1985 / Actor (Play)
Derek Jacobi, Much Ado About Nothing
Jim Dale, Joe Egg
Jonathan Hogan, As Is
John Lithgow, Requiem for a Heavyweight
1985 / Actress (Play)
Stockard Channing, Joe Egg
Sinead Cusack, Much Ado About Nothing
Rosemary Harris, Pack of Lies
Glenda Jackson, Strange Interlude
1985 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Ron Richardson, Big River
René Auberjonois, Big River
Daniel H. Jenkins, Big River
Kurt Knudson, Take Me Along
1985 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
Barry Miller, Biloxi Blues
Charles S. Dutton, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
William Hurt, Hurlyburly
Edward Petherbridge, Strange Interlude
1985 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Leilani Jones, Grind
Evalyn Baron, Quilters
Mary Beth Peil, The King and I
Lenka Peterson, Quilters
1985 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Judith Ivey, Hurlyburly
Joanna Gleason, Joe Egg
Theresa Merritt, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sigourney Weaver, Hurlyburly
1985 / Book (Musical)
Big River by William Hauptman
Grind by Fay Kanin
Harrigan 'n Hart by Michael Stewart
Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
1985 / Costume Designer
Florence Klotz, Grind
Patricia McGourty, Big River
Alexander Reid, Cyrano de Bergerac
Alexander Reid, Much Ado about Nothing
1985 / Director (Musical)
Des McAnuff, Big River
Barbara Damashek, Quilters
Mitch Leigh, The King and I
Harold Prince, Grind
1985 / Director (Play)
Gene Saks, Biloxi Blues
Keith Hack, Strange Interlude
Terry Hands, Much Ado About Nothing
Marshall W. Mason, As Is
1985 / Lighting Designer
Richard Riddell, Big River
Terry Hands, Cyrano de Bergerac
Terry Hands, Much Ado About Nothing
Allen Lee Hughes, Strange Interlude
1985 / Musical
Big River. Produced by Rocco Landesman, Heidi Landesman, Rick Steiner, M. Anthony Fisher, and Dodger Productions
Grind. Produced by Kenneth D. Greenblatt, John J. Pomerantz, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, James M. Nederlander, Harold Prince, Michael Frazier, Susan Madden Samson, and Jonathan Farkas
Leader of the Pack. Produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Francine LeFrak, Clive Davis, John Hart Associates, Inc., Rodger Hess, and Richard Kagan
Quilters. Produced by The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The American National Theatre and Academy, and Brockman Seawell
1985 / Original Musical Score
Big River. Music and lyrics by Roger Miller
Grind. Music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
Quilters. Music and lyrics by Barbara Damashek
1985 / Play
Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, and the Center Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
As Is by William M. Hoffman. Produced by John Glines/Lawrence Lane, Lucille Lortel, and The Shubert Organization
Hurlyburly by David Rabe. Produced by Icarus Productions, Frederick M. Zollo, Ivan Bloch and ERB Productions
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson. Produced by Ivan Bloch, Robert Cole, and Frederick M. Zollo
1985 / Revival
Joe Egg. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg, Roger Berlind, Ivan Bloch and MTM Enterprises, Inc.
Cyrano de Bergerac. Produced by James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy, and Allan Carr
Much Ado about Nothing. Produced by James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy and Allan Carr
Strange Interlude. Produced by Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski, James M. Nederlander, Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Gregg, Lionel Becker and Jerome Minskoff
1985 / Scenic Designer
Heidi Landesman, Big River
Clarke Dunham, Grind
Ralph Koltai, Much Ado about Nothing