1988 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1988 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Book of a Musical | James Lapine | Into the Woods |
| Best Book of a Musical | Barry Harman | Romance/Romance |
| Best Book of a Musical | Lee Breuer | The Gospel at Colonus |
| Best Book of a Musical | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Choreography | Michael Smuin | Anything Goes |
| Best Choreography | Lar Lubovitch | Into the Woods |
| Best Choreography | Mbongeni Ngema, Ndaba Mhlongo | Sarafina! |
| Best Choreography | Gillian Lynne | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Costume Design | Tony Walton | Anything Goes |
| Best Costume Design | Ann Hould-Ward | Into the Woods |
| Best Costume Design | Eiko Ishioka | M. Butterfly |
| Best Costume Design | Maria Bjornson | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Anything Goes |
| Best Direction of a Musical | James Lapine | Into the Woods |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mbongeni Ngema | Sarafina! |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Direction of a Play | Clifford Williams | Breaking the Code |
| Best Direction of a Play | Lloyd Richards | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Direction of a Play | John Dexter | M. Butterfly |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gregory Mosher | Speed-the-Plow |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Anything Goes |
| Best Lighting Design | Andy Phillips | M. Butterfly |
| Best Lighting Design | Andrew Bridge | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Musical | Rocco Landesman, Jujamcyn Theatres, Frederic H. Mayerson, M. Anthony Fisher, Rick Steiner, Heidi Landesman | Into the Woods |
| Best Musical | Dasha Epstein, Harve Brosten, Jay S. Bulmash | Romance/Romance |
| Best Musical | Lincoln Center Theater | Sarafina! |
| Best Musical | Bernard Gersten, The Shubert Organization, Lucille Lortel, Gregory Mosher | Sarafina! |
| Best Musical | Cameron Mackintosh | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Keith Herrmann, Barry Harman | Romance/Romance |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Hugh Masakela, Mbongeni Ngema | Sarafina! |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bill McCutcheon | Anything Goes |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Anthony Heald | Anything Goes |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Werner Klemperer | Cabaret |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Robert Westenberg | Into the Woods |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Gough | Breaking the Code |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Lou Liberatore | Burn This |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Delroy Lindo | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | B.D. Wong | M. Butterfly |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Howard McGillin | Anything Goes |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | David Carroll | Chess |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Michael Crawford | Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Scott Bakula | Romance/Romance |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Robert Prosky | A Walk in the Woods |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Derek Jacobi | Breaking the Code |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Lithgow | M. Butterfly |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ron Silver | Speed-the-Plow |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Alyson Reed, Regina Resnik | Cabaret |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Leleti Khumalo | Sarafina! |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Judy Kaye | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | L. Scott Caldwell | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Kimberleigh Aarn, Kimberly Scott | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Kate Nelligan | Serious Money |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Anything Goes |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Chess |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joanna Gleason | Into the Woods |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alison Fraser | Romance/Romance |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Blythe Danner, Frances McDormand | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Joan Allen | Burn This |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenda Jackson | Macbeth |
| Best Play | Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Theatre Productions, Lee Blessing, American Playhouse, Lucille Lortel | A Walk in the Woods |
| Best Play | August Wilson, Elliot Martin, Vy Higginsen, Ken Wydro | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Play | David Geffen | M. Butterfly |
| Best Play | Stuart Ostrow, David Henry Hwang | M. Butterfly |
| Best Play | David Mamet, Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher | Speed-the-Plow |
| Best Revival | Paul Libin, Theodore Mann, Circle in the Square | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Revival | Bernard Gersten, Gregory Mosher, Lincoln Center Theater | Anything Goes |
| Best Revival | Barry Weissler, Fran Weissler | Cabaret |
| Best Revival | Marvin A. Krauss, Irving Siders | Dreamgirls |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | Anything Goes |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Straiges | Into the Woods |
| Best Scenic Design | Eiko Ishioka | M. Butterfly |
| Best Scenic Design | Maria Bjornson | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Special Tony Award | Brooklyn Academy of Music | |
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