Tony Awards: 1974

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All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

The River Niger

Joseph A. Walker (playwright)
Negro Ensemble Co., Inc. (producer)

Boom Boom Room

David Rabe (playwright)
Joseph Papp (producer)

The Au Pair Man

Hugh Leonard (playwright)
Joseph Papp (producer)

Ulysses in Nighttown

Marjorie Barkentin (playwright)
Alexander H. Cohen and Bernard Delfont (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

Raisin

Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg (book)
Judd Woltin (music) and Robert Brittan lyrics)
Robert Nemiroff (producer)

Over Here!

(book)
(music)
(lyrics)
Kenneth Waissmann and Maxine Fox (producer)

Seesaw

Michael Bennett (book)
Cy Coleman (music)
Dorothy Fields (lyrics)
Joseph Kipness, Lawrence Kasha, James Nederlander, George M. Steinbrenner III, and Lorin E. Price (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Michael Moriarty – Find Your Way Home
Zero Mostel – Ulysses in Nighttown
George C. Scott – Uncle Vanya
Nicol Williamson – Uncle Vanya
Jason Robards – A Moon for the Misbegotten

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Colleen Dewhurst – A Moon for the Misbegotten
Jane Alexander – Find Your Way Home
Julie Harris – The Au Pair Man
Madeline Kahn – Boom Boom Room
Rachel Roberts – performances with the New Phoenix Repertory Company

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Christopher Plummer – Cyrano
Alfred Drake – Gigi
Joe Morton – Raisin
Lewis J. Stadlen – Candide

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Virginia Capers – Raisin
Carol Channing – Lorelei
Michele Lee – Seesaw

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Ed Flanders – A Moon for the Misbegotten
René Auberjonois – The Good Doctor
Douglas Turner Ward – The River Niger
Dick Anthony Williams – What the Wine-Sellers Buy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Frances Sternhagen – The Good Doctor
Regina Baff – Veronica’s Room
Fionulla Flanagan – Ulysses in Nighttown
Charlotte Moore – Chemin de Fer
Roxie Roker – The River Niger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Tommy Tune – Seesaw
Mark Baker – Candide
Ralph Carter – Raisin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Janie Sell – Over Here!
Leigh Berry – Cyrano
Maureen Brennan – Candide
June Gable – Candide
Ernestine Jackson – Raisin

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

José Quintero – A Moon for the Misbegotten
Burgess Meredith – Ulysses in Nighttown
Mike Nichols – Uncle Vanya
Stephen Porter – Chemin de Fer
Edwin Sherin – Find Your Way Home

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Harold Prince – Candide
Michael Bennett – Seesaw
Donald McKayle – Raisin
Tom Moore – Over Here!

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Michael Bennett – Seesaw
Patricia Birch – Over Here!
Donald McKayle – Raisin

BEST SCORE

Frederick Lowe (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) – Gigi
Peter Link (music) and Neil Simon (lyrics) – The Good Doctor
Judd Woldin (music) and Robert Brittan (lyrics) – Raisin
Cy Coleman (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) – Seesaw

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Hugh Wheeler – Candide
Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg – Raisin
Michael Bennett – Seesaw

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Franne and Eugene Lee – Candide
John Conklin – The Au Pair Man
Santo Loquasto – What the Wine-Sellers Buy
Oliver Smith – Gigi
Ed Wittstein – Ulysses in Nighttown

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Frannie Lee – Candide
Theoni V. Aldredge – The Au Pair Man
Finlay James – Crown Matrimonial
Oliver Messel – Gigi
Carrie F. Robbins – Over Here!

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Jules Fisher – Ulysses in Nighttown
Martin Aronstein – Boom Boom Room
Ken Billington – The Visit
Ben Edwards – A Moon for the Misbegotten
Tharon Musser – The Good Doctor

SPECIAL AWARDS

Liza Minnelli, for adding lustre to the Broadway season.
Bette Midler, for adding lustre to the Broadway season.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, co-stars and authors of Good Evening.
A Moon for the Misbegotten, an outstanding dramatic revival of an American classic. Produced by Lester Osterman, Elliott Martin and Richard Hurner.
Candide, an outstanding contribution to the artistic development of the musical theatre. Produced by Chelsea Theatre Group, Harold Prince and Ruth Mitchell.
Actor’s Equity Association
Theatre Development Fund

THEATRE AWARD ’74

John F. Warton, veteran theatrical attorney.
Harold Friedlander, the industry's foremost printing expert.

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