24th Tony Awards

The 24th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by NBC television on April 19, 1970, from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. Hosts were Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau.

Eligibility

Shows that opened on Broadway during the 1969–1970 season before April 9, 1970 are eligible.
;Original plays

Angela
Borstal Boy
Brightower
Butterflies Are Free
Child's Play
The Chinese and Dr. Fish
Cop-Out
Criss-Crossing
The Gingham Dog
Gloria and Esperanza
Grin and Bare It!
Home Fires
Indians
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Love Is a Time of Day
The Mundy Scheme
My Daughter, Your Son
No Place to Be Somebody
Norman, Is That You?
Operation Sidewinder
Paris Is Out!
A Patriot for Me
The Penny Wars
Postcards
Sheep on the Runway
Songs from Milk Wood
A Teaspoon Every Four Hours
Watercolor

;Original musicals

Applause
Billy
Blood Red Roses
Buck White
Coco
Cry [For Us All]
Gantry
Georgy
Jimmy
La Strada
Look to the Lilies
Minnie's Boys
Oh! Calcutta!
Purlie
Trumpets of the Lord

;Play revivals

The ceremony

Presenters: Clive Barnes, Mia Farrow, Elliott Gould, Claire Bloom, Michael Caine, Jack Cassidy, David Frost, Cary Grant, Patricia Neal, George C. Scott, James Stewart, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.
Musicals represented:

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Best Play	Best Musical
Borstal Boy – Frank McMahon * Child's Play – Robert Marasco**** * Indians – Arthur Kopit * Last of the Red Hot Lovers – Neil Simon	Applause * Coco * Purlie
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Tony Award for Best Performance by a [Leading Actress in a Play\|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]
Fritz Weaver – Child's Play as Jerome Malley * James Coco – Last of the Red Hot Lovers as Barney Cashman * Frank Grimes – Borstal Boy as Young Behan * Stacy Keach – Indians as Buffalo Bill	Tammy Grimes – Private Lives as Amanda Prynne * Geraldine Brooks – Brightower as Sara Brightower * Helen Hayes – Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Cleavon Little – Purlie as Purlie * Len Cariou – Applause as Bill Sampson * Robert Weede – Cry For Us All as Edward Quinn	Lauren Bacall – Applause as Margo Channing * Katharine Hepburn – Coco as Coco Chanel * Dilys Watling – Georgy as Georgina 'Georgy' Parkin
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Play	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play
Ken Howard – Child's Play as Paul Reese * Joseph Bova – The Chinese and Dr. Fish as Mr. Lee * Dennis King – A Patriot for Me as Baron von Epp	Blythe Danner – Butterflies Are Free as Jill Tanner * Alice Drummond – The Chinese and Dr. Fish as Mrs. Lee * Eileen Heckart – Butterflies Are Free as Mrs. Baker * Linda Lavin – Last of the Red Hot Lovers as Elaine Navazio
Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical	Best Performance by a Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical
René Auberjonois – Coco as Sebastian Baye * Brandon Maggart – Applause as Buzz Richards * George Rose – Coco as Louis Greff	Melba Moore – Purlie as Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins * Bonnie Franklin – Applause as Bonnie the Gypsy * Penny Fuller – Applause as Eve Harrington * Melissa Hart – Georgy as Meredith
Best Direction of a Play	Best Direction of a Musical
Joseph Hardy – Child's Play * Milton Katselas – Butterflies Are Free * Tómas Mac Anna – Borstal Boy * Robert Moore – Last of the Red Hot Lovers	Ron Field – Applause * Michael Benthall – Coco**** * Philip Rose – Purlie
Best Choreography	Best Scenic Design
Ron Field – Applause * Michael Bennett – Coco * Grover Dale – Billy * Louis Johnson – Purlie	Jo Mielziner – Child's Play * Howard Bay – Cry for Us All**** * Ming Cho Lee – Billy * Robert Randolph – Applause
Best Costume Design	Best Lighting Design
Cecil Beaton – Coco * Ray Aghayan – Applause * W. Robert Lavine – Jimmy * Freddy Wittop – A Patriot for Me	Jo Mielziner – Child's Play * Tharon Musser – Applause * Thomas Skelton – Indians

Special awards

Sir Noël Coward for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
New York Shakespeare Festival, for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays
Barbra Streisand – Star of the Decade

Multiple nominations and awards

These productions had multiple nominations:

11 nominations: ''Applause
7 nominations: Coco
6 nominations: Child's Play
5 nominations: Purlie
4 nominations: Last of the Red Hot Lovers
3 nominations: Borstal Boy, Butterflies Are Free and Indians
2 nominations: Billy, The Chinese and Dr. Fish, Cry for Us All, Georgy and A Patriot for Me

The following productions received multiple awards.

5 wins: Child's Play
4 wins: Applause
2 wins: Coco and Purlie''