Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Jeff Daniels – God of Carnage as Alan
Raúl Esparza – Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox
James Gandolfini – God of Carnage as Michael
Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King as King Berenger
Thomas Sadoski – reasons to be pretty as Greg
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Hope Davis – God of Carnage as Annette
Jane Fonda – 33 Variations as Katherine Brandt
Marcia Gay Harden – God of Carnage as Veronica
Janet McTeer – Mary Stuart as Mary Stuart
Harriet Walter – Mary Stuart as Elizabeth I
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish – Billy Elliot the Musical as Billy Elliot
Gavin Creel – Hair as Claude
Brian d’Arcy James – Shrek the Musical as Shrek
Constantine Maroulis – Rock of Ages as Drew
J. Robert Spencer – Next to Normal as Dan
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Stockard Channing – Pal Joey as Vera Simpson
Sutton Foster – Shrek the Musical as Princess Fiona
Allison Janney – 9 to 5 as Violet Newstead
Alice Ripley – Next to Normal as Diana Goodman
Josefina Scaglione – West Side Story as Maria
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
John Glover – Waiting for Godot as Lucky
Zach Grenier – 33 Variations as Beethoven
Stephen Mangan – The Norman Conquests as Norman
Paul Ritter – The Norman Conquests as Reg
Roger Robinson – Joe Turner’s Come and Gone as Bynum Walker
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Hallie Foote – Dividing the Estate as Mary Jo
Jessica Hynes – The Norman Conquests as Annie
Marin Ireland – reasons to be pretty as Steph
Angela Lansbury – Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
Amanda Root – The Norman Conquests as Sarah
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
David Bologna – Billy Elliot the Musical as Michael Caffrey
Gregory Jbara – Billy Elliot the Musical as Dad
Marc Kudisch – 9 to 5 as Franklin Hart Jr.
Christopher Sieber – Shrek the Musical as Lord Farquaad
Will Swenson – Hair as Berger
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Jennifer Damiano – Next to Normal as Natalie Goodman
Haydn Gwynne – Billy Elliot the Musical as Ms. Wilkinson
Karen Olivo – West Side Story as Anita
Martha Plimpton – Pal Joey as Gladys Bumps
Carole Shelley – Billy Elliot the Musical as Grandma