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.
Eligibility
Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1967–1968 season before April 5, 1968 are eligible.;Original plays
- After the Rain
- Avanti!
- Before You Go
- The Birthday Party
- Brief Lives
- By George
- Daphne in Cottage D
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- Dr. Cook's Garden
- Everything in the Garden
- Exit the King
- The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake
- The Girl in the Freudian Slip
- The Guide
- Halfway Up the Tree
- How to Be a Jewish Mother
- I Never Sang for My Father
- Johnny No-Trump
- Keep It In the Family
- Little Murders
- Loot
- A Minor Adjustment
- Mirele Efros
- More Stately Mansions
- The Natural Look
- The Ninety Day Mistress
- Pantagleize
- Plaza Suite
- Portrait of a Queen
- The Price
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- The Promise
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- The Seven Descents of Myrtle
- Something Different
- Song of the Grasshopper
- Spofford
- Staircase
- The Natural Look
- That Summer - That Fall
- There's a Girl in My Soup
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
- The Unknown Soldier and His Wife
- War and Peace
- A Warm Body
- Weekend
- What Did We Do Wrong?
- You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
- Darling of the Day
- The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
- Golden Rainbow
- The Grand Music Hall of Israel
- Hallelujah, Baby!
- The Happy Time
- Hello, Solly!
- Henry, Sweet Henry
- Here's Where I Belong
- How Now, Dow Jones
- Illya Darling
- Sherry!
- The Cherry Orchard
- Fumed Oak
- Galileo
- The Imaginary Invalid
- The Little Foxes
- Mother Courage and Her Children
- Saint Joan
- The Show-Off
- Still Life
- A Touch of the Poet
- Tiger at the Gates
- ''Ways and Means''
The ceremony
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 ;
- The Happy Time
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Cabaret
- Man of La Mancha
- Hello, Dolly!
- How Now, Dow Jones
- ''Hallelujah, Baby!''
Award winners and nominees
| Best Play | Best Musical |
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play | Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play |
| Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical | Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical |
| Best Direction of a Play | Best Direction of a Musical |
| Best Producer | Best Producer |
| Best Original Score Written for the Theatre | Best Choreography |
| Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
Special awards
Multiple nominations and awards
- 10 nominations: ''The Happy Time
- 9 nominations: Hallelujah, Baby!
- 8 nominations: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- 6 nominations: How Now, Dow Jones and Illya Darling
- 4 nominations: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- 3 nominations: Plaza Suite
- 2 nominations: The Birthday Party, Golden Rainbow, Henry, Sweet Henry, More Stately Mansions, The Price and You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
- 5 wins: Hallelujah, Baby!
- 4 wins: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- 3 wins: The Happy Time''