| Best Book of a Musical | Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Best Book of a Musical | Betty Comden, Adolph Green | Singin' in the RainProduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin DroodProduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Jane Iredale | Wind in the Willowsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Best Choreography | Peter Martins | Song and Dance |
| Best Choreography | Tango Argentino Dancers | Tango Argentinoproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Graciela Daniele | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Costume Design | Willa Kim | Song and Dance |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Sweet Charity |
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| Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Costume Design | Beni Montresor | The Marriage of Figaroproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Bob Fosse, Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Song and Danceproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Hector Orezzoli, Claudio Segovia | Tango Argentinoproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Wilford Leach, Wilford Leach | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Jonathan Miller | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Best Direction of a Play | John Tillinger | Loot |
| Best Direction of a Play | Jerry Zaks | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Direction of a Play | Jose Quintero | The Iceman Comethproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Lighting Design | Pat Collins | I'm Not Rappaportproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Song and Dance |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Lighting Design | Thomas R. Skelton | The Iceman Comethproducer, production took place the previous year. |
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| Best Musical | The Shubert Organization, Jonathan Farkas, Jerome Minskoff, Roger Berlind | Big Deal |
| Best Musical | Cameron Mackintosh, The Shubert Organization, F.W.M. Producing Group, The Really Useful Company | Song and Dance |
| Best Musical | Mel Howard, Donald K. Donald | Tango ArgentinoProduction took place the previous year. |
| Best Musical | Joseph Papp | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr., Andrew Lloyd Webber | Song and Dance |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin DroodProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Paul Schierhorn | The NewsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | William Perry, Roger McGough | Wind in the WillowsProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Christopher d'Amboise | Song and Dance |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael Rupert | Sweet Charity |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Howard McGillin | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Peter Gallagher | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charles Keating, Joseph Maher | Loot |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Mahoney | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cleavant Derricks | Big Deal |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Don Correia | Singin' in the Rainproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | George Rose | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maurice Hines | Uptown...It's Hot! |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Judd Hirsch | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Lemmon | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ed Harris | Precious Sons |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hume Cronyn | The Petition |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Elisabeth Welch | Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Sweet Charity |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patti Cohenour, Jana Schneider | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Bethel Leslie | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zoe Wanamaker | Loot |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Swoosie Kurtz | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Stockard Channing | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Jerry's Girlsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bernadette Peters | Song and Dance |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Debbie Allen | Sweet Charity |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cleo Laine | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary Beth Hurt | BenefactorsProduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris | Hay FeverProduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Tandy | The Petition |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the UniverseProduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | CBS Productions, MTM Enterprises, Michael Codron, Robert Fryer, Michael Frayn, James M. Nederlander | Benefactorsproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Lucille Lortel, Max Weitzenhoffer, James B. Freydberg, Athol Fugard | Blood Knotproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Douglas Urbanski | Douglas Urbanskiproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Play | James Walsh | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Lewis Allen | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Martin Heinfling | I'm Not RappaportProduction took place the previous year. |
| Best Play | Gregory Mosher, Bernard Gersten | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Revival | Roger Peters, MBS Co. | Hay Feverproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Revival | Mark Simon, Charles P. Kopelman, David Merrick | Loot |
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| Best Revival | Arthur Rubin, Joseph Harris, James M. Nederlander, Jerome Minskoff | Sweet Charity |
| Best Revival | Lewis Allen, James M. Nederlander, Stephen Graham, Ben Edwards | The Iceman Cometh |
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| Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | The Boys of Winter |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | The Iceman Comethproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design | Beni Montresor | The Marriage of Figaroproduction took place the previous year . |
