| Best Book of a Musical | Christopher Hampton, Don Black | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Wayne Cilento | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Choreography | Susan Stroman | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Joey McKneely | Smokey Joe's Cafe |
| Best Choreography | Bob Avian | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design | Stephen Brimson Lewis | Indiscretions |
| Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design | Anthony Powell | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | The Heiress |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Des McAnuff | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Sean Mathias | Indiscretions |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Joe Mantello | Love! Valour! Compassion! |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Zaks | Smokey Joe's Cafe |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Trevor Nunn | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Play | Gerald Gutierrez | The Heiress |
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| Best Lighting Design | Paul Pyant | Arcadia |
| Best Lighting Design | Mark Henderson | Indiscretions |
| Best Lighting Design | Frederic H. Mayerson, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre/Gordon Davidson | Smokey Joe's Cafeproducer |
| Best Lighting Design | Andrew Bridge | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | The Heiress |
| Best Musical | Steven Baruch, Rick Steiner, Jack Viertel, Jujamcyn Theaters, Thomas Viertel, Richard Frankel | Smokey Joe's Cafeproducer |
| Best Musical | The Really Useful Company | Sunset Boulevardproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Christopher Hampton | Sunset Boulevardmusic,
production took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michel Bell, Michel Bell, Joel Blum | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Victor Trent Cook | Smokey Joe's Cafe |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | George Hearn | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jude Law | Indiscretions |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Glover | Love! Valour! Compassion! |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Anthony Heald, Stephen Bogardus | Love! Valour! Compassion! |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Matthew Broderick | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mark Jacoby, John McMartin | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alan Campbell | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Joe Sears | A Tuna Christmasproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ralph Fiennes | Hamlet |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Roger Rees | Indiscretions |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Brian Bedford | The Moliere Comedies |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gretha Boston | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Brenda Braxton, DeLee Lively, B.J. Crosby | Smokey Joe's Cafe |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Cynthia Nixon | Indiscretions |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Frances Sternhagen | The Heiress |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Suzanne Bertish | The Moliere Comedies |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mercedes Ruehl | The Shadow Boxproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Rebecca Luker | Show Boatproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Glenn Close | Sunset Boulevardproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Helen Mirren | A Month in the Country |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary Alice | Having Our Say |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Eileen Atkins | Indiscretions |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Cherry Jones | The Heiress |
| Best Play | Tom Stoppard, Lincoln Center Theater | Arcadia |
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| Best Play | Emily Mann, Camille O. Cosby, Judith Rutherford James | Having Our Say |
| Best Play | Jean Cocteau, The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Capital Cities/ABC, Scott Rudin | Indiscretions |
| Best Play | Jujamcyn Theaters, Manhattan Theatre Club, Terrence McNally | Love! Valour! Compassion!producer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | The Nederlander Organization, Dodger Theatricals, Kardana Productions, Inc. | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Tryingproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Livent (U.S.) Inc | Show Boatproducer,
production took place the previous |
| Best Revival of a Play | Dodger Theatricals, Roger Berlind, Endemol Theatre Productions, Inc., Jujamcyn Theaters, Kardana Productions, Inc., Scott Rudin, The Almeida Theatre Company | Hamletproducer |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Lincoln Center Theater | The Heiressproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes | The Moliere Comediesproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Circle in the Square Theatre, Robert Bennett, Josephine R. Abady, Theodore Mann | The Rose Tattooproducer |
| Best Scenic Design | Mark Thompson | Arcadia |
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| Best Scenic Design | Stephen Brimson Lewis | Indiscretions |
| Best Scenic Design | John Napier | Sunset Boulevardproducer |
| Best Scenic Design | John Lee Beatty | The Heiress |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Goodspeed Opera House | |
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| Special Tony Award | Carol Channing, Harvey Sabinson | Lifetime Achievement |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | National Endowment for the Arts | |
