1968 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1968 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Kevin Carlisle | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Choreography | Michael Bennett | Henry, Sweet Henry |
| Best Choreography | Onna White | Illya Darling |
| Best Choreography | Gower Champion | The Happy Time |
| Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | More Stately Mansions |
| Best Costume Design | Desmond Heeley | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Best Costume Design | Freddy Wittop | The Happy Time |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Burt Shevelove | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Direction of a Musical | George Abbott | How Now, Dow Jones |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jules Dassin | Illya Darling |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion | The Happy Time |
| Best Direction of a Play | Michael Blakemore | Joe Egg |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols | Plaza Suite |
| Best Direction of a Play | Derek Goldby | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Best Direction of a Play | Alan Schneider | You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running |
| Best Musical | Hallelujah, Baby! | |
| Best Musical | How Now, Dow Jones | |
| Best Musical | Illya Darling | |
| Best Musical | The Happy Time | |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Elmer Bernstein, Carolyn Leigh | How Now, Dow Jones |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Manos Hadjidakis, Joe Darion | Illya Darling |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | John Kander, Fred Ebb | The Happy Time |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Brian Murray, John Wood, Paul Hecht | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | James Patterson | The Birthday Party |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Scott Jacoby | Golden Rainbow |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Hooks | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Hiram Sherman | How Now, Dow Jones |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Anthony Roberts | How Now, Dow Jones |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nikos Kourkoulos | Illya Darling |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Goulet | The Happy Time |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mike Rupert, David Wayne | The Happy Time |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Webb | I Never Sang for My Father |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Albert Finney | Joe Egg |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Milo O'Shea | Staircase |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Martin Balsam | You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lillian Hayman | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Alice Playten | Henry, Sweet Henry |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Geula Gill | The Grand Music Hall of Israel |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Julie Gregg | The Happy Time |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zena Walker | Joe Egg |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Pert Kelton | Spofford |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Ruth White | The Birthday Party |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Eleanor Wilson | Weekend |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Patricia Routledge | Darling of the Day |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Leslie Uggams | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Brenda Vaccaro | How Now, Dow Jones |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Melina Mercouri | Illya Darling |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst | More Stately Mansions |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Maureen Stapleton | Plaza Suite |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Dorothy Tutin | Portrait of a Queen |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Zoe Caldwell | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Best Play | Peter Nichols | Joe Egg |
| Best Play | Neil Simon | Plaza Suite |
| Best Play | Tom Stoppard | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Best Play | Arthur Miller | The Price |
| Best Scenic Design | Robert Randolph | Golden Rainbow |
| Best Scenic Design | Desmond Heeley | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Best Scenic Design | Peter Wexler | The Happy Time |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | The Price |
| Producer (Dramatic) | David Merrick Arts Foundation | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Producer (Musical) | Albert Selden | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Producer (Musical) | Hal James, Jane C. Nusbaum | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
| Special Tony Award | Audrey Hepburn, Carol Channing, Pearl Bailey, David Merrick, Maurice Chevalier, APA-Phoenix Theatre, Marlene Dietrich | |
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