1996 Tony Award Winners

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Year	Category	Nominee	Show	Nom
1996	Best Book of a Musical	Jonathan Larson	Rent	Award winner
1996	Best Book of a Musical	John Weidman	Big
1996	Best Book of a Musical	Reg E. Gaines	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
1996	Best Book of a Musical	Graciela Daniele	Chronicle of a Death Foretold production took place the previous year
1996	Best Book of a Musical	Jim Lewis	Chronicle of a Death Foretold production took place the previous year
1996	Best Book of a Musical	Michael John LaChiusa	Chronicle of a Death Foretold production took place the previous year
1996	Best Choreography	Savion Glover	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	Award winner
1996	Best Choreography	Graciela Daniele	Chronicle of a Death Foretold production took place the previous year
1996	Best Choreography	Susan Stroman	Big
1996	Best Choreography	Marlies Yearby	Rent
1996	Best Costume Design	Roger Kirk	The King and I	Award winner
1996	Best Costume Design	Jane Greenwood	A Delicate Balance
1996	Best Costume Design	Allison Reeds	Buried Child
1996	Best Costume Design	Paul Tazewell	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
1996	Best Direction of a Musical	George C. Wolfe	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	Award winner
1996	Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Greif	Rent
1996	Best Direction of a Musical	Christopher Renshaw	The King and I
1996	Best Direction of a Musical	Jerry Zaks	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1996	Best Direction of a Play	Gerald Gutierrez	A Delicate Balance	Award winner
1996	Best Direction of a Play	Peter Hall	An Ideal Husband
1996	Best Direction of a Play	Lloyd Richards	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Direction of a Play	Gary Sinise	Buried Child
1996	Best Lighting Design	Jules Fisher	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	Award winner
1996	Best Lighting Design	Peggy Eisenhauer	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	Award winner
1996	Best Lighting Design	Christopher Akerlind	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Lighting Design	Blake Burba	Rent
1996	Best Lighting Design	Nigel Levings	The King and I
1996	Best Musical	Jeffrey Seller	Rent	Award winner
1996	Best Musical	Kevin McCollum	Rent producer	Award winner
1996	Best Musical	Allan S. Gordon	Rent producer	Award winner
1996	Best Musical	The New York Theatre Workshop	Rent producer	Award winner
1996	Best Musical	The Public Theater	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk producer
1996	Best Musical	George C. Wolfe	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk producer
1996	Best Musical	Joey Parnes	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk producer
1996	Best Musical	Lincoln Center Theater	Chronicle of a Death Foretold producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Musical	INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center	Chronicle of a Death Foretold producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Musical	Richard Seader	Swinging on a Star producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Musical	Mary Burke Kramer	Swinging on a Star producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Musical	Paul B. Berkowsky	Swinging on a Star producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Musical	Angels of theArts	Swinging on a Star producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Jonathan Larson	Rent music and lyrics	Award winner
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	David Shire	Big music
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Richard Maltby, Jr	Big lyrics
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Daryl Waters	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk music
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Zane Mark	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk music
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Ann Duquesnay	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk music
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Reg E. Gaines	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk lyrics
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	George C. Wolfe	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk lyrics
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Ann Duquesnay	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk lyrics
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Richard Rodgers	State Fair
1996	Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Oscar Hammerstein II	State Fair lyrics, only the songs Driving at Night, You Never Had It So Good, When I Go Out Walking With My Baby and Boys and Girls Like You and Me are eligible for Tony Award consideration
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Wilson Jermaine Heredia	Rent	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Lewis J. Stadlen	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Brett Tabisel	Big
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Scott Wise	State Fair
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Seven Guitars	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	James Gammon	Buried Child
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Roger Robinson	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play	Reg Rogers	Holiday production took place the previous year
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Nathan Lane	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Savion Glover	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Adam Pascal	Rent
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical	Lou Diamond Phillips	The King and I
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	George Grizzard	A Delicate Balance	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Philip Bosco	Moon Over Buffalo production took place the previous year
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	George C. Scott	Inherit the Wind
1996	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Martin Shaw	An Ideal Husband
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Ann Duquesnay	Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Joohee Choi	The King and I
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Veanne Cox	Company production took place the previous year
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical	Idina Menzel	Rent
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Audra McDonald	Master Class	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Viola Davis	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Michele Shay	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play	Lois Smith	Buried Child
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Donna Murphy	The King and I	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Julie Andrews	Victor/Victoria production took place the previous year
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Crista Moore	Big
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Daphne Rubin-Vega	Rent
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Zoe Caldwell	Master Class production took place the previous year	Award winner
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Carol Burnett	Moon Over Buffalo production took place the previous year
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Rosemary Harris	A Delicate Balance
1996	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play	Elaine Stritch	A Delicate Balance
1996	Best Play	Terrence McNally	Master Class production took place the previous year	Award winner
1996	Best Play	Robert Whitehead	Master Class producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1996	Best Play	Lewis Allen	Master Class producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1996	Best Play	Spring Sirkin	Master Class producer, production took place the previous year	Award winner
1996	Best Play	Sam Shepard	Buried Child
1996	Best Play	Frederick Zollo	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Nicholas Paleologos	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Jane Harmon	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Nina Kenneally	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Gary Sinise	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Edwin Schloss	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	Liz Oliver	Buried Child producer
1996	Best Play	David Hare	Racing Demon production took place the previous year
1996	Best Play	Lincoln Center Theater	Racing Demon producer, production took place the previous year
1996	Best Play	August Wilson	Seven Guitars
1996	Best Play	Sageworks	Seven Guitars producer
1996	Best Play	Benjamin Mordecai	Seven Guitars producer

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