| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- Equus – Peter Shaffer
- Short Eyes – Miguel Pinero
- Same Time, Next Year – Bernard Slade
- Seascape – Edward Albee
- Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island – Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona
- The National Health – Peter Nichols
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- The Wiz
- Mack & Mabel
- The Lieutenant
- Shenandoah
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| Best Book of a Musical |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
- James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell and Philip Rose – Shenandoah
- Michael Stewart – Mack & Mabel
- Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand – The Lieutenant
- William F. Brown – The Wiz
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- The Wiz – Charlie Smalls (music and lyrics)
- Letter for Queen Victoria – Alan Lloyd (music and lyrics)
- Shenandoah – Gary Geld (music) and Peter Udell (lyrics)
- The Lieutenant – Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand (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 |
- John Kani and Winston Ntshona – Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island as Various Characters
- Jim Dale – Scapino! as Scapino
- Peter Firth – Equus as Alan Strang
- Henry Fonda – Clarence Darrow as Clarence Darrow
- Ben Gazzara – Hughie and Duet as "Erie" Smith
- John Wood – Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
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- Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year as Doris
- Elizabeth Ashley – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Maggie Pollitt
- Diana Rigg – The Misanthrope as Celimene
- Maggie Smith – Private Lives as Amanda Prynne
- Liv Ullmann – A Doll's House as Nora Helmer
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- John Cullum – Shenandoah as Charlie Anderson
- Joel Grey – Goodtime Charley as Charley
- Raúl Juliá – Where's Charley? as Charley Wykeham
- Eddie Mekka – The Lieutenant as Lieutenant
- Robert Preston – Mack & Mabel as Mack Sennett
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- Angela Lansbury – Gypsy as Mama Rose
- Lola Falana – Doctor Jazz as Edna Mae Sheridan
- Bernadette Peters – Mack & Mabel as Mabel Normand
- Ann Reinking – Goodtime Charley as Joan of Arc
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Frank Langella – Seascape as Leslie
- Larry Blyden – Absurd Person Singular as Sidney
- Leonard Frey – The National Health as Barnet
- Philip Locke – Sherlock Holmes as Professor Moriarty
- George Rose – My Fat Friend as Henry
- Dick Anthony Williams – Black Picture Show as Alexander
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- Rita Moreno – The Ritz as Googie Gomez
- Linda Miller – Black Picture Show as Jane
- Geraldine Page – Absurd Person Singular as Marion
- Carole Shelley – Absurd Person Singular as Jane
- Elizabeth Spriggs – London Assurance as Lady Gay Spanker
- Frances Sternhagen – Equus as Dora Strang
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Ted Ross – The Wiz as the Cowardly Lion
- Tom Aldredge – Where's Charley? as Mr. Spettigue
- John Bottoms – Dance with Me as Jimmy Dick II
- Doug Henning – The Magic Show as Doug
- Gilbert Price – The Night That Made America Famous as Performer
- Richard B. Shull – Goodtime Charley as Minguet
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- Dee Dee Bridgewater – The Wiz as Glinda
- Susan Browning – Goodtime Charley as Agnès Sorel
- Zan Charisse – Gypsy as Louise
- Taina Elg – Where's Charley? as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
- Kelly Garrett – The Night That Made America Famous as Various Characters
- Donna Theodore – Shenandoah as Ann Anderson
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- John Dexter – Equus
- Arvin Brown – The National Health
- Frank Dunlop – Scapino!
- Ronald Eyre – London Assurance
- Athol Fugard – Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island
- Gene Saks – Same Time, Next Year
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- Geoffrey Holder – The Wiz
- Gower Champion – Mack & Mabel
- Grover Dale – The Magic Show
- Arthur Laurents – Gypsy
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| Best Choreography |
Best Scenic Design |
- George Faison – The Wiz
- Gower Champion – Mack & Mabel
- Donald McKayle – Doctor Jazz
- Margo Sappington – Where's Charley?
- Robert Tucker – Shenandoah
- Joel Zwick – Dance with Me
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- Carl Toms – Sherlock Holmes
- Scott Johnson – Dance with Me
- Tanya Moiseiwitsch – The Misanthrope
- William Ritman – God's Favorite
- Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Goodtime Charley
- Robin Wagner – Mack & Mabel
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| Best Costume Design |
Best Lighting Design |
- Geoffrey Holder – The Wiz
- Arthur Boccia – Where's Charley?
- Raoul Pene Du Bois – Doctor Jazz
- Willa Kim – Goodtime Charley
- Tanya Moiseiwitsch – The Misanthrope
- Patricia Zipprodt – Mack & Mabel
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- Neil Peter Jampolis – Sherlock Holmes
- Chip Monk – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Abe Feder – Goodtime Charley
- Andy Phillips – Equus
- Thomas Skelton – All God's Chillun Got Wings
- James Tilton – Seascape
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