| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – David Edgar
- Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley
- The Dresser – Ronald Harwood
- Master Harold...and the Boys – Athol Fugard
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- Nine
- Dreamgirls
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Pump Boys and Dinettes
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| Best Revival |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Othello
- A Taste of Honey
- Medea
- My Fair Lady
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- Tom Eyen – Dreamgirls
- Tim Rice – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Arthur Kopit – Nine
- Joel Siegel and Martin Charnin – The First
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Roger Rees – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Nicholas Nickleby
- Tom Courtenay – The Dresser as Norman
- Milo O'Shea – Mass Appeal as Father Tim Farley
- Christopher Plummer – Othello as Iago
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- Zoe Caldwell – Medea as Medea
- Katharine Hepburn – The West Side Waltz as Margaret Mary Elderdice
- Geraldine Page – Agnes of God as Mother Miriam Ruth
- Amanda Plummer – A Taste of Honey as Josephine
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Ben Harney – Dreamgirls as Curtis Taylor Jr.
- Herschel Bernardi – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye
- Victor Garber – Little Me as Various Characters
- Raúl Juliá – Nine as Guido Contini
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- Jennifer Holliday – Dreamgirls as Effie White
- Lisa Mordente – Marlowe as Emelia Bossano
- Mary Gordon Murray – Little Me as Belle Poitrine
- Sheryl Lee Ralph – Dreamgirls as Deena Jones
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Zakes Mokae – Master Harold...and the Boys as Sam
- Richard Kavanaugh – The Hothouse as Gibbs
- Edward Petherbridge – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Newman Noggs
- David Threlfall – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby as Smike
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- Amanda Plummer – Agnes of God as Agnes
- Judith Anderson – Medea as Nurse
- Mia Dillon – Crimes of the Heart as Babe Botrelle
- Mary Beth Hurt – Crimes of the Heart as Meg MaGrath
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Cleavant Derricks – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early
- Obba Babatundé – Dreamgirls as C.C. White
- David Alan Grier – The First as Jackie Robinson
- Bill Hutton – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph
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- Liliane Montevecchi – Nine as Liliane La Fleur
- Karen Akers – Nine as Luisa Contini
- Laurie Beechman – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Narrator
- Anita Morris – Nine as Carla Albanese
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- Nine – Maury Yeston (music and lyrics)
- Dreamgirls – Henry Krieger (music) and Tom Eyen (lyrics)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)
- Merrily We Roll Along – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
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- Michael Bennett and Michael Peters – Dreamgirls
- Peter Gennaro – Little Me
- Tony Tanner – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Tommy Tune – Nine
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Trevor Nunn and John Caird – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Melvin Bernhardt – Crimes of the Heart
- Geraldine Fitzgerald – Mass Appeal
- Athol Fugard – Master Harold...and the Boys
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- Tommy Tune – Nine
- Michael Bennett – Dreamgirls
- Martin Charnin – The First
- Tony Tanner – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- John Napier and Dermot Hayes – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Ben Edwards – Medea
- Lawrence Miller – Nine
- Robin Wagner – Dreamgirls
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- William Ivey Long – Nine
- Theoni V. Aldredge – Dreamgirls
- Jane Greenwood – Medea
- John Napier – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Tharon Musser – Dreamgirls
- Martin Aronstein – Medea
- David Hersey – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Marcia Madeira – Nine
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