1986 / Actor (Musical)
George Rose, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Don Correia, Singin' in the Rain
Cleavant Derricks, Big Deal
Maurice Hines, Uptown...It's Hot!
1986 / Actor (Play)
Judd Hirsch, I'm Not Rappaport
Hume Cronyn, The Petition
Ed Harris, Precious Sons
Jack Lemmon, Long Day's Journey Into Night
1986 / Actress (Musical)
Bernadette Peters, Song & Dance
Debbie Allen, Sweet Charity
Cleo Laine, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chita Rivera, Jerry's Girls
1986 / Actress (Play)
Lily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Rosemary Harris, Hay Fever
Mary Beth Hurt, Benefactors
Jessica Tandy, The Petition
1986 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Michael Rupert, Sweet Charity
Christopher d'Amboise, Song & Dance
John Herrera, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Howard McGillin, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1986 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
John Mahoney, The House of Blue Leaves
Peter Gallagher, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Charles Keating, Loot
Joseph Maher, Loot
1986 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Bebe Neuwirth, Sweet Charity
Patti Cohenour, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jana Schneider, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Elisabeth Welch, Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
1986 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
Swoosie Kurtz, The House of Blue Leaves
Stockard Channing, The House of Blue Leaves
Bethel Leslie, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Zoë Wanamaker, Loot
1986 / Book (Musical)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
Big Deal by Bob Fosse
Singin' in the Rain by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Wind in the Willows by Jane Iredale
1986 / Choreographer
Bob Fosse, Big Deal
Graciela Daniele, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Peter Martins, Song & Dance
Tango Argentino Dancers, Tango Argentino
1986 / Costume Designer
Patricia Zipprodt, Sweet Charity
Willa Kim, Song & Dance
Beni Montresor, The Marriage of Figaro
Ann Roth, The House of Blue Leaves
1986 / Director (Musical)
Wilford Leach, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bob Fosse, Big Deal
Richard Maltby, Jr., Song & Dance
Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli, Tango Argentino
1986 / Director (Play)
Jerry Zaks, The House of Blue Leaves
Jonathan Miller, Long Day's Journey Into Night
José Quintero, The Iceman Cometh
John Tillinger, Loot
1986 / Lighting Designer
Pat Collins, I'm Not Rappaport
Jules Fisher, Song & Dance
Paul Gallo, The House of Blue Leaves
Thomas R. Skelton, The Iceman Cometh
1986 / Musical
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Produced by Joseph Papp
Big Deal. Produced by The Shubert Organization, Roger Berlind, Jerome Minskoff, and Jonathan Farkas
Song & Dance. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Inc., The Shubert Organization, F.W.M. Producing Group, and The Really Useful Company, Inc.
Tango Argentino. Produced by Mel Howard and Donald K. Donald
1986 / Original Musical Score
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Rupert Holmes
The News. Paul Schierhorn
Song & Dance. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Wind in the Willows. William Perry and Roger McGough
1986 / Play
I'm Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner. Produced by James Walsh, Lewis Allen, and Martin Heinfling
Benefactors by Michael Frayn. Produced by James M. Nederlander, Robert Fryer, Douglas Urbanski, Michael Codron, MTM Enterprises, Inc., and CBS Productions
Blood Knot by Athol Fugard. Produced by James B. Freydberg, Max Weitzenhoffer, Lucille Lortel, Estrin Rose Berman Productions, and F.W.M. Producing Group
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
1986 / Revival
Sweet Charity. Produced by Jerome Minskoff, James M. Nederlander, Arthur Rubin and Joseph Harris
Hay Fever. Produced by Roger Peters and MBS Co.
The Iceman Cometh. Produced by Lewis Allen, James M. Nederlander, Stephen Graham and Ben Edwards
Loot. Produced by the David Merrick Arts Foundation, Charles P. Kopelman and Mark Simon
1986 / Scenic Designer
Tony Walton, The House of Blue Leaves
Ben Edwards, The Iceman Cometh
David Mitchell, The Boys in Winter