22nd Tony Awards

The 22nd Annual Tony Awards was held on April 21, 1968 at the Shubert Theatre and broadcast on television by NBC. Hosts were Angela Lansbury and Peter Ustinov, assisted by Jack Benny and with Alfred Drake doing narration.

The theme of this year's awards ceremony was to salute previous Tony Award-winning musicals.

Presenters: Anne Bancroft, Shirley Booth, Art Carney, Trudy Carson, Diahann Carroll, Carol Cole, Sandy Dennis, Audrey Hepburn, Jerry Herman, Anne Jackson, Alan King, Groucho Marx, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Harold Prince, Tony Randall, Eli Wallach, Joanne Woodward.

Musicals represented:

• Golden Rainbow ("Twenty-Four Hours a Day" - Company);
• The Happy Time ("The Happy Time"/"A Certain Girl" - Robert Goulet, David Wayne, Michael Rupert);
• Man of La Mancha ("The Impossible Dream" - David Atkinson);
• Fiddler on the Roof ("Matchmaker,Matchmaker"-Tanya Everett, Bette Midler, Mimi Turque);
• Cabaret ("Cabaret" - Jill Haworth);
• Hello, Dolly! ("Put on Your Sunday Clothes"/"So Long, Dearie" - Pearl Bailey and Company);
• How Now, Dow Jones ("Step to the Rear" - Tony Roberts and Company);
• Hallelujah, Baby! ("Smile, Smile" - Leslie Uggams, Lillian Hayman, Robert Hooks).

Award winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Production

Best Play

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Produced by the David Merrick Arts Foundation
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols. Produced by Joseph Cates and Henry Fownes
• Plaza Suite by Neil Simon. Produced by Saint-Subber
• The Price by Arthur Miller. Produced by Robert Whitehead

Best Musical

• Hallelujah, Baby! Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Produced by Albert Selden, Hal James, Jane C. Nusbaum, and Harry Rigby
• The Happy Time. Book by N. Richard Nash, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. Produced by David Merrick
• How Now, Dow Jones. Book by Max Shulman, music by Elmer Bernstein, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. Produced by David Merrick
• Illya Darling. Book by Jules Dassin, music by Manos Hadjidakis, lyrics by Joe Darion. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Martin Balsam (You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running)
• Albert Finney (Joe Egg)
• Milo O'Shea (Staircase)
• Alan Webb (I Never Sang for My Father)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Zoe Caldwell (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
• Colleen Dewhurst (More Stately Mansions)
• Maureen Stapleton (Plaza Suite)
• Dorothy Tutin (Portrait of a Queen)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Robert Goulet (The Happy Time)
• Robert Hooks (Hallelujah, Baby!)
• Tony Roberts (How Now, Dow Jones)
• David Wayne (The Happy Time)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Patricia Routledge (Darling of the Day) and Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!)(tie)
• Melina Mercouri (Illya Darling)
• Brenda Vaccaro (How Now, Dow Jones)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• James Patterson (The Birthday Party)
• Paul Hecht (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
• Brian Murray (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
• John Wood (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Zena Walker (Joe Egg)
• Pert Kelton (Spofford)
• Ruth White (The Birthday Party)
• Eleanor Wilson (Weekend)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Hiram Sherman (How Now, Dow Jones)
• Scott Jacoby (Golden Rainbow)
• Nikos Kourkoulos (Illya Darling)
• Michael Rupert (The Happy Time)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Lillian Hayman (Hallelujah, Baby!)
• Geula Gill (The Grand Music Hall of Israel)
• Julie Gregg (The Happy Time)
• Alice Playten (Henry, Sweet Henry)

Craft

Best Direction of a Play

• Mike Nichols (Plaza Suite)
• Michael Blakemore (Joe Egg)
• Derek Goldby (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
• Alan Schneider (You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Gower Champion (The Happy Time)
• George Abbott (How Now, Dow Jones)
• Jules Dassin (Illya Darling)
• Burt Shevelove (Hallelujah, Baby!)

Tony Award for Producer (Dramatic)

• David Merrick Arts Foundation (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)

Tony Award for Producer (Musical)

• Albert Selden, Hal James, Jane C. Nusbaum, and Harry Rigby (Hallelujah, Baby!)

Best Choreography

• Gower Champion (The Happy Time)
• Michael Bennett (Henry, Sweet Henry)
• Kevin Carlisle (Hallelujah, Baby!)
• Onna White (Illya Darling)

Tony Award for Composer and Lyricist

• Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (Hallelujah, Baby!)
• Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh (How Now, Dow Jones)
• Manos Hadjidakis and Joe Darion (Illya Darling)
• John Kander and Fred Ebb (The Happy Time)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design

• Desmond Heeley (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
• Jane Greenwood (More Stately Mansions)
• Irene Sharaff (Hallelujah, Baby!)
• Freddy Wittop (The Happy Time)

Best Scenic Design

• Desmond Heeley (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
• Boris Aronson (The Price)
• Robert Randolph (Golden Rainbow)
• Peter Wexler (The Happy Time)

Special awards

• Audrey Hepburn
• Carol Channing
• Pearl Bailey
• David Merrick
• Maurice Chevalier
• APA-Phoenix Theatre
• Marlene Dietrich

See also

Tony Awards

External links

• [1] Tony Awards official site