Tony Awards 1978
The 32nd Tony Awards · Held June 4, 1978 · 15 categories · everything in 1978
Best Play
- Winner Da · Hugh Leonard
- Nominee Chapter Two · Neil Simon
- Nominee Deathtrap · Ira Levin
- Nominee The Gin Game
Best Musical
- Winner Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nominee Dancin'
- Nominee On the Twentieth Century
- Nominee Runaways
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Barnard Hughes · Da
- Nominee Jason Robards · A Touch of the Poet
- Nominee Frank Langella
- Nominee Hume Cronyn · The Gin Game
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Jessica Tandy · The Gin Game
- Nominee Anne Bancroft
- Nominee Anita Gillette · Chapter Two
- Nominee Estelle Parsons
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner John Cullum · On the Twentieth Century
- Nominee Gilbert Price
- Nominee Eddie Bracken · Hello, Dolly!
- Nominee Barry Nelson · The Act
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Liza Minnelli · The Act
- Nominee Eartha Kitt
- Nominee Frances Sternhagen
- Nominee Madeline Kahn · On the Twentieth Century
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner On the Twentieth Century · Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Nominee A History of the American Film · Christopher Durang
- Nominee Runaways · Elizabeth Swados
- Nominee Working · Stephen Schwartz
Best Choreography
- Winner Dancin' · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nominee Runaways · Elizabeth Swados
- Nominee The Act
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Ain't Misbehavin' · Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee Dancin' · Bob Fosse
- Nominee On the Twentieth Century · Harold Prince
- Nominee Runaways · Elizabeth Swados
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Da · Melvin Bernhardt
- Nominee Deathtrap · Robert Moore
- Nominee Dracula
- Nominee The Gin Game · Mike Nichols
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Kevin Kline · On the Twentieth Century
- Nominee Wayne Cilento · Dancin'
- Nominee Working
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Lester Rawlins · Da
- Nominee Cliff Gorman · Chapter Two
- Nominee Victor Garber · Deathtrap
- Nominee Morgan Freeman
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Nell Carter · Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nominee Charlayne Woodard · Ain't Misbehavin'
- Nominee Ann Reinking · Dancin'
- Nominee Imogene Coca · On the Twentieth Century
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Ann Wedgeworth · Chapter Two
- Nominee Marian Seldes · Deathtrap
- Nominee Starletta DuPois
- Nominee Swoosie Kurtz · Tartuffe
Best Original Score
- Winner On the Twentieth Century · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Cy Coleman
- Nominee Runaways · Elizabeth Swados
- Nominee The Act · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Working · Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant, Stephen Schwartz, Susan Birkenhead