| Best Book of a Musical | Hunter Bell | [Title of Show]production took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Lee Hall | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Book of a Musical | Brian Yorkey | Next to Normal |
| Best Book of a Musical | David Lindsay-Abaire | Shrek The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler | 9 to 5: The Musical |
| Best Choreography | Peter Darling | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Choreography | Karole Armitage | Hair |
| Best Choreography | Randy Skinner | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
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| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Nicky Gillibrand | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Michael McDonald | Hair |
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| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Gregory Gale | Rock of Ages |
| Best Costume Design of a Musical | Tim Hatley | Shrek The Musical |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Martin Pakledinaz | Blithe Spirit |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Dale Ferguson | Exit the King |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Anthony Ward | Mary Stuart |
| Best Costume Design of a Play | Jane Greenwood | Waiting for Godot |
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| Best Direction of a Musical | Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Diane Paulus | Hair |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Greif | Next to Normal |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Kristin Hanggi | Rock of Ages |
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| Best Direction of a Play | Matthew Warchus | God of Carnage |
| Best Direction of a Play | Bartlett Sher | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Direction of a Play | Phyllida Lloyd | Mary Stuart |
| Best Direction of a Play | Matthew Warchus | The Norman Conquests |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Kevin Adams | Hair |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Kevin Adams | Next to Normal |
| Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Howell Binkley | West Side Story |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | David Lander | 33 Variations |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | David Hersey | Equusproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Brian MacDevitt | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Lighting Design of a Play | Hugh Vanstone | Mary Stuart |
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| Best Musical | Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions, Weinstein Live Entertainment | Billy Elliot, The MusicalProducer; Production took place the previous year |
| Best Musical | Ellen Richard, Carole Rothman, Second Stage Theatre, Patrick Catullo, James L. Nederlander, David Stone, Barbara Whitman | Next to NormalProducer |
| Best Musical | Max Gottlieb/John Butler, The Araca Group, Michele Caro, Happy Walters, Laura Smith/Bill Bodnar, Prospect Pictures, Michael Wittlin, David Kaufman/Jay Franks, Sara Katz/Jayson Raitt, Israel Wolfson, Susanne Brook, Simon and Stefany Bergson/Jennifer Maloney, Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Relativity Media, Corner Store Fund, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Toni Habib, Paula Davis, Charles Rolecek | Rock of Agesproducer |
| Best Musical | Dreamworks Theatricals, Neal Street Productions | Shrek The Musicalproducer; production took place the previous year |
| Best Orchestrations | Martin Koch | Billy Elliot, The Musical |
| Best Orchestrations | Martin Koch | Billy Elliot, The Musical |
| Best Orchestrations | Larry Blank | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| Best Orchestrations | Michael Starobin, Tom Kitt | Next to Normal |
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| Best Orchestrations | Michael Starobin, Tom Kitt | Next to Normal |
| Best Orchestrations | John Clancy, Danny Troob | Shrek The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Dolly Parton | 9 to 5: The Musical |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Elton John, Lee Hall | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey | Next to Normal |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire | Shrek The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Marc Kudisch | 9 to 5: The Musical |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Gregory Jbara | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | David Bologna | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Will Swenson | Hair |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Christopher Sieber | Shrek The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Zach Grenier | 33 Variations |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Roger Robinson | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Stephen Mangan, Paul Ritter | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Glover | Waiting for Godot |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Kiril Kulish, Trent Kowalik, David Alvarez | Billy Elliot, The Musical |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gavin Creel | Hair |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | J. Robert Spencer | Next to Normal |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Constantine Maroulis | Rock of Ages |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Brian d'Arcy James | Shrek the Musical |
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| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Geoffrey Rush | Exit the King |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jeff Daniels, Jeff Daniels, James Gandolfini | God of Carnage |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Thomas Sadoski | Reasons to Be Pretty |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Raul Esparza | Speed-the-Plowproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Haydn Gwynne, Carole Shelley | Billy Elliot, The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jennifer Damiano | Next to Normal |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Martha Plimpton | Pal Joeyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Karen Olivo | West Side Story |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Angela Lansbury | Blithe Spirit |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Hallie Foote | Dividing the Estateproduction took place the previous year |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Marin Ireland | Reasons to Be Pretty |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Jessica Hynes, Amanda Root | The Norman Conquests |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Allison Janney | 9 to 5: The Musical |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alice Ripley | Next to Normal |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Stockard Channing | Pal Joeyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sutton Foster | Shrek The Musicalproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Josefina Scaglione | West Side Story |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jane Fonda | 33 Variations |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Marcia Gay Harden | God of Carnage |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Hope Davis | God of Carnage |
