1978 Tony Award Winners

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Betty Comden	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Adolph Green	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Christopher Durang	A History of the American Film
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Elizabeth Swados	Runaways
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Stephen Schwartz	Working
1978	Best Book of a Musical	Larry L. King	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1978	Best Choreography	Bob Fosse	Dancin'	Award winner
1978	Best Choreography	Arthur Faria	Ain't Misbehavin'
1978	Best Choreography	Ron Lewis	The Act
1978	Best Choreography	Elizabeth Swados	Runaways
1978	Best Costume Design	Edward Gorey	Dracula Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1978	Best Costume Design	Halston	The Act Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Costume Design	Geoffrey Holder	Timbuktu!
1978	Best Costume Design	Willa Kim	Dancin'
1978	Best Direction of a Musical	Richard Maltby, Jr	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Direction of a Musical	Bob Fosse	Dancin'
1978	Best Direction of a Musical	Harold Prince	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Direction of a Musical	Elizabeth Swados	Runaways
1978	Best Direction of a Play	Melvin Bernhardt	Da Production took place 1880 year.	Award winner
1978	Best Direction of a Play	Robert Moore	Deathtrap
1978	Best Direction of a Play	Mike Nichols	The Gin Game Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Direction of a Play	Dennis Rosa	Dracula Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Lighting Design	Jules Fisher	Dancin'	Award winner
1978	Best Lighting Design	Jules Fisher	Beatlemania Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Lighting Design	Tharon Musser	The Act Production took place the previous year
1978	Best Lighting Design	Ken Billington	Working
1978	Best Musical	Emanuel Azenberg	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Musical	Dasha Epstein	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Musical	Jane Gaynor	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Musical	Ron Dante	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Musical	Jules Fisher	Dancin'
1978	Best Musical	Columbia Pictures	Dancin'
1978	Best Musical	Circle 2	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	Robert Fryer	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	Mary Lea Johnson	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	James Cresson	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	Martin Richards	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	Ira Bernstein	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Musical	Joseph Papp	Runaways
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Cy Coleman	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Betty Comden	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Adolph Green	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	John Kander	The Act Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Fred Ebb	The Act Production took place the previous year
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Elizabeth Swados	Runaways
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Craig Carnelia	Working
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Micki Grant	Working
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Mary Rodgers	Working
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Susan Birkenhead	Working
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Stephen Schwartz	Working
1978	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	James Taylor	Working
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Kevin Kline	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Steven Boockvor	Working
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Wayne Cilento	Dancin'
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Rex Everhart	Working
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Lester Rawlins	Da	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Morgan Freeman	The Mighty Gents
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Victor Garber	Deathtrap
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Cliff Gorman	Chapter Two Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	John Cullum	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Eddie Bracken	Hello, Dolly!
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Barry Nelson	The Act producer, production took place the previous year
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Gilbert Price	Timbuktu!
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Barnard Hughes	Da	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Hume Cronyn	The Gin Game production took place the previous year
1978	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Frank Langella	Dracula production took place the previous year
1978	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.
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Nell Carter	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Imogene Coca	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Ann Reinking	Dancin'
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Charlaine Woodard	Ain't Misbehavin'	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Ann Wedgeworth	Chapter Two	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Starletta DuPois	The Mighty Gents
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Swoosie Kurtz	Tartuffe production took place the previous year
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Marian Seldes	Deathtrap
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Liza Minnelli	The Act Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Madeline Kahn	On the Twentieth Century
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Eartha Kitt	Timbuktu!
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Frances Sternhagen	Angel
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Tovah Feldshuh	Sarava
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Jessica Tandy	The Gin Game production took place the previous year	Award winner
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Anne Bancroft	Golda production took place the previous year
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Anita Gillette	Chapter Two production took place the previous year
1978	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Estelle Parsons	Miss Margarida's Way Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Play	Hugh Leonard	Da Production took place the previous year	Award winner
1978	Best Play	Lester Osterman	Da Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1978	Best Play	Marilyn Strauss	Da	Award winner
1978	Best Play	Marc Howard	Da Production took place the previous year.	Award winner
1978	Best Play	Neil Simon	Chapter Two Production took place the previous year.
1978	Best Play	Emanuel Azenberg	Chapter Two production took place the previous year
1978	Best Play	Ira Levin	Deathtrap
1978	Best Play	Alfred De Liagre, Jr.	Deathtrap
1978	Best Play	Roger L. Stevens	Deathtrap
1978	Best Play	D. L. Coburn	The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year
1978	Best Play	The Shubert Organization	The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year
1978	Best Play	Hume Cronyn	The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year
1978	Best Play	Mike Nichols	The Gin Game producer, production took place the previous year
1978	Best Scenic Design	Robin Wagner	On the Twentieth Century	Award winner
1978	Best Scenic Design	Zack Brown	The Importance of Being Earnest production took place the previous year
1978	Best Scenic Design	Edward Gorey	Dracula production took place the previous year

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