1987 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1987 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | Alain Boublil | Les Misérables |
| Best Book of a Musical | Claude-Michel Schonberg | Les Misérables |
| Best Book of a Musical | Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose, Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl |
| Best Book of a Musical | Stephen Fry | Me and My Girl |
| Best Book of a Musical | Joseph Stein | Rags |
| Best Book of a Musical | Howard Ashman | Smile |
| Best Choreography | Gillian Gregory | Me and My Girl |
| Best Choreography | Ron Field | Rags |
| Best Choreography | Arlene Phillips | Starlight Express |
| Best Choreography | Brian Macdonald | The Mikado |
| Best Costume Design | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Costume Design | Andreane Neofitou | Les Misérables |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Curtis | Me and My Girl |
| Best Costume Design | John Napier | Starlight Express |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Trevor Nunn, John Caird | Les Misérables |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Trevor Nunn | Starlight Express |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Brian Macdonald | The Mikado |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mbongeni Ngema | Asinamali! |
| Best Direction of a Play | Carole Rothman | Coastal Disturbances |
| Best Direction of a Play | Lloyd Richards | Fences |
| Best Direction of a Play | Howard Davies | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Lighting Design | Chris Parry, Beverly Emmons | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Lighting Design | David Hersey, David Hersey | Les Misérables |
| Best Lighting Design | David Hersey | Starlight Express |
| Best Lighting Design | Martin Aronstein | Wild Honey |
| Best Musical | Cameron Mackintosh | Les Misérables |
| Best Musical | Richard Armitage, Terry Allen Kramer, James M. Nederlander, Stage Promotions Limited & Co. | Me and My Girl |
| Best Musical | Lee Guber, Martin Heinfling, Marvin A. Krauss | Rags |
| Best Musical | Martin Starger, Lord Grade | Starlight Express |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg | Les Misérables |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Noel Gay, L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber | Me and My Girl |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz | Rags |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe | Starlight Express |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Courtney B. Vance | Fences |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael Maguire | Les Misérables |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | George S. Irving, Timothy Jerome | Me and My Girl |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Robert Torti | Starlight Express |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jamey Sheridan | All My Sons |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Randolph | Broadway Bound |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Frankie R. Faison | Fences |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Terrence Mann, Colm Wilkinson | Les Misérables |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Me and My Girl |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Richard Kiley | All My Sons |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | James Earl Jones | Fences |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Rickman | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Bosco | You Never Can Tell |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Frances Ruffelle | Les Misérables |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Les Misérables |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jane Connell, Jane Summerhays | Me and My Girl |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Phyllis Newman | Broadway Bound |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Annette Bening | Coastal Disturbances |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary Alice | Fences |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Carole Shelley | Stepping Out |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maryann Plunkett | Me and My Girl |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Catherine Cox | Oh Coward! |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Teresa Stratas | Rags |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Geraldine Page | Blithe Spirit |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Linda Lavin | Broadway Bound |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Amanda Plummer | Pygmalion |
| Best Play | Neil Simon | Broadway Bound |
| Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg | Broadway Bound |
| Best Play | Paul Libin, Theodore Mann, Circle in the Square, Tina Howe | Coastal Disturbances |
| Best Play | Carole Shorenstein Hays, August Wilson | Fences |
| Best Play | The Yale Repertory Theatre | Fences |
| Best Play | Christopher Hampton, The Shubert Organization, Jerome Minskoff, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Stephen Graham | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Play | Jonathan Farkas, James M. Nederlander | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Revival | Jay H. Fuchs, Steven Warnick, Charles Patsos | All My Sons |
| Best Revival | Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff, The Shubert Organization | Pygmalion |
| Best Revival | Robert Fox, Ltd. | Robert Fox |
| Best Revival | Gregory Mosher, Bernard Gersten, Lincoln Center | The Front Page |
| Best Revival | Three Knights, Ltd., The Shubert Organization | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Best Scenic Design | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best Scenic Design | John Napier | Les Misérables |
| Best Scenic Design | Martin Johns | Me and My Girl |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | The Front Page |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | San Francisco Mime Troupe | |
| Special Tony Award | George Abbott | |
| Special Tony Award | Jackie Mason | The World According to Me |
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