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BEST PLAY
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Jocelyn Bioh, playwright
Mary Jane
Amy Herzog, playwright
Mother Play
Paula Vogel, playwright
Prayer for the French Republic
Joshua Harmon, playwright
Stereophonic
David Adjmi, playwright
BEST MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Suffs
Water for Elephants
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen
Kristoffer Diaz
The Notebook
Bekah Brunstetter
The Outsiders
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Suffs
Shaina Taub
Water for Elephants
Rick Elice
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Days of Wine and Roses
Adam Guettel, Music & Lyrics
Here Lies Love
David Byrne, Lyrics
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Music
The Outsiders
Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, Music & Lyrics
Stereophonic
Will Butler, Music & Lyrics
Suffs
Shaina Taub, Music & Lyrics
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
An Enemy of the People (New Version)
Amy Herzog, Playwright
Appropriate
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Playwright
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Ossie Davis, Playwright
BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Merrily We Roll Along
The Who’s Tommy
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
William Jackson Harper
Uncle Vanya
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Liev Schreiber
Doubt: A Parable
Jeremy Strong
An Enemy of the People
Michael Stuhlbarg
Patriots
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Betsy Aidem
Prayer for the French Republic
Jessica Lange
Mother Play
Rachel McAdams
Mary Jane
Sarah Paulson
Appropriate
Amy Ryan
Doubt: A Parable
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Brody Grant
The Outsiders
Jonathan Groff
Merrily We Roll Along
Dorian Harewood
The Notebook
Brian d’Arcy James
Days of Wine and Roses
Eddie Redmayne
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Eden Espinosa
Lempicka
Maleah Joi Moon
Hell’s Kitchen
Kelli O’Hara
Days of Wine and Roses
Maryann Plunkett
The Notebook
Gayle Rankin
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Will Brill
Stereophonic
Eli Gelb
Stereophonic
Jim Parsons
Mother Play
Tom Pecinka
Stereophonic
Corey Stoll
Appropriate
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Doubt: A Parable
Juliana Canfield
Stereophonic
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Mother Play
Sarah Pidgeon
Stereophonic
Kara Young
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Roger Bart
Back to the Future: The Musical
Joshua Boone
The Outsiders
Brandon Victor Dixon
Hell’s Kitchen
Sky Lakota-Lynch
The Outsiders
Daniel Radcliffe
Merrily We Roll Along
Steven Skybell
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Shoshana Bean
Hell’s Kitchen
Amber Iman
Lempicka
Nikki M. James
Suffs
Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Kecia Lewis
Hell’s Kitchen
Lindsay Mendez
Merrily We Roll Along
Bebe Neuwirth
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
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An Enemy of the People
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Appropriate
Derek McLane
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
David Zinn
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
David Zinn
Stereophonic
BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini
Hell’s Kitchen
AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian
The Outsiders
Takeshi Kata
Water for Elephants
David Korins
Here Lies Love
Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini
Lempicka
Tim Hatley and Finn Ross
Back to the Future: The Musical
Tom Scutt
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Dede Ayite
Appropriate
Dede Ayite
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Enver Chakartash
Stereophonic
Emilio Sosa
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
David Zinn
An Enemy of the People
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Dede Ayite
Hell’s Kitchen
Linda Cho
The Great Gatsby
David Israel Reynoso
Water for Elephants
Tom Scutt
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Paul Tazewell
Suffs
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Isabella Byrd
An Enemy of the People
Amith Chandrashaker
Prayer for the French Republic
Jiyoun Chang
Stereophonic
Jane Cox
Appropriate
Natasha Katz
Grey House
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Brandon Stirling Baker
Illinoise
Bradley King and David Bengali
Water for Elephants
Isabella Byrd
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Natasha Katz
Hell’s Kitchen
Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim
The Outsiders
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Justin Ellington and Stefania Bulbarella
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Leah Gelpe
Mary Jane
Tom Gibbons
Grey House
Bray Poor and Will Pickens
Appropriate
Ryan Rumery
Stereophonic
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Nick Lidster for Autograph
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Kai Harada
Merrily We Roll Along
Gareth Owen
Hell’s Kitchen
M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer
Here Lies Love
Cody Spencer
The Outsiders
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Daniel Aukin
Stereophonic
Anne Kauffman
Mary Jane
Kenny Leon
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Lila Neugebauer
Appropriate
Whitney White
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Maria Friedman
Merrily We Roll Along
Michael Greif
Hell’s Kitchen
Leigh Silverman
Suffs
Jessica Stone
Water for Elephants
Danya Taymor
The Outsiders
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Camille A. Brown
Hell’s Kitchen
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll
Water for Elephants
Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman
The Outsiders
Annie-B Parson
Here Lies Love
Justin Peck
Illinoise
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Timo Andres
Illinoise
Tom Kitt and Adam Blackstone
Hell’s Kitchen
Will Butler and Justin Craig
Stereophonic
Justin Levine, Matt Hinkley and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance)
The Outsiders
Jonathan Tunick
Merrily We Roll Along
