| Best Book of a Musical | Big River | Big River |
| Best Book of a Musical | Grind | Fay Kanin |
| Best Book of a Musical | Michael Stewart | Harrigan 'n Hart |
| Best Book of a Musical | Molly Newman, Barbara Damashek | Quilters |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia McGourty | Big River |
| Best Costume Design | Alexander Reid | Cyrano de Bergeracproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Grind |
| Best Costume Design | Alexander Reid | Much Ado about Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Des McAnuff | Big River |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Grind |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Barbara Damashek | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mitch Leigh | The King and I |
| Best Direction of a Play | Marshall W. Mason | As Is |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gene Saks | Biloxi Blues |
| Best Direction of a Play | Terry Hands | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Play | Keith Hack | Strange Interlude |
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| Best Lighting Design | Richard Riddell | Big River |
| Best Lighting Design | Terry Hands | Cyrano de Bergeracproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design | Terry Hands | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Best Lighting Design | Allen Lee Hughes | Strange Interlude |
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| Best Musical | Rocco Landesman, Dodger Theatricals | Big River |
| Best Musical | Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher | Big River |
| Best Musical | Kenneth D. Greenblatt, John J. Pomerantz, Harold Prince, Michael Frazier, Jonathan Farkas | Grind |
| Best Musical | Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Richard Kagan, Rodger Hess, John Hart Associates, Francine LeFrak, Nelle Nugent, Clive Davis | Leader of the Pack |
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| Best Musical | The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy, Brockman Seawell | Quilters |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Roger Miller | Big River |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Larry Grossman, Ellen Fitzhugh | Grind |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Barbara Damashek | Quilters |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ron Richardson | Big River |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Daniel H. Jenkins, Rene Auberjonois | Big River |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kurt Knudson | Take Me Along |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | John Herrera | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Barry Miller, Barry Miller | Biloxi Blues |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | William Hurt | Hurlyburlyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charles S. Dutton | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Edward Petherbridge | Strange Interlude |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jonathan Hogan | As Is |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jim Dale | Joe Egg |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Derek Jacobi | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Lithgow | Requiem for a Heavyweight |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Leilani Jones | Grind |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lenka Peterson, Evalyn Baron | Quiltersproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Mary Beth Peil | The King and I |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Judith Ivey | Hurlyburly |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Sigourney Weaver | Hurlyburlyproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Joanna Gleason | Joe Egg |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Theresa Merritt | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Stockard Channing | Joe Egg |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sinead Cusack | Much Ado About Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris | Pack of Lies |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenda Jackson | Strange Interlude |
| Best Play | Lucille Lortel, The Shubert Organization | As Is |
| Best Play | William M. Hoffman | As Is |
| Best Play | John Glines/Lawrence Lane | As Is |
| Best Play | Los Angeles, Neil Simon | Biloxi Blues |
| Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg, The Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre | Biloxi Blues |
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| Best Play | Frederick M. Zollo | Hurlyburlyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | David Rabe, Ivan Bloch, ERB Productions | Hurlyburlyproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Frederick M. Zollo | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Play | August Wilson, Robert Cole, Ivan Bloch | Ma Rainey's Black Bottomproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Revival | Allan Carr, Dale Duffy, Cynthia Wood, Nelle Nugent, James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth Ireland McCann | Cyrano de Bergeracproducer, production took place the 1946 year. |
| Best Revival | Roger Berlind, Ivan Bloch, Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, MTM Enterprises, Inc. | Joe Egg |
| Best Revival | James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy, Allan Carr | Much Ado about Nothingproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Revival | John Roberdeau, Jerome Minskoff, Lionel Becker, Paul Gregg, Duncan C. Weldon, James M. Nederlander, Douglas Urbanski, Geisler, Robert Michael | Strange Interlude |
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| Best Scenic Design | Heidi Landesman | Big River |
| Best Scenic Design | Clarke Dunham | Grind |
| Best Scenic Design | Ralph Koltai | Much Ado about Nothing |
| Best Scenic Design | Voytek and Michael Levine | Strange Interlude |
| Special Tony Award | Yul Brynner, New York State Council on the Arts | The King and I |
