| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- The Real Thing – Tom Stoppard
- Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet
- Noises Off – Michael Frayn
- Play Memory – Joanna Glass
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- La Cage aux Folles
- Baby
- Sunday in the Park with George
- The Tap Dance Kid
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| Best Revival |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Death of a Salesman
- American Buffalo
- Heartbreak House
- A Moon for the Misbegotten
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- Harvey Fierstein – La Cage aux Folles
- Sybille Pearson – Baby
- James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George
- Charles Blackwell – The Tap Dance Kid
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Jeremy Irons – The Real Thing as Henry
- Calvin Levels – Open Admissions as Calvin Jefferson
- Rex Harrison – Heartbreak House as Captain Shotover
- Ian McKellen – Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare as Performer
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- Glenn Close – The Real Thing as Annie
- Rosemary Harris – Heartbreak House as Hesione Hushabye
- Linda Hunt – End of the World as Audrey Wood
- Kate Nelligan – A Moon for the Misbegotten as Josie Hogan
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- George Hearn – La Cage aux Folles as Albin
- Gene Barry – La Cage aux Folles as Georges
- Ron Moody – Oliver! as Fagin
- Mandy Patinkin – Sunday in the Park with George as George
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- Chita Rivera – The Rink as Anna
- Rhetta Hughes – Amen Corner as Sister Margaret Alexander
- Liza Minnelli – The Rink as Angel
- Bernadette Peters – Sunday in the Park with George as Dot/Marie
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- Joe Mantegna – Glengarry Glen Ross as Richard Roma
- Philip Bosco – Heartbreak House as Boss Mangan
- Robert Prosky – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene
- Douglas Seale – Noises Off as Selsdon Mowbray
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- Christine Baranski – The Real Thing as Charlotte
- Jo Henderson – Play Memory as Ruth MacMillan
- Dana Ivey – Heartbreak House as Lady Utterword
- Deborah Rush – Noises Off as Brooke Ashton
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Hinton Battle – The Tap Dance Kid as Dipsey
- Stephen Geoffreys – The Human Comedy as Homer
- Todd Graff – Baby as Danny
- Samuel E. Wright – The Tap Dance Kid as William
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- Lila Kedrova – Zorba as Madame Hortense
- Martine Allard – The Tap Dance Kid as Emma
- Liz Callaway – Baby as Lizzie Fields
- Dana Ivey – Sunday in the Park with George as Yvonne/Naomi Eisen
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- La Cage aux Folles – Jerry Herman (music and lyrics)
- Baby – David Shire (music) and Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics)
- The Rink – John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics)
- Sunday in the Park with George – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
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- Danny Daniels – The Tap Dance Kid
- Wayne Cilento – Baby
- Graciela Daniele – The Rink
- Scott Salmon – La Cage aux Folles
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- Mike Nichols – The Real Thing
- Michael Blakemore – Noises Off
- David Leveaux – A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Gregory Mosher – Glengarry Glen Ross
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- Arthur Laurents – La Cage aux Folles
- James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George
- Richard Maltby, Jr. – Baby
- Vivian Matalon – The Tap Dance Kid
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- Tony Straiges – Sunday in the Park with George
- Clarke Dunham – End of the World
- Peter Larkin – The Rink
- Tony Walton – The Real Thing
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- Theoni V. Aldredge – La Cage aux Folles
- Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
- Anthea Sylbert – The Real Thing
- Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward – Sunday in the Park with George
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Richard Nelson – Sunday in the Park with George
- Ken Billington – End of the World
- Jules Fisher – La Cage aux Folles
- Marc B. Weiss – A Moon for the Misbegotten
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