| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- Da – Hugh Leonard
- Chapter Two – Neil Simon
- Deathtrap – Ira Levin
- The Gin Game – D. L. Coburn
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- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Dancin'
- On the Twentieth Century
- Runaways
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| Most Innovative Production of a Revival |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Dracula
- Tartuffe
- Timbuktu!
- A Touch of the Poet
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- Betty Comden and Adolph Green – On the Twentieth Century
- Christopher Durang – A History of the American Film
- Elizabeth Swados – Runaways
- Stephen Schwartz – Working
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Barnard Hughes – Da as Da
- Hume Cronyn – The Gin Game as Weller Martin
- Frank Langella – Dracula as Dracula
- Jason Robards – A Touch of the Poet as Cornelius Melody
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- Jessica Tandy – The Gin Game as Fonsia Dorsey
- Anne Bancroft – Golda as Golda Meir
- Anita Gillette – Chapter Two as Jennie Maclaine
- Estelle Parsons – Miss Margarida's Way as Miss Margarida
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- John Cullum – On the Twentieth Century as Oscar Jaffee
- Eddie Bracken – Hello, Dolly! as Horace Vandergelder
- Barry Nelson – The Act as Dan Conners
- Gilbert Price – Timbuktu! as The Mansa of Mali
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- Liza Minnelli – The Act as Michelle Craig
- Madeline Kahn – On the Twentieth Century as Lily Garland/Mildred Plotka
- Eartha Kitt – Timbuktu! as Shaleem La Lume
- Frances Sternhagen – Angel as Eliza Gant
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Lester Rawlins – Da as Drumm
- Morgan Freeman – The Mighty Gents as Zeke
- Victor Garber – Deathtrap as Clifford Anderson
- Cliff Gorman – Chapter Two as Leo Schneider
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- Ann Wedgeworth – Chapter Two as Faye Medwick
- Starletta DuPois – The Mighty Gents as Rita
- Swoosie Kurtz – Tartuffe as Mariane
- Marian Seldes – Deathtrap as Myra Bruhl
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Kevin Kline – On the Twentieth Century as Bruce Granit
- Steven Boockvor – Working as John Fortune/Marco Camerone
- Wayne Cilento – Dancin' as Performer
- Rex Everhart – Working as Herb Rosen/Booker Page
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- Nell Carter – Ain't Misbehavin' as Nell
- Imogene Coca – On the Twentieth Century as Letitia Primrose
- Ann Reinking – Dancin' as Various Characters
- Charlaine Woodard – Ain't Misbehavin' as Charlaine
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Melvin Bernhardt – Da
- Robert Moore – Deathtrap
- Mike Nichols – The Gin Game
- Dennis Rosa – Dracula
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- Richard Maltby, Jr. – Ain't Misbehavin'
- Bob Fosse – Dancin'
- Harold Prince – On the Twentieth Century
- Elizabeth Swados – Runaways
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- On the Twentieth Century – Cy Coleman (music) and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics)
- The Act – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics)
- Runaways – Elizabeth Swados (music and lyrics)
- Working – Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor (music and lyrics)
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- Bob Fosse – Dancin'
- Arthur Faria – Ain't Misbehavin'
- Ron Lewis – The Act
- Elizabeth Swados – Runaways
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- Robin Wagner – On the Twentieth Century
- Zack Brown – The Importance of Being Earnest
- Edward Gorey – Dracula
- David Mitchell – Working
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- Edward Gorey – Dracula
- Halston – The Act
- Geoffrey Holder – Timbuktu!
- Willa Kim – Dancin'
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Jules Fisher – Dancin'
- Jules Fisher – Beatlemania
- Tharon Musser – The Act
- Ken Billington – Working
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