1988 / Actor (Musical)
Michael Crawford, The Phantom of the Opera
Scott Bakula, Romance/Romance
David Carroll, Chess
Howard McGillin, Anything Goes
1988 / Actor (Play)
Ron Silver, Speed the Plow
Derek Jacobi, Breaking the Code
John Lithgow, M. Butterfly
Robert Prosky, A Walk in the Woods
1988 / Actress (Musical)
Joanna Gleason, Into the Woods
Alison Fraser, Romance/Romance
Judy Kuhn, Chess
Patti LuPone, Anything Goes
1988 / Actress (Play)
Joan Allen, Burn This
Blythe Danner, A Streetcar Named Desire
Glenda Jackson, Macbeth
Frances McDormand, A Streetcar Named Desire
1988 / Actor (Featured Role – Musical)
Bill McCutcheon, Anything Goes
Anthony Heald, Anything Goes
Werner Klemperer, Cabaret
Robert Westenberg, Into the Woods
1988 / Actor (Featured Role – Play)
B.D. Wong, M. Butterfly
Michael Gough, Breaking the Code
Lou Liberatore, Burn This
Delroy Lindo, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1988 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)
Judy Kaye, The Phantom of the Opera
Leleti Khumalo, Sarafina!
Alyson Reid, Cabaret
Regina Resnik, Cabaret
1988 / Actress (Featured Role – Play)
L. Scott Caldwell, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Kimberleigh Aarn, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Kate Nelligan, Serious Money
Kimberly Scott, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1988 / Book (Musical)
Into the Woods by James Lapine
The Gospel at Colonus by Lee Breuer
The Phantom of the Opera by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Romance/Romance by Barry Harman
1988 / Choreographer
Michael Smuin, Anything Goes
Lar Lubovitch, Into the Woods
Gillian Lynne, The Phantom of the Opera
Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina!
1988 / Costume Designer
Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera
Ann Hould-Ward, Into the Woods
Eiko Ishioka, M. Butterfly
Tony Walton, Anything Goes
1988 / Director (Musical)
Harold Prince, The Phantom of the Opera
James Lapine, Into the Woods
Mbongeni Ngema, Sarafina!
Jerry Zaks, Anything Goes
1988 / Director (Play)
John Dexter, M. Butterfly
Gregory Mosher, Speed-the-Plow
Lloyd Richards, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Clifford Williams, Breaking the Code
1988 / Lighting Designer
Andrew Bridge, The Phantom of the Opera
Paul Gallo, Anything Goes
Richard Nelson, Into the Woods
Andy Phillips, M. Butterfly
1988 / Musical
The Phantom of the Opera. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc.
Into the Woods. Produced by Heidi Landesman, Rocco Landesman, Rick Steiner, M .Anthony Fisher, Frederic H. Mayerson, and Jujamcyn Theatres
Romance/Romance. Produced by Dasha Epstein, Harve Brosten, Jay S. Bulmash
Sarafina! Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, Bernard Gersten, Lucille Lortel, and The Shubert Organization
1988 / Original Musical Score
Into the Woods. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The Phantom of the Opera. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe
Romance/Romance. Music by Keith Herrmann, lyrics by Barry Harman
Sarafina! Music and lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela
1988 / Play
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. Produced by Stuart Ostrow and David Geffen
A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing. Produced by Lucille Lortel, American Playhouse Theatre Productions, and Yale Repertory Theatre
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson. Produced by Elliot Martin, Vy Higginsen, Ken Wydro, and Yale Repertory Theatre
Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
1988 / Revival
Anything Goes. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, and Bernard Gersten
A Streetcar Named Desire. Produced by Circle in the Square, Theodore Mann, and Paul Libin
Cabaret. Produced by Barry Weissler and Fran Weissler
Dreamgirls. Produced by Marvin A. Krauss and Irving Siders
1988 / Scenic Designer
Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera
Eiko Ishioka, M. Butterfly
Tony Straiges, Into the Woods