| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- Sticks and Bones – David Rabe
- Old Times – Harold Pinter
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue – Neil Simon
- Vivat! Vivat Regina! – Robert Bolt
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- Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- Follies
- Grease
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| Best Book of a Musical |
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
- John Guare and Mel Shapiro – Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Melvin Van Peebles – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- James Goldman – Follies
- Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey – Grease
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- Follies – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Melvin Van Peebles (music and lyrics)
- Jesus Christ Superstar – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)
- Two Gentlemen of Verona – Galt MacDermot (music) and John Guare (lyrics)
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Cliff Gorman – Lenny as Lenny Bruce
- Tom Aldredge – Sticks and Bones as Ozzie
- Donald Pleasence – Wise Child as Mrs. Artminster
- Jason Robards – The Country Girl as Frank Elgin
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- Sada Thompson – Twigs as Various Characters
- Eileen Atkins – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as Elizabeth I
- Colleen Dewhurst – All Over as The Mistress
- Rosemary Harris – Old Times as Anna
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Phil Silvers – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus
- Clifton Davis – Two Gentlemen of Verona as Valentine
- Barry Bostwick – Grease as Danny Zuko
- Raúl Juliá – Two Gentleman of Verona as Proteus
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- Alexis Smith – Follies as Phyllis Rogers Stone
- Jonelle Allen – Two Gentlemen of Verona as Silvia
- Dorothy Collins – Follies as Sally Durant Plummer
- Mildred Natwick – 70, Girls, 70 as Ida Dodd
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Vincent Gardenia – The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Harry Edison
- Douglas Rain – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as William Cecil
- Lee Richardson – Vivat! Vivat Regina! as Lord Bothwell
- Joe Silver – Lenny as Various Characters
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- Elizabeth Wilson – Sticks and Bones as Harriet
- Cara Duff-MacCormick – Moonchildren as Shelly
- Mercedes McCambridge – The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks as Lucy Lake
- Frances Sternhagen – The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window as Mavis Parodus Bryson
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Larry Blyden – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Hysterium
- Timothy Meyers – Grease as Kenickie
- Gene Nelson – Follies as Buddy Plummer
- Ben Vereen – Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot
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- Linda Hopkins – Inner City as Various Characters
- Adrienne Barbeau – Grease as Betty Rizzo
- Bernadette Peters – On the Town as Hildy Esterhazy
- Beatrice Winde – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death as Various Characters
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Mike Nichols – The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- Jeff Bleckner – Sticks and Bones
- Gordon Davidson – The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
- Peter Hall – Old Times
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- Harold Prince and Michael Bennett – Follies
- Gilbert Moses – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- Mel Shapiro – Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Burt Shevelove – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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| Best Choreography |
Best Scenic Design |
- Michael Bennett – Follies
- Patricia Birch – Grease
- Jean Erdman – Two Gentlemen of Verona
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- Boris Aronson – Follies
- John Bury – Old Times
- Kert Lundell – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- Robin Wagner – Jesus Christ Superstar
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| Best Costume Design |
Best Lighting Design |
- Florence Klotz – Follies
- Theoni V. Aldredge – Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Randy Barcelo – Jesus Christ Superstar
- Carrie F. Robbins – Grease
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- Tharon Musser – Follies
- Martin Aronstein – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
- John Bury – Old Times
- Jules Fisher – Jesus Christ Superstar
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