1969 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1969 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Sammy Bayes | Canterbury Tales |
| Best Choreography | Joe Layton | George M! |
| Best Choreography | Michael Bennett | Promises, Promises |
| Best Choreography | Ronald Field | Zorba |
| Best Costume Design | Louden Sainthill | Canterbury Tales |
| Best Costume Design | Robert Fletcher | Hadrian VII |
| Best Costume Design | Michael Annals | Morning, Noon and Night |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Zorba |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Hun | 1776 |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Tom O'Horgan | Hair |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Robert Moore | Promises, Promises |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Zorba |
| Best Direction of a Play | Michael A. Schultz | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Best Direction of a Play | Peter Dews | Hadrian VII |
| Best Direction of a Play | Joseph Hardy | Play It Again Sam |
| Best Direction of a Play | Harold Pinter | The Man in the Glass Booth |
| Best Musical | 1776 | 1776 |
| Best Musical | Hair | Hair |
| Best Musical | Promises, Promises | Promises, Promises |
| Best Musical | Zorba | Zorba |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Al Pacino | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Louis Zorich | Hadrian VII |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Richard Castellano | Lovers and Other Strangers |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Anthony Roberts | Play It Again Sam |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ronald Holgate | 1776 |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joel Grey | George M! |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jack Cassidy | Maggie Flynn |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jerry Orbach | Promises, Promises |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | A. Larry Haines, Edward Winter | Promises, Promises |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Herschel Bernardi | Zorba |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec McCowen | Hadrian VII |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Art Carney | Lovers |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasance | The Man in the Glass Booth |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Virginia Vestoff | 1776 |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Sandy Duncan | Canterbury Tales |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Marian Mercer | Promises, Promises |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lorraine Serabian | Zorba |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lauren Jones | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Anna Manahan | Lovers |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Diane Keaton | Play It Again Sam |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Jane Alexander | The Great White Hope |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | Dear World |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jill O'Hara | Promises, Promises |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dorothy Loudon | The Fig Leaves Are Falling |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maria Karnilova | Zorba |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Julie Harris | Forty Carats |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Charlotte Rae | Morning, Noon and Night |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Estelle Parsons | Seven Descents of Myrtle |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Brenda Vaccaro | The Goodbye People |
| Best Play | Peter Luke | Hadrian VII |
| Best Play | Brian Friel | Lovers |
| Best Play | Howard Sackler | The Great White Hope |
| Best Play | Robert Shaw | The Man in the Glass Booth |
| Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | 1776 |
| Best Scenic Design | Derek Cousins | Canterbury Tales |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Dear World |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Zorba |
| Special Tony Award | The National Theatre Company of Great Britain, The Negro Ensemble Company, Rex Harrison, Leonard Bernstein, Carol Burnett | |
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