Tony Award Winners by Year

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1970	Best Choreography	Ron Field	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Choreography	Michael Bennett	Coco
1970	Best Choreography	Louis Johnson	Purlie
1970	Best Choreography	Grover Dale	Billy	Award winner
1970	Best Costume Design	Cecil Beaton	Coco	Award winner
1970	Best Costume Design	W. Robert Lavine	Jimmy
1970	Best Costume Design	Freddy Wittop	A Patriot for Me
1970	Best Costume Design	Ray Aghayan	Applause
1970	Best Direction of a Musical	Ron Field	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Benthall	Coco
1970	Best Direction of a Musical	Philip Rose	Purlie
1970	Best Direction of a Play	Robert Moore	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1970	Best Direction of a Play	Tomas MacAnna	Borstal Boy
1970	Best Direction of a Play	Joseph Hardy	Child's Play	Award winner
1970	Best Direction of a Play	Milton Katselas	Butterflies Are Free
1970	Best Lighting Design	Jo Mielziner	Child's Play	Award winner
1970	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	Applause
1970	Best Lighting Design	Thomas Skelton	Indians
1970	Best Musical	Gary Geld	Purlie
1970	Best Musical	Philip Rose	Purlie
1970	Best Musical	Ossie Davis	Purlie
1970	Best Musical	Frederick Brisson	Coco
1970	Best Musical	Andre Previn	Coco
1970	Best Musical	Lawrence Kasha	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Joseph Kipness	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Lee Adams	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Charles Strouse	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Adolph Green	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Alan Jay Lerner	Coco
1970	Best Musical	Betty Comden	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Musical	Peter Udell	Purlie
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Dennis King	A Patriot for Me
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Joseph Bova	The Chinese and Dr. Fish
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Ken Howard	Child's Play	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Brandon Maggart	Applause
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Rene Auberjonois	Coco	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Robert Weede	Cry for Us All
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Len Cariou	Applause
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Cleavon Little	Purlie	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	George Rose	Coco
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Fritz Weaver	Child's Play	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	James Coco	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Frank Grimes	Borstal Boy
1970	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Stacy Keach	Indians
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Bonnie Franklin	Applause
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Penny Fuller	Applause
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Melissa Hart	Georgy
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Melba Moore	Purlie	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Blythe Danner	Butterflies Are Free	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Eileen Heckart	Butterflies Are Free
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Linda Lavin	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Alice Drummond	The Chinese and Dr. Fish
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Lauren Bacall	Applause	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Katharine Hepburn	Coco
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Dilys Watling	Georgy
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Tammy Grimes	Private Lives	Award winner
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Geraldine Brooks	Brightower
1970	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Helen Hayes	Harvey
1970	Best Play	Burton C. Kaiser	Borstal Boy	Award winner
1970	Best Play	Lyn Austin	Indians
1970	Best Play	Oliver Smith	Indians
1970	Best Play	Joel Schenker	Indians
1970	Best Play	Frank McMahon	Borstal Boy	Award winner
1970	Best Play	Robert Marasco	Child's Play
1970	Best Play	Saint-Subber	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1970	Best Play	Neil Simon	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
1970	Best Play	Arthur Kopit	Indians
1970	Best Play	David Merrick	Child's Play
1970	Best Play	Michael McAloney	Borstal Boy	Award winner
1970	Best Play	Roger L. Stevens	Indians
1969	Best Choreography	Joe Layton	George M! Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1969	Best Choreography	Sammy Bayes	Canterbury Tales
1969	Best Choreography	Ronald Field	Zorba
1969	Best Choreography	Michael Bennett	Promises, Promises
1969	Best Costume Design	Louden Sainthill	Canterbury Tales	Award winner
1969	Best Costume Design	Patricia Zipprodt	Zorba
1969	Best Costume Design	Robert Fletcher	Hadrian VII
1969	Best Costume Design	Michael Annals	Morning, Noon and Night
1969	Best Direction of a Musical	Peter Hun	1776	Award winner
1969	Best Direction of a Musical	Robert Moore	Promises, Promises
1969	Best Direction of a Musical	Tom O'Horgan	Hair
1969	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	Zorba
1969	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Dews	Hadrian VII	Award winner
1969	Best Direction of a Play	Joseph Hardy	Play It Again Sam
1969	Best Direction of a Play	Harold Pinter	The Man in the Glass Booth
1969	Best Direction of a Play	Michael A. Schultz	Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
1969	Best Musical	1776	1776	Award winner
1969	Best Musical	Hair	Hair
1969	Best Musical	Promises, Promises	Promises, Promises
1969	Best Musical	Zorba	Zorba
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Richard Castellano	Lovers and Other Strangers
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Al Pacino	Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?	Award winner
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Anthony Roberts	Play It Again Sam
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Louis Zorich	Hadrian VII
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Joel Grey	George M!
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Edward Winter	Promises, Promises
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	A. Larry Haines	Promises, Promises
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Ronald Holgate	1776	Award winner
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Jack Cassidy	Maggie Flynn
1969	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Jerry Orbach	Promises, Promises Production took place the previous year.	Award winner

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