1970 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Cleavon Little	Purlie
Actor (Musical)	Len Cariou	Applause
Actor (Musical)	Robert Weede	Cry for Us All
Actor (Play)	Fritz Weaver	Child's Play
Actor (Play)	James Coco	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Actor (Play)	Frank Grimes	Borstal Boy
Actor (Play)	Stacy Keach	Indians
Actress (Musical)	Lauren Bacall	Applause
Actress (Musical)	Katharine Hepburn	Coco
Actress (Musical)	Dilys Watling	Georgy
Actress (Play)	Tammy Grimes	Private Lives (Revival)
Actress (Play)	Geraldine Brooks	Brightower
Actress (Play)	Helen Hayes	Harvey (Revival)
Choreographer	Ron Field	Applause
Choreographer	Michael Bennett	Coco
Choreographer	Grover Dale	Billy
Choreographer	Louis Johnson	Purlie
Costume Designer	Cecil Beaton	Coco
Costume Designer	Ray Aghayan	Applause
Costume Designer	W. Robert Lavine	Jimmy
Costume Designer	Freddy Wittop	A Patriot for Me
Director (Musical)	Ron Field	Applause
Director (Musical)	Michael Benthall	Coco
Director (Musical)	Philip Rose	Purlie
Director (Play)	Joseph Hardy	Child's Play
Director (Play)	Milton Katselas	Butterflies Are Free
Director (Play)	Tomas MacAnna	Borstal Boy
Director (Play)	Robert Moore	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Featured Actor (Musical)	René Auberjonois	Coco
Featured Actor (Musical)	Brandon Maggart	Applause
Featured Actor (Musical)	George Rose	Coco
Featured Actor (Play)	Ken Howard	Child's Play
Featured Actor (Play)	Joseph Bova	The Chinese and Dr. Fish
Featured Actor (Play)	Dennis King	A Patriot for Me
Featured Actress (Musical)	Melba Moore	Purlie
Featured Actress (Musical)	Bonnie Franklin	Applause
Featured Actress (Musical)	Penny Fuller	Applause
Featured Actress (Musical)	Melissa Hart	Georgy
Featured Actress (Play)	Blythe Danner	Butterflies Are Free
Featured Actress (Play)	Alice Drummond	The Chinese and Dr. Fish
Featured Actress (Play)	Eileen Heckart	Butterflies Are Free
Featured Actress (Play)	Linda Lavin	Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Lighting Designer	Jo Mielziner	Child's Play
Lighting Designer	Tharon Musser	Applause
Lighting Designer	Thomas Skelton	Indians
Musical		Applause Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Greene, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams. Produced by Joseph Kipness and Lawrence Kasha
Musical		Coco Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Andre Previn. Produced by Frederick Brisson
Musical		Purlie Book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell. Produced by Philip Rose
Play		Borstal Boy by Frank McMahon. Produced by Michael McAloney and Burton C. Kaiser
Play		Child's Play by Robert Marasco. Produced by David Merrick
Play		Indians by Arthur Kopit. Produced by Lyn Austin, Oliver Smith, Joel Schenker, and Roger L. Stevens
Play		Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon. Produced by Saint-Subber
Scenic Designer	Jo Mielziner	Child's Play
Scenic Designer	Howard Bay	Cry for Us All
Scenic Designer	Ming Cho Lee	Billy
Scenic Designer	Robert Randolph	Applause
Special Tony Awards	Sir Noel Coward	for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre
Special Tony Awards	Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Special Tony Awards	New York Shakespeare Festival	for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays
Special Tony Awards	Barbra Streisand