| Best Book of a Musical | Linda Kline, Lonny Price | A Class Act |
| Best Book of a Musical | John Caird | Jane Eyreproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Terrence McNally | The Full Monty |
| Best Book of a Musical | Thomas Meehan, Mel Brooks | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Choreography | Randy Skinner | 42nd Street |
| Best Choreography | Jim Moore, George Pinney | Blast! |
| Best Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | The Full Monty |
| Best Choreography | Susan Stroman | The Producers |
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| Best Costume Design | Roger Kirk | 42nd Street |
| Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge | Follies |
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| Best Costume Design | William Ivey Long | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Costume Design | David C. Woolard | The Rocky Horror Showproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mark Bramble | 42nd Street |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | The Full Monty |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Susan Stroman | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Christopher Ashley | The Rocky Horror Showproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Paul Gallo | 42nd Street |
| Best Direction of a Play | Marion McClinton | King Hedley II |
| Best Direction of a Play | Daniel Sullivan | Proofproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Play | Ian McElhinney | Stones in His Pockets |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Kenneth Posner | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Best Direction of a Play | Jack O'Brien | The Invention of Love |
| Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer | Jane Eyreproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
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| Best Musical | Manhattan Theatre Club, Arielle Tepper, Marty Bell, Chase Mishkin | A Class Actproducer |
| Best Musical | Carolyn Kim McCarthy, Jennifer Manocherian, Margaret McFeeley Golden, Pamela Koslow, Janet Robinson, Annette Niemtzow | Jane Eyreproducer |
| Best Musical | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lindsay Law, Thomas Hall | The Full Montyproducer |
| Best Musical | Mel Brooks, Rick Steiner, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, The Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group, SFX Theatrical Group, Rocco Landesman, James D. Stern/Douglas Meyer | The Producersproducer,
the new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | A Class Act |
| Best Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Follies |
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| Best Orchestrations | Harold Wheeler | The Full Monty |
| Best Orchestrations | Doug Besterman | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Edward Kleban | A Class Actmusic and lyrics |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Paul Gordon, John Caird | Jane Eyrelyrics,
production took place the previous |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | David Yazbek | The Full Montymusic and lyrics |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Mel Brooks | The Producersmusic and lyrics,
the new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Andre De Shields, John Ellison Conlee | The Full Monty |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gary Beach | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Brad Oscar, Roger Bart | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Hayden | Judgment at Nuremberg |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Charles Brown | King Hedley II |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Larry Bryggman, Ben Shenkman | Proofproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Robert Sean Leonard | The Invention of Love |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Kevin Chamberlin | Seussical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Patrick Wilson | The Full Monty |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nathan Lane | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Matthew Broderick | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tom Hewitt | The Rocky Horror Showproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Brian Stokes Mitchell | King Hedley II |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Gary Sinise | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Sean Campion, Conleth Hill | Stones in His Pockets |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Richard Easton | The Invention of Love |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kate Levering, Mary Testa | 42nd Street |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Polly Bergen | Follies |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kathleen Freeman | The Full Monty |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Cady Huffman | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Marthe Keller | Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Viola Davis | King Hedley II |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Johanna Day | Proofproduction took place the previous |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Penny Fuller | The Dinner Party |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Michele Lee | The Tale of the Allergist's Wife |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Christine Ebersole | 42nd Street |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Randy Graff | A Class Act |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Faith Prince | Bells Are Ringing |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Blythe Danner | Follies |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Marla Schaffel | Jane Eyreproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Juliette Binoche | Betrayal |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Leslie Uggams | King Hedley II |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary-Louise Parker | Proofproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jean Smart | The Man Who Came to Dinnerproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Linda Lavin | The Tale of the Allergist's Wifeproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Peggy Hill, Spring Sirkin, 52nd Street Productions, Jujamcyn Theaters, Benjamin Mordecai, Sageworks, August Wilson, Kardana-Swinsky Productions, Manhattan Theatre Club | King Hedley IIproducer |
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| Best Play | Stuart Thompson, Daryl Roth, Ostar Enterprises, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Roger Berlind, Manhattan Theatre Club, David Auburn | Proofproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Jujamcyn Theaters | Proofproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Lincoln Center Theater, Tom Stoppard | The Invention of Loveproducer |
| Best Play | Charles Busch, Manhattan Theatre Club, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Daryl Roth, Stuart Thompson, Douglas S. Cramer | The Tale of the Allergist's Wifeproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Dodger Theatricals, Joop van den Ende, Stage Holding | 42nd Streetproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Victoria Maxwell, Momentum Productions, Inc, Allen M. Shore, Fred H. Krones, James L. Simon, Mark Goldberg, Robert Barandes, Mark Balsam, Mitchell Maxwell, Anthony R. Russo | Bells Are Ringingproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Roundabout Theatre Company, Julia C. Levy | Folliesproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Jordan Roth, Christopher Malcolm, Howard Panter, Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Company Ltd | The Rocky Horror Showproducer,
production took place the previous year |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Roundabout Theatre Company, Julia C. Levy | Betrayalproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Jeffrey Richards, Michael B. Rothfeld, Raymond J. Greenwald, Jerry Frankel, Darren Bagert | Gore Vidal's The Best Manproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival of a Play | Elizabeth Williams, John York Noble, Randall L. Wreghitt, Dori Berinstein, The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Fox Theatricals, Michael Leavitt, Anita Waxman | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Tomlin and Wagner Theatricalz | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universeproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design | Douglas W. Schmidt | 42nd Street |
| Best Scenic Design | Heidi Ettinger | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Best Scenic Design | Bob Crowley | The Invention of Love |
| Best Scenic Design | Robin Wagner | The Producersthe new Mel Brooks musical |
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| Best Special Theatrical Event | Cook Group Inc., Star of Indiana | Blast!producer |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Victory Gardens Theater | |
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| Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | Paul Gemignani | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | Betty Corwin, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New Dramatists, Theatre World | |
