| Best Book of a Musical | Tim Rice | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Book of a Musical | Tom Eyen | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Book of a Musical | Arthur Kopit | Nine |
| Best Book of a Musical | Joel Siegel | The First |
| Best Book of a Musical | Martin Charnin | The First |
| Best Choreography | Michael Bennett, Michael Peters | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Choreography | Tony Tanner | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Choreography | Peter Gennaro | Little Me |
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| Best Choreography | Tommy Tune | Nine |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | Medea |
| Best Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Nine |
| Best Costume Design | John Napier | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Bennett | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Tony Tanner | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Tommy Tune | Nine |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Martin Charnin | The First |
| Best Direction of a Play | Athol Fugard | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Best Direction of a Play | Melvin Bernhardt | Crimes of the Heartproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Direction of a Play | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Mass Appealproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Best Direction of a Play | John Caird, Trevor Nunn | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser | Dreamgirls |
| Best Lighting Design | Martin Aronstein | Medea |
| Best Lighting Design | Marcia Madeira | Nine |
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| Best Lighting Design | David Hersey | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Musical | Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records, The Shubert Organization | Dreamgirls |
| Best Musical | Gail Berman, Sidney Shlenker, Melvin J. Estrin, Susan R. Rose, Zev Bufman | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Musical | Francine LeFrak, Harvey J. Klaris, Michel Stuart, Kenneth D. Greenblatt | Nine |
| Best Musical | James M. Nederlander, Roger S. Berlind | Nine |
| Best Musical | Louis Busch Hager, Marilyn Strauss, Kate Studle, Warner Theater Productions, Max Weitzenhoffer | Pump Boys and Dinettes |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen | Dreamgirls |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Maury Yeston | Nine |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Cleavant Derricks | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Obba Babatunde | Dreamgirlsproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bill Hutton | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | David Alan Grier | The First |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Zakes Mokae | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Richard Kavanaugh | The Hothouse |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Threlfall, Edward Petherbridge | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Actor in a Play | Christopher Plummer | Othello |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ben Harney | Dreamgirls |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Herschel Bernardi | Fiddler on the Roofproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Victor Garber | Little Me |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Raul Julia | Nine |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Milo O'Shea | Mass Appeal |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Courtenay | The Dresser |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Roger Rees | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Laurie Beechman | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Liliane Montevecchi | Nine |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Karen Akers, Anita Morris | Nine |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Amanda Plummer | Agnes of God |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary Beth Hurt, Mia Dillon | Crimes of the Heart |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Judith Anderson | Medea |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jennifer Holliday | Dreamgirls |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sheryl Lee Ralph | Dreamgirls |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mary Gordon Murray | Little Me |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Lisa Mordente | Marloweproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Amanda Plummer | A Taste of Honey |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Geraldine Page | Agnes of God |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Zoe Caldwell | Medea |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Katharine Hepburn | The West Side Waltzproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Play | James M. Nederlander | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproduction took place the previous year . |
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| Best Play | David Geffen, Emanuel Azenberg, Dasha Epstein, Athol Fugard | 'Master Harold'...and the Boys |
| Best Play | Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards | Crimes of the Heartproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Francine Le Frak, Claire Nichtern | Crimes of the Heartproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Michael Codron | The Dresserproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Nelle Nugent | The Dresserproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Nelle Nugent, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, David Edgar | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Revival | Theatre Co., Gene Feist, Michael Fried | A Taste of Honeyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival | Fran Weissler, Warren Austin, Bunny, The Kennedy Center | Medea |
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| Best Revival | Mike Merrick, Don Gregory | My Fair Ladyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival | CBS Video Enterprises, Fran Weissler | Othello |
| Best Scenic Design | Robin Wagner | Dreamgirls |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | Medea |
| Best Scenic Design | Lawrence Miller | Nine |
| Best Scenic Design | John Napier, Dermot Hayes | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Reproduction (Play or Musical) | Barry | Medea |
| Reproduction (Play or Musical) | Barry | Othello |
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| Special Tony Award | The Actors' Fund of America | |
| Theatre Award '82 | | Warner Communications |
