDavid MerrickChild's Play
Tony AwardsBest PlayLyn Austin, Oliver Smith, Joel Schenker, Roger L. StevensIndians
Tony AwardsBest PlayArthur KopitIndians
Tony AwardsBest PlayNeil Simon, Saint-SubberLast of the Red Hot Lovers
Village Voice Obie AwardsBest Foreign PlayJoe OrtonWhat the Butler Saw
Village Voice Obie AwardsBest MusicalGretchen Cryer, Nancy FordThe Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Village Voice Obie AwardsBest MusicalWill Holt, Gary William Friedman, Robert LivingstonThe Me Nobody Knows
Village Voice Obie AwardsBest New American PlayMegan TerryApproaching Simone
Village Voice Obie AwardsBest PerformanceSada ThompsonThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Village Voice Obie AwardsCitationsChelsea Theatre
Village Voice Obie AwardsCitationsAndre GregoryAlice in Wonderland
Village Voice Obie AwardsCitationsRichard Foreman, Stanley SilvermanElephant Ship
Village Voice Obie AwardsCitationsGardner ComptonEmile Ardolino
Village Voice Obie AwardsCitationsCharles LudlamThe Ridiculous Theatrical Company
Village Voice Obie AwardsDirectionMaxine KleinApproaching Simone
Village Voice Obie AwardsDirectionGilbert MosesSlave Ship
Village Voice Obie AwardsDirectionMelvin BernhardtThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Village Voice Obie AwardsDirectionAlan ArkinThe White House Murder Case
Village Voice Obie AwardsDistinguished PlaysMurray MednickThe Deer Kill
Village Voice Obie AwardsDistinguished PlaysVaclav HavelThe Increased Difficulty of Concentration
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceVincent GardeniaPassing Through Exotic Places
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformancePamela Payton-WrightThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceHarold GouldThe Increased Difficulty of Concentration
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceAustin PendletonThe Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceLee Kissman, Beeson CarrollThe Unseen Hand
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceAnthony HollandThe White House Murder Case
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceRon LeibmanTransfers
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceRoberta MaxwellWhistle in the Dark
Village Voice Obie AwardsPerformanceRue McClanahanWho's Happy Now?

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