| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- The Elephant Man – Bernard Pomerance
- Bedroom Farce – Alan Ayckbourn
- Whose Life Is It Anyway? – Brian Clark
- Wings – Arthur Kopit
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- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Ballroom
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- They're Playing Our Song
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| Best Book of a Musical |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
- Hugh Wheeler – Sweeney Todd
- Jerome Kass – Ballroom
- Larry L. King and Peter Masterson – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Neil Simon – They're Playing Our Song
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- Sweeney Todd – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
- Carmelina – Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
- Eubie! – Eubie Blake (music) and Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F. E. Miller, Johnny Brandon and Jim Europe (lyrics)
- The Grand Tour – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics)
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Tom Conti – Whose Life Is It Anyway? as Ken Harrison
- Philip Anglim – The Elephant Man as John Merrick
- Jack Lemmon – Tribute as Scottie Templeton
- Alec McCowen – St. Mark's Gospel as Mark
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- Constance Cummings – Wings as Emily Stilson
- Carole Shelley – The Elephant Man as Madge Kendal
- Jane Alexander – First Monday in October as Ruth Loomis
- Frances Sternhagen – On Golden Pond as Ethel Thayer
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Len Cariou – Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd
- Vincent Gardenia – Ballroom as Alfred Rossi
- Joel Grey – The Grand Tour as S. L. Jacobowsky
- Robert Klein – They're Playing Our Song as Vernon Gersch
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- Angela Lansbury – Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
- Tovah Feldshuh – Sarava as Flor
- Dorothy Loudon – Ballroom as Bea Asher
- Alexis Smith – Platinum as Lila Halliday
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Michael Gough – Bedroom Farce as Ernest
- Bob Balaban – The Inspector General as Óssip
- Joseph Maher – Spokesong as The Trick Cyclist
- Edward James Olmos – Zoot Suit as El Pachuco
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- Joan Hickson – Bedroom Farce as Delia
- Laurie Kennedy – Man and Superman as Violet Robinson
- Susan Littler – Bedroom Farce as Kate
- Mary-Joan Negro – Wings as Amy
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Henderson Forsythe – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
- Richard Cox – Platinum as Dan Danger
- Gregory Hines – Eubie! as Performer
- Ron Holgate – The Grand Tour as Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky
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- Carlin Glynn – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Mona Stangley
- Joan Ellis – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Shy
- Millicent Martin – King of Hearts as Madame Madeleine
- Maxine Sullivan – My Old Friends as Mrs. Cooper
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Jack Hofsiss – The Elephant Man
- Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Hall – Bedroom Farce
- Paul Giovanni – The Crucifer of Blood
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg – Whose Life Is It Anyway?
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- Harold Prince – Sweeney Todd
- Michael Bennett – Ballroom
- Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Robert Moore – They're Playing Our Song
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| Best Choreography |
Best Scenic Design |
- Michael Bennett and Bob Avian – Ballroom
- Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson – Eubie!
- Dan Siretta – Whoopee!
- Tommy Tune – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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- Eugene Lee – Sweeney Todd
- Karl Eigsti – Knockout
- David Jenkins – The Elephant Man
- John Wulp – The Crucifer of Blood
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| Best Costume Design |
Best Lighting Design |
- Franne Lee – Sweeney Todd
- Theoni V. Aldredge – Ballroom
- Ann Roth – The Crucifer of Blood
- Julie Weiss – The Elephant Man
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- Roger Morgan – The Crucifer of Blood
- Ken Billington – Sweeney Todd
- Beverly Emmons – The Elephant Man
- Tharon Musser – Ballroom
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