| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- Dancing at Lughnasa – Brian Friel
- Four Baboons Adoring the Sun – John Guare
- Two Shakespearean Actors – Richard Nelson
- Two Trains Running – August Wilson
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- Crazy for You
- Falsettos
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Jelly's Last Jam
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| Best Revival of a Play |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Guys and Dolls
- The Most Happy Fella
- On Borrowed Time
- The Visit
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- William Finn and James Lapine – Falsettos
- Ken Ludwig – Crazy for You
- Clarke Peters – Five Guys Named Moe
- George C. Wolfe – Jelly's Last Jam
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Judd Hirsch – Conversations with My Father as Eddie
- Alan Alda – Jake's Women as Jake
- Alec Baldwin – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski
- Brian Bedford – Two Shakespearean Actors as William Charles Macready
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- Glenn Close – Death and the Maiden as Paulina Salas Escobar
- Jane Alexander – The Visit as Claire Zachanassian
- Stockard Channing – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun as Penny McKenzie
- Judith Ivey – Park Your Car in Harvard Yard as Kathleen Hogan
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Gregory Hines – Jelly's Last Jam as Jelly Roll Morton
- Harry Groener – Crazy for You as Bobby Child
- Nathan Lane – Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit
- Michael Rupert – Falsettos as Marvin
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- Faith Prince – Guys and Dolls as Miss Adelaide
- Jodi Benson – Crazy for You as Polly Baker
- Josie de Guzman – Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown
- Sophie Hayden – The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Larry Fishburne – Two Trains Running as Sterling
- Roscoe Lee Browne – Two Trains Running as Holloway
- Željko Ivanek – Two Shakespearean Actors as John Ryder
- Tony Shalhoub – Conversations with My Father as Charlie
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- Brid Brennan – Dancing at Lughnasa as Agnes
- Rosaleen Linehan – Dancing at Lughnasa as Kate
- Cynthia Martells – Two Trains Running as Risa
- Dearbhla Molloy – Dancing at Lughnasa as Maggie
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Scott Waara – The Most Happy Fella as Herman
- Bruce Adler – Crazy for You as Bela Zangler
- Keith David – Jelly's Last Jam as Chimney Man
- Jonathan Kaplan – Falsettos as Jason
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- Tonya Pinkins – Jelly's Last Jam as Anita
- Liz Larson – The Most Happy Fella as Cleo
- Vivian Reed – The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club as Enchantress
- Barbara Walsh – Falsettos as Trina
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- Falsettos – William Finn (music and lyrics)
- Jelly's Last Jam – Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson (music) and Susan Birkenhead (lyrics)
- Metro – Janusz Stoklosa (music) and Agata and Maryna Miklaszewska (lyrics)
- Nick & Nora – Charles Strouse (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics)
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- Susan Stroman – Crazy for You
- Terry John Bates – Dancing at Lughnasa
- Christopher Chadman – Guys and Dolls
- Hope Clarke, Ted L. Levy, and Gregory Hines – Jelly's Last Jam
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Patrick Mason – Dancing at Lughnasa
- Peter Hall – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
- Jack O'Brien – Two Shakespearean Actors
- Daniel Sullivan – Conversations with My Father
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- Jerry Zaks – Guys and Dolls
- James Lapine – Falsettos
- Mike Ockrent – Crazy for You
- George C. Wolfe – Jelly's Last Jam
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- Tony Walton – Guys and Dolls
- John Lee Beatty – A Small Family Business
- Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa
- Robin Wagner – Jelly's Last Jam
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- William Ivey Long – Crazy for You
- Jane Greenwood – Two Shakespearean Actors
- Toni-Leslie James – Jelly's Last Jam
- Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Jules Fisher – Jelly's Last Jam
- Paul Gallo – Crazy for You
- Paul Gallo – Guys and Dolls
- Richard Pilbrow – Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
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