| Best Book of a Musical | Jeffrey Lane | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Book of a Musical | Eric Idle | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Book of a Musical | Rachel Sheinkin | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Best Book of a Musical | Craig Lucas | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | La Cage aux Follesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Choreography | Wayne Cilento | Sweet Charity |
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| Best Costume Design of a Musical | William Ivey Long | La Cage aux Follesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Tim Hatley | Monty Python's Spamalot |
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| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Junko Koshino | Pacific Overturesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Catherine Zuber | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | William Ivey Long | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Jane Greenwood | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Constanza Romero | Gem of the Oceanproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Jess Goldstein | The Rivalsproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Mike Nichols | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Direction of a Musical | James Lapine | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | The Light in the Piazza |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Doug Hughes | Doubt |
| Best Direction of a Play | Joe Mantello | Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Best Direction of a Play | John Crowley | The Pillowman |
| Best Direction of a Play | Scott Ellis | Twelve Angry Menproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Mark Henderson | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Kenneth Posner | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Hugh Vanstone | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Christopher Akerlind | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Donald Holder | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Pat Collins | Doubt |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Donald Holder | Gem of the Oceanproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Brian MacDevitt | The Pillowman |
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| Best Musical | Greg Smith, Susan Tatelman, Ruth Hendel, Chase Mishkin, Barry and Susan Tatelman, Debra Black, Sharon Karmazin, Joyce Schweickert, Bernie Abrams/Michael Speyer, Barbara Whitman, Weissberger Theater Group/Jay Harris, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jean Cheever, Clear Channel Entertainment, Harvey Weinstein, MGM on Stage, Darcie Denkert, Dean Stolber, Dede Harris, Amanda Lipitz, Marty Bell, David Brown, Roy Furman, Aldo Scrofani | Dirty Rotten Scoundrelsproducer |
| Best Musical | Arielle Tepper, Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Stephanie McClelland, Lawrence Horowitz, Elan V. McAllister, Allan S. Gordon, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, GRS Associates, Jam Theatricals, TGA Entertainment, Clear Channel Entertainment | Monty Python's Spamalotproducer |
| Best Musical | David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Beeproducer |
| Best Musical | Lincoln Center Theater | The Light in the Piazzaproducer |
| Best Orchestrations | Harold Wheeler | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Orchestrations | Larry Hochman | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Pacific Overtures |
| Best Orchestrations | Adam Guettel, Ted Sperling, Bruce Coughlin | The Light in the Piazza |
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| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | David Yazbek | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | John Du Prez, Eric Idle | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | William Finn | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Adam Guettel | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Marc Kudisch | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael McGrath, Christopher Sieber | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Dan Fogler | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Matthew Morrison | The Light in the Piazza |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | David Harbour | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Liev Schreiber | Glengarry Glen Ross |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Alan Alda, Gordon Clapp | Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Michael Stuhlbarg | The Pillowman |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Norbert Leo Butz | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | John Lithgow | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gary Beach | La Cage aux Follesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Hank Azaria, Tim Curry | Monty Python's Spamalot |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Brian F. O'Byrne | Doubt |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Bill Irwin | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | James Earl Jones | On Golden Pond |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Billy Crudup | The Pillowman |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Bosco | Twelve Angry Menproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jan Maxwell | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Joanna Gleason | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Sara Ramirez | Monty Python's Spamalot |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Celia Keenan-Bolger | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kelli O'Hara | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Amy Ryan | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Adriane Lenox, Heather Goldenhersh | Doubt |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mireille Enos | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Dana Ivey | The Rivalsproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Erin Dilly | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sherie Rene Scott | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sutton Foster | Little Women |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Christina Applegate | Sweet Charity |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Victoria Clark | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Cherry Jones | Doubt |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kathleen Turner | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Phylicia Rashad | Gem of the Oceanproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary-Louise Parker | Recklessproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Laura Linney | Sight Unseenproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Play | Roy Furman, Eric Falkenstein, Amy Nederlander, Arielle Tepper, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jean Doumanian, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Boyett Ostar Productions, Michael Frayn | Democracyproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Barry Grove, Lynne Meadow, MTC Productions, Inc., Carole Shorenstein Hays, John Patrick Shanley | Doubtproducer |
| Best Play | August Wilson, Jujamcyn Theaters, Carole Shorenstein Hays | Gem of the Oceanproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | The National Theatre of Great Britain, Joyce Schweickert, Jon Avnet, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Morton Swinsky, Dede Harris, Debra Black, Arielle Tepper, Robert Fox, Boyett Ostar Productions, Martin McDonagh | The Pillowmanproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | James L. Nederlander, Clear Channel Entertainment, Kenneth D. Greenblatt, Terry Allen Kramer, Martin Richards | La Cage aux Follesproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Gorgeous Entertainment, Julia C. Levy, Roundabout Theatre Company | Pacific Overturesproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Barry and Fran Weissler, Edwin W. Schloss, Clear Channel Entertainment | Sweet Charityproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Joey Parnes, Nick Simunek, James L. Nederlander, Roger Berlind, Scott Rudin, Terry Allen Kramer, Daryl Roth, Elizabeth Ireland McCann | Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?producer |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Jeffrey Richards, Julia C. Levy, Roundabout Theatre Company, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Zendog Productions, Barry Weisbord, CJM Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Philip Lacerte, Ronald Frankel, Boyett Ostar Productions, Jam Theatricals, Jerry Frankel | Glengarry Glen Rossproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Jeffrey Finn, Arlene Scanlan, Stuart Thompson | On Golden Pondproducer |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Roundabout Theatre Company, Julia C. Levy | Twelve Angry Menproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Anthony Ward | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Tim Hatley | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Rumi Matsui | Pacific Overturesproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Michael Yeargan | The Light in the Piazza |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | John Lee Beatty | Doubt |
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| Best Scenic Design of a Play | David Gallo | Gem of the Oceanproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Santo Loquasto | Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Scott Pask | The Pillowman |
| Best Special Theatrical Event | Janice Crystal, Larry Magid, Face Productions | Billy Crystal 700 Sundaysproducer,
production took place the previous year |
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| Best Special Theatrical Event | Harley Medcalf, Boxjellyfish LLC, Creative Battery | Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!producer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Special Theatrical Event | Showtime Networks | Laugh Whoreproducer,
production took place the previous year |
| Best Special Theatrical Event | Mike Nichols, Hal Luftig, Leonard Soloway, Steven M. Levy, Tom Leonardis, Eric Falkenstein, Amy Nederlander | Whoopi the 20th Anniversary Showproducer |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Theatre de la Jeune Lune | |
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| Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | Edward Albee | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | Peter Neufeld | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | Theatre Communications Group | |