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| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter | Mary Stuart |
| Best Play | Tectonic Theater Project, Willis/True Love Productions, Jayne Baron Sherman, Eric Schnall, Bill Resnick, Arielle Tepper Madover, Latitude Link, Goldberg/Mills, Barbara Whitman, Ruth Hendel, Moises Kaufman, David Binder, Jeffrey LaHoste | 33 VariationsProducer |
| Best Play | Primary Stages, Lincoln Center Theater, Horton Foote | Dividing the EstateProducer; Production took place the previous year |
| Best Play | The Shubert Organization, The Weinstein Company, Jon B. Platt, Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Dafydd Rogers, David Pugh, Robert Fox, Yasmina Reza | God of CarnageProducer |
| Best Play | Kelpie Arts, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost, Neil LaBute, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, MCC Theater, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel | Reasons to Be PrettyProducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Howard Panter/Ambassador Theatre Group, Michael Jenkins, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Bill Kenwright, Northwater Entertainment, Darren Bagert, Tom Gregory, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., David Mirvish, Dallas Summer Musicals, Independent Presenters Network, Olympus Theatricals, Sonia Friedman Productions | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Revival of a Musical | The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jam Theatricals, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, The Public Theater, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Joey Parnes, Jujamcyn Theaters, Marc Frankel | Hairproducer |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Todd Haimes, Marc Platt, Julia C. Levy, Harold Wolpert, Roundabout Theatre Company | Pal Joeyproducer |
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| Best Revival of a Musical | Broadway Across America, The Weinstein Company, Jeffrey Seller, Roy Miller, Hal Luftig, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Roy Furman/Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, Terry Allen, James L. Nederlander, Kevin McCollum, Freddy DeMann | West Side Storyproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Lincoln Center Theater | Joe Turner's Come and Goneproducer |
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| Best Revival of a Play | Barbara Whitman, Peter Oswald, Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin, The Donmar Warehouse | Mary StuartProducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | The Old Vic Theatre Company, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Isaacson, Jane Dubin/True Love Productions, Richard Winkler/Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager/Remmel T. Dickinson, Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll | The Norman Conquestsproducer |
| Best Revival of a Play | Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Elizabeth Ireland McCann | Waiting for Godotproducer |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Ian MacNeil | Billy Elliot, The Musical |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Robert Brill | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Mark Wendland | Next to Normal |
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| Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Scott Pask | Pal Joeyproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Derek McLane | 33 Variations |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Dale Ferguson | Exit the King |
| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Michael Yeargan | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
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| Best Scenic Design of a Play | Rob Howell | The Norman Conquests |
| Best Sound Design of a Musical | Paul Arditti | Billy Elliot, The Musical |
| Best Sound Design of a Musical | Acme Sound Partners | Hair |
| Best Sound Design of a Musical | Brian Ronan | Next to Normal |
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| Best Sound Design of a Musical | Peter Hylenski | Rock of Ages |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Russell Goldsmith | Exit the King |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Gregory Clarke | Equusproduction took place the previous year |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Leon Rothenberg, Scott Lehrer | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Best Sound Design of a Play | Paul Arditti | Mary Stuart |
| Best Special Theatrical Event | John Scher, Metropolitan Talent Presents, Jubilee Time Productions | Liza's at The Palaceproducer; production took place the previous year |
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| Best Special Theatrical Event | David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Marinoff Cohn, John Pinckard | Slava's Snowshowproducer; production took place the previous year |
| Best Special Theatrical Event | Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group, Nederlander Worldwide Productions | Soul of Shaolin |
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| Best Special Theatrical Event | Ken Davenport, Arny Granat, Arny Granat, Sharon Karmazin, Dede Harris, B Swibel, Tara Smith, The Weinstein Company, James D. Stern, Jon B. Platt, Ronald Frankel, Ergo Entertainment, Bat-Barry Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, Home Box Office Inc., Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Jeffrey Richards | You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bushproducer |
| Regional Theater Tony Award | Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va. | |
| Revival (Musical) | Oskar Eustis | Hair |
| Special Tony Award | Phyllis Newman | |
| Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | Jerry Herman | |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre | Shirley Herz | |
