| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Tony Kushner
- The Sisters Rosensweig – Wendy Wasserstein
- Someone Who'll Watch Over Me – Frank McGuinness
- The Song of Jacob Zulu – Tug Yourgrau
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- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Blood Brothers
- The Goodbye Girl
- The Who's Tommy
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| Best Revival of a Play |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Anna Christie
- St. Joan
- The Price
- Wilder, Wilder, Wilder
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- Terrence McNally – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Peter Kellogg – Anna Karenina
- Willy Russell – Blood Brothers
- Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff – The Who's Tommy
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Ron Leibman – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Roy Cohn
- K. Todd Freeman – The Song of Jacob Zulu as Jacob Zulu
- Liam Neeson – Anna Christie as Mat Burke
- Stephen Rea – Someone Who'll Watch Over Me as Edward
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- Madeline Kahn – The Sisters Rosensweig as Gorgeous Teitelbaum
- Jane Alexander – The Sisters Rosensweig as Sara Goode
- Lynn Redgrave – Shakespeare for My Father as Herself
- Natasha Richardson – Anna Christie as Anna Christopherson
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Brent Carver – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina
- Tim Curry – My Favorite Year as Alan Swann
- Con O'Neill – Blood Brothers as Mickey
- Martin Short – The Goodbye Girl as Elliot Garfield
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- Chita Rivera – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Aurora/Spider Woman
- Ann Crumb – Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
- Stephanie Lawrence – Blood Brothers as Mrs. Johnstone
- Bernadette Peters – The Goodbye Girl as Paula McFadden
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Stephen Spinella – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Prior Walter
- Robert Sean Leonard – Candida as Eugene Marchbanks
- Joe Mantello – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Louis Ironson
- Zakes Mokae – The Song of Jacob Zulu as Rev. Zulu/Mr. X, Itshe
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- Debra Monk – Redwood Curtain as Geneva
- Kathleen Chalfant – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Various Characters
- Marcia Gay Harden – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches as Harper Pitt/Martin Heller
- Anne Meara – Anna Christie as Marthy Owen
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Anthony Crivello – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Michael Cerveris – The Who's Tommy
- Gregg Edelman – Anna Karenina
- Paul Kandel – The Who's Tommy
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- Andrea Martin – My Favorite Year
- Jan Graveson – Blood Brothers
- Lainie Kazan – My Favorite Year
- Marcia Mitzman – The Who's Tommy
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- Kiss of the Spider Woman – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics)
- The Who's Tommy – Pete Townshend (music and lyrics)
- Anna Karenina – Daniel Levine (music) and Peter Kellogg (lyrics)
- The Song of Jacob Zulu – Ladysmith Black Mambazo (music and lyrics) and Tug Yourgrau (lyrics)
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- Wayne Cilento – The Who's Tommy
- Graciela Daniele – The Goodbye Girl
- Vincent Paterson and Rob Marshall – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Randy Skinner – Ain't Broadway Grand
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- George C. Wolfe – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
- David Leveaux – Anna Christie
- Eric Simonson – The Song of Jacob Zulu
- Daniel J. Sullivan – The Sisters Rosensweig
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- Des McAnuff – The Who's Tommy
- Bill Kenwright and Bob Tomson – Blood Brothers
- Michael Kidd – The Goodbye Girl
- Harold Prince – Kiss of the Spider Woman
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- John Arnone – The Who's Tommy
- John Lee Beatty – Redwood Curtain
- Jerome Sirlin – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Robin Wagner – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
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- Florence Klotz – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jane Greenwood – The Sisters Rosensweig
- Erin Quigley – The Song of Jacob Zulu
- David C. Woolard – The Who's Tommy
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Chris Parry – The Who's Tommy
- Howell Binkley – Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jules Fisher – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
- Dennis Parichy – Redwood Curtain
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