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Best Play
August: Osage County
August: Osage County Winner
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When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. more >

Author: Tracy Letts
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag, Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group, The Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Rock 'n' Roll
Rock 'n' Roll
Tom Stoppard's play spans the years 1968 through 1990 as seen from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock 'n' roll band comes to symbolize resistance to the Communist regime. more >

Author: Tom Stoppard
Producers: Bob Boyett & Sonia Friedman Productions, Ostar Productions, Roger Berlind, Tulchin/Bartner, Douglas G. Smith, Dancap Productions, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company, Lincoln Center Theater, The Royal Court Theatre London
The Seafarer
The Seafarer
Conor McPherson's play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth is set on Christmas Eve. more >

Author: Conor McPherson
Producers: Ostar Productions, Bob Boyett, Roy Furman, Lawrence Horowitz, Jam Theatricals, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, James D’Orta, Thomas S. Murphy, Ralph Guild/Jon Avnet, Philip Geier/Keough Partners, Eric Falkenstein/Max OnStage, The National Theatre of Great Britain
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
Patrick Barlow’s comic adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy thriller The 39 Steps revolves around an innocent man who learns too much about a dangerous spy ring. more >

Author: Patrick Barlow
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Harriet Newman Leve/Ron Nicynski, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Manocherian Golden Prods., Olympus Theatricals/Douglas Denoff, Marek J. Cantor/Pat Addiss, Huntington Theatre Company/Nicholas Martin/Michael Maso, Edward Snape for Fiery Angel Ltd.
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Best Musical
Cry-Baby
Cry-Baby
Baltimore, 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in town. more >

Producers: Adam Epstein, Allan S. Gordon, Élan V. McAllister, Brian Grazer, James P. MacGilvray, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Anne Caruso, Adam S. Gordon, Latitude Link, The Pelican Group, Philip Morgaman, Andrew Farber/Richard Mishaan
In The Heights
In The Heights Winner
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In The Heights is a New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. more >

Producers: Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman, Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper
Passing Strange
Passing Strange
Passing Strange is the tale of a young, black bohemian on a journey of escape and exploration. more >

Producers: The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Ireland McCann LLC, Bill Kenwright, Chase Mishkin, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Broadway Across America, Emily Fisher Landau, Peter May, Boyett Ostar, Larry Hirschhorn, Janet Pailet/Steve Klein, Elie Hirschfeld/Jed Bernstein, Spring Sirkin/Ruth Hendel, Vasi Laurence/Pat Flicker Addiss, Wendy Federman/Jackie Barlia Florin, Joey Parnes, The Public Theater, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Xanadu
Xanadu
Xanadu takes audiences back to California in 1980, with Kira, a young muse from Mt. Olympus, whose quest is to inspire a struggling artist to achieve his dream of building the world’s first roller disco. more >

Producers: Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith
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Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
Boeing-Boeing Winner
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An architect living in Paris (Bradley Whitford) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées, with his housekeeper (Christine Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller. more >

Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, The Weinstein Company, Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM, The Araca Group
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
Harold Pinter's sexually provocative play is a tale of lust, betrayal and seduction. more >

Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman/Lynne Peyser, Ronald Frankel/David Jaroslawicz, Love Bunny Entertainment
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The battle of the sexes springs to life in Christopher Hampton's play about long-time friends and occasional lovers Vicomte de Valmont and Marquise de Merteuil. more >

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth (Patrick Stewart) is a man utterly determined to obtain the Scottish royal crown. more >

Producers: Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Jeffrey Archer, Bill Ballard, Terri & Timothy Childs, Rodger Hess, David Mirvish, Adriana Mnuchin, Emanuel Azenberg, BAM, The Chichester Festival Theatre
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Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Grease
Grease is a rock 'n' roll high school musical about growing up, cruising with friends, and going steady. more >

Producers: Paul Nicholas and David Ian, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Terry Allen Kramer, Robert Stigwood
Gypsy
Gypsy
Mama Rose (Patti LuPone) is a woman with a mission: to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway, by way of vaudeville. more >

Producers: Roger Berlind, The Routh-Frankel-Baruch-Viertel Group, Roy Furman, Debra Black, Ted Hartley, Roger Horchow, David Ian, Scott Rudin, Jack Viertel
South Pacific
South Pacific Winner
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Set on a tropical island during World War II, South Pacific tells the romantic story of two couples - US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque. more >

Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George
The Georges Seurat painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" is the inspiration for this musical fantasy which celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art. more >

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Bob Boyett, Debra Black, Jam Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Manocherian, Ostar Productions, The Menier Chocolate Factory/David Babani
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