| Best Play |
Best Musical |
- M. Butterfly – David Henry Hwang
- A Walk in the Woods – Lee Blessing
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone – August Wilson
- Speed-the-Plow – David Mamet
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- The Phantom of the Opera
- Into the Woods
- Romance/Romance
- Sarafina!
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| Best Revival |
Best Book of a Musical |
- Anything Goes
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Cabaret
- Dreamgirls
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- James Lapine – Into the Woods
- Lee Breuer – The Gospel at Colonus
- Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera
- Barry Harman – Romance/Romance
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play |
- Ron Silver – Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox
- Derek Jacobi – Breaking the Code as Alan Turing
- John Lithgow – M. Butterfly as Rene Gallimard
- Robert Prosky – A Walk in the Woods as Andrey Botvinnik
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- Joan Allen – Burn This as Anna Mann
- Blythe Danner – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche Du Bois
- Glenda Jackson – Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
- Frances McDormand – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski
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| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical |
- Michael Crawford – The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom of the Opera
- Scott Bakula – Romance/Romance as Alfred Von Wilmers/Sam
- David Carroll – Chess as Anatoly
- Howard McGillin – Anything Goes as Billy Crocker
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- Joanna Gleason – Into the Woods as Baker's Wife
- Alison Fraser – Romance/Romance as Josefine Weninger/Monica
- Judy Kuhn – Chess as Florence
- Patti LuPone – Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play |
- B.D. Wong – M. Butterfly as Song Liling
- Michael Gough – Breaking the Code as Dillwyn Knox
- Lou Liberatore – Burn This as Larry
- Delroy Lindo – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Herald Loomis
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- L. Scott Caldwell – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Bertha Holly
- Kimberleigh Aarn – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Mattie Campbell
- Kate Nelligan – Serious Money as Various Characters
- Kimberly Scott – Joe Turner's Come and Gone as Molly Cunningham
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| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical |
- Bill McCutcheon – Anything Goes as Moonface Martin
- Anthony Heald – Anything Goes as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
- Werner Klemperer – Cabaret as Herr Schultz
- Robert Westenberg – Into the Woods as Wolf/Cinderella's Prince
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- Judy Kaye – The Phantom of the Opera as Carlotta Guidicelli
- Leleti Khumalo – Sarafina! as Sarafina
- Alyson Reed – Cabaret as Sally Bowles
- Regina Resnik – Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
Best Choreography |
- Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics)
- The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics)
- Romance/Romance – Keith Herrmann (music) and Barry Harman (lyrics)
- Sarafina! – Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masakela (music and lyrics)
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- Michael Smuin – Anything Goes
- Lar Lubovitch – Into the Woods
- Gillian Lynne – The Phantom of the Opera
- Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina!
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| Best Direction of a Play |
Best Direction of a Musical |
- John Dexter – M. Butterfly
- Gregory Mosher – Speed-the-Plow
- Lloyd Richards – Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Clifford Williams – Breaking the Code
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- Harold Prince – The Phantom of the Opera
- James Lapine – Into the Woods
- Mbongeni Ngema – Sarafina!
- Jerry Zaks – Anything Goes
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| Best Scenic Design |
Best Costume Design |
- Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera
- Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly
- Tony Straiges – Into the Woods
- Tony Walton – Anything Goes
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- Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera
- Ann Hould-Ward – Into the Woods
- Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly
- Tony Walton – Anything Goes
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| Best Lighting Design |
- Andrew Bridge – The Phantom of the Opera
- Paul Gallo – Anything Goes
- Richard Nelson – Into the Woods
- Andy Phillips – M. Butterfly
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