| Outsanding Actor - Play | Richard Chamberlain | Fathers and Sons1978-78 season |
| Outstandin Director - Play | Horancena J. Taylor | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Peter Walker | My Old Friends1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Len Cariou | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Charles Repole | Whoopee!1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Musical | Joel Grey | The Grand Tour1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Donal Donnelly | Faith Healer1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Tom Aldredge | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Actor - Play | Judd Hirsch | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Philip Anglim | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Actor - Play | Jack Lemmon | Tribute1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actor - Play | Tom Conti | Whose Life is it Anyway?1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Dorothy Loudon | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Musical | Lucie Arnaz | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Kate Reid | Bosoms and Neglect1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Actress - Play | Frances Sternhagen | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Carole Shelley | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Susan Stevens | The Price of Genius1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Actress - Play | Constance Cummings | Wings1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Book | Hughe Wheeler | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Choreography | Michael Bennett, Bob Avian | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Choreography | Henry LeTang, Billy Wilson | Eubie!1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Choreography | Larry Fuller | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Choreography | Dan Siretta | Tip Toes1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Alderdge | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Steven Rubin | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Franne Lee | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Julie Weiss | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Director - Play | Alan Ayckbourn, John Madden | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Stephen Porter | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Director - Play | Jack Hofsiss, Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Director - Play | Ted Weiant | The Miracle Worker1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Bob Gunton | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Richard Cox | Platinum1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Ken Jennings | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Michael Gough | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Nicholas Woodeson | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | I.M. Hobson | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | George Rose | The Kingfisher1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Patricia Drylie | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Grace Keagy | Carmelina1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lisa Mordente | Platinum1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lynnie Godfrey | Eubie!1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Merle Louise | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Joan Hickson, Susan Littler | Bedroom Farce1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Dixie Carter | Fathers and Sons1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Pamela Reed | Getting Out1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Laurie Kennedy | Man and Superman1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Frances Foster | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Roger Morgan | The Crucifer of Blood1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Lyrics | Gretchen Cryer | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Music | Jerome Kass | Ballroom1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Music | Nancy Ford | I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Music | Michel Legrand | The Umbrella of Cherbourg1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Music | Marvin Hamlisch | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Music | Neil Simon | They're Playing Our Song1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Musical | | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding New Play | Steve Carter | Nevis Mountain Dew1978-79 season |
| Outstanding New Play | Ernest Thompson | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Outstanding New Play | Lanford Wilson | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Outstanding New Play | Bernard Pomerance | The Elephant Man1978-79 season |
| Outstanding New Play | Arthur Kopit | Wings1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Set Design | Wilford Leach | All's Well That Ends Well1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto | King of Hearts1978-79 season |
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| Outstanding Set Design | Steven Rubin | On Golden Pond1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Set Design | Eugene Lee | Sweeney Todd1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Lee Beatty | Talley's Folly1978-79 season |
| Outstanding Set Design | John Wulp | The Crucifer of Blood1978-79 season |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | | An Evening with Quentin Crisp1978-79 season |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | | Bleacher Bums1978-79 season |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Streetsongs1978-79 season |
