| Best Book of a Musical | Ken Ludwig | Crazy for You |
| Best Book of a Musical | James Lapine, William Finn | Falsettos |
| Best Book of a Musical | Clarke Peters | Five Guys Named Moe |
| Best Book of a Musical | George C. Wolfe | Jelly's Last Jam |
| Best Choreography | Susan Stroman | Crazy for You |
| Best Choreography | Terry John Bates | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Christopher Chadman | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Choreography | Hope Clarke, Ted L. Levy, Gregory Hines | Jelly's Last Jam |
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| Best Costume Design | William Ivey Long | Crazy for You |
| Best Costume Design | Joe Vanek | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Costume Design | Toni-Leslie James | Jelly's Last Jam |
| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | Two Shakespearean Actors |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mike Ockrent | Crazy for You |
| Best Direction of a Musical | James Lapine | Falsettos |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Direction of a Musical | George C. Wolfe | Jelly's Last Jam |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Daniel Sullivan | Conversations With My Father |
| Best Direction of a Play | Patrick Mason | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall | Four Baboons Adoring the Sun |
| Best Direction of a Play | Jack O'Brien | Two Shakespearean Actors |
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| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Crazy for You |
| Best Lighting Design | Richard Pilbrow | Four Baboons Adoring the Sun |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Jelly's Last Jam |
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| Best Musical | Roger Horchow, Elizabeth Williams | Crazy for Youproducer |
| Best Musical | Barry and Fran Weissler | Falsettos |
| Best Musical | Cameron Mackintosh | Five Guys Named Moe |
| Best Musical | Herb Alpert, TV Asahi, Jujamcyn Theaters, 126 Second Avenue Corp, Roger Hess, PolyGram Diversified Entertainment, Pamela Koslow, Margo Lion, Hal Luftig | Jelly's Last Jamproducer |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | William Finn | Falsettosmusic and lyrics |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead | Jelly's Last Jammusic |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Janusz Stoklosa, Agata Miklaszewska, Maryna Miklaszewska, Mary Bracken Phillips | Metromusic |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby, Jr. | Nick and Noramusic |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bruce Adler | Crazy for You |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jonathan Kaplan | Falsettos |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Keith David | Jelly's Last Jam |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Scott Waara | The Most Happy Fella |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Tony Shalhoub | Conversations With My Father |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Zeljko Ivanek | Two Shakespearean Actors |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Larry Fishburne | Two Trains Running |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Roscoe Lee Browne | Two Trains Running |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Harry Groener | Crazy for You |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Michael Rupert | Falsettos |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nathan Lane | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gregory Hines | Jelly's Last Jam |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec Baldwin | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Judd Hirsch | Conversations With My Father |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Alda | Jake's Women |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Brian Bedford | Two Shakespearean Actors |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbara Walsh | Falsettos |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Tonya Pinkins | Jelly's Last Jam |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Vivian Reed | The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Liz Larson | The Most Happy Fella |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Brid Brennan | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Rosaleen Linehan, Dearbhla Molloy | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Cynthia Martells | Two Trains Running |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jodi Benson | Crazy for You |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Faith Prince | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Josie de Guzman | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sophie Hayden | The Most Happy Fella |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenn Close | Death and the Maiden |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Stockard Channing | Four Baboons Adoring the Sun |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Judith Ivey | Park Your Car in Harvard Yardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jane Alexander | The Visit |
| Best Play | Bill Kenwright, Joseph Harris, Noel Pearson, Brian Friel | Dancing at Lughnasaproducer, production took place the previous year |
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| Best Play | John Guare, Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten | Four Baboons Adoring the Sun |
| Best Play | Richard Nelson, Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, Bernard Gersten | Two Shakespearean Actors |
| Best Play | Old Globe Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Benjamin Mordecai, Gordon Davidson, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Stan Wojewodski, Jr., Yale Repertory Theatre, August Wilson, Jujamcyn Theaters | Two Trains Runningproducer |
| Best Revival | Kardana Productions, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, TV Asahi, Jujamcyn Theaters, Roger Berlind, Dodger Theatricals | Guys and Dollsproducer |
| Best Revival | Robin Wagner | Jelly's Last Jam |
| Best Revival | Paul Libin, Robert Buckley, Robert Buckley, Theodore Mann, Circle in the Square Theatre | On Borrowed Timeproducer,
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| Best Revival | Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Stagevision, The Shubert Organization, Lincoln Center Theatre, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House | The Most Happy Fellaproducer |
| Best Revival | Roundabout Theater Co., Todd Haimes, Gene Feist | The Visitproducer |
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| Best Scenic Design | John Lee Beatty | A Small Family Business |
| Best Scenic Design | Joe Vanek | Dancing at Lughnasaproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | Guys and Dolls |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | The Goodman Theatre of Chicago | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | The Fantasticks | |
