Angela Lansbury and Peter Ustinov host the 1968 version of the Tony Awards (Broadway's Oscar). The ceremonies, telecast from the Shubert Theater in New York City, include production numbers from "Hello Dolly," "Golden Rainbow," "The Happy Time," "How Now Dow Jones?" "Mame," and "Hallelujah, Baby!"
Award presenters include Art Carney, Anne Bancroft, Sandy Dennis, Groucho Marx, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Tony Randall and Joanne Woodward. Major categories and nominees are listed below.
Best play: "Joe Egg," "Plaza Suite," "The Price," "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
Best Musical: "The Happy Time," "Hallelujah,Baby!" "How Now Dow Jones?" "Illya Darling."
Dramatic actor/actress: Martin Balsam, Albert Finney, Milo O'Shea, Alan Webb, Zoe Caldwell, Colleen Dewhurst, Maureen Stapleton, Dorothy Tutin.
Musical actor/actress: Robert Goulet, Robert Hooks, Anthony Roberts, David Wayne, Melina Mercouri, Patricia Routledge, Leslie Uggams, Brenda Vaccaro.
Missing from tonight's show is the melodramatic "may I have this envelope, please?" Instead of nervous fumbling, viewers will see the nominees and winners names in lights. Nominations will be lighted up on a theater marquee as they are announced.
Cast (in credits order)
Angela Lansbury ... Self - Host & Presenter
Peter Ustinov ... Self - Co-Host & Presenter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Abbott ... Self
David Atkinson ... Self - Performer
Pearl Bailey ... Self - Special Award Recipient & Performer
Martin Balsam ... Self - Winner
Anne Bancroft ... Self - Presenter
Michael Bennett ... Self
Jack Benny ... Self - Co-Host
Shirley Booth ... Self - Presenter
Zoe Caldwell ... Self - Winner
Art Carney ... Self - Presenter
Diahann Carroll ... Self - Presenter
Trudy Carson ... Self - Presenter
Gower Champion ... Self
Maurice Chevalier ... Self - Special Tony Award Recipient
Carol Cole ... Self - Presenter
Betty Comden ... Self
Clifton Davis ... Self - Performer
Sandy Dennis ... Self - Presenter
Colleen Dewhurst ... Self
Marlene Dietrich ... Self - Special Tony Award Recipient
Fred Ebb ... Self
Tanya Everett ... Self - Performer
Albert Finney ... Self
Morgan Freeman ... Self - Performer
Eydie Gormé ... Self - Performer
Robert Goulet ... Self - Winner & Performer
Adolph Green ... Self
Julie Gregg ... Self
Jill Haworth ... Self - Performer
Helen Hayes ... Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix
Lillian Hayman ... Self - Winner & Performer
Paul Hecht ... Self
Audrey Hepburn ... Self - Special Tony Award Recipient & Presenter
Jerry Herman ... Self - Presenter
Robert Hooks ... Self - Nominee & Performer
Anne Jackson ... Self - Presenter
Ernestine Jackson ... Self - Performer
Scott Jacoby ... Self - Performer
John Kander ... Self
Alan King ... Self - Presenter
Mabel King ... Self - Performer
Nikos Kourkoulos ... Self
Steve Lawrence ... Self - Performer
Groucho Marx ... Self - Presenter
Melina Mercouri ... Self
David Merrick ... Self
Bette Midler ... Self - Performer
Arthur Miller ... Self
Liza Minnelli ... Self - Presenter
Brian Murray ... Self
Paul Newman ... Self - Presenter
Mike Nichols ... Self
Milo O'Shea ... Self
James Patterson ... Self
Gregory Peck ... Self - Presenter
Alice Playten ... Self
Harold Prince ... Self - Presenter
Tony Randall ... Self - Presenter
Tony Roberts ... Self - Nominee & Performer
Patricia Routledge ... Self - Winner
Michael Rupert ... Self - Nominee & Performer
Hiram Sherman ... Self
Neil Simon ... Self
Maureen Stapleton... Self
Tom Stoppard ... Self
Jule Styne ... Self
Mimi Turque ... Self - Performer
Leslie Uggams ... Self - Winner & Performer
Brenda Vaccaro ... Self
Zena Walker ... Self
Eli Wallach ... Self - Presenter
David Wayne ... Self - Nominee & Performer
John Wood ... Self
Joanne Woodward ... Self - Presenter
