John Gassner Playwriting Award
John Logan, Red
Jon Marans, The Temperamentals
WINNER – Geoffrey Nauffts, Next Fall
Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
WINNER – Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Brandon Victor Dixon, The Scottsboro Boys
Chad Kimball, Memphis
Nathan Lane, The Addams Family
Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Bill Heck, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Jude Law, Hamlet
Liev Schreiber, A View From the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
WINNER – Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow
Barbara Cook, Sondheim on Sondheim
WINNER – Montego Glover, Memphis
Bebe Neuwirth, The Addams Family
WINNER – Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
Laura Benanti, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play
WINNER – Viola Davis, Fences
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, Lend Me A Tenor
Outstanding Choreography
Rob Ashford, Promises, Promises
WINNER – Bill T. Jones, Fela!
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Sergio Trujillo, Memphis
Outstanding Costume Design
Jane Greenwood, Present Laughter
Martin Pakledinaz, Lend Me a Tenor
WINNER – Matthew Wright, La Cage aux Folles
Catherine Zuber, The Royal Family
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Memphis
WINNER – Terry Johnson, La Cage aux Folles
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Alex Timbers, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Outstanding Director of a Play (The Lucille Lortel Award) Doug Hughes, The Royal Family
Kenny Leon, Fences
Stanley Tucci, Lend Me a Tenor
WINNER – Michael Wilson, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family
Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian’s Rainbow
WINNER – Levi Kreis, Million Dollar Quartet
Dick Latessa, Promises, Promises
Bobby Steggert, Ragtime
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
James DeMarse, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
WINNER – Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts
David Pittu, Equivocation
Noah Robbins, Brighton Beach Memoirs
Reg Rogers, The Royal Family
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Carolee Carmello, The Addams Family
WINNER – Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Cass Morgan, Memphis
Terri White, Finian’s Rainbow
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Hallie Foote, The Orphans’ Home Cycle
Rosemary Harris, The Royal Family
Marin Ireland, A Lie of the Mind
WINNER – Jan Maxwell, Lend Me A Tenor
Alicia Silverstone, Time Stands Still
Outstanding Lighting Design
WINNER – Kevin Adams, American Idiot
Kevin Adams, The Scottsboro Boys
Ken Billington, Sondheim on Sondheim
Justin Townsend, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Outstanding New Broadway Musical
American Idiot
Come Fly Away
Fela!
WINNER – Memphis
Sondheim on Sondheim
Outstanding New Broadway Play
Next Fall
WINNER – Red
Superior Donuts
Time Stands Still
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
WINNER – Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Scottsboro Boys
Tin Pan Alley Rag
Yank!
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Clybourne Park
WINNER – The Orphans’ Home Cycle
The Pride
The Temperamentals
Outstanding New Score
WINNER – Memphis
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Scottsboro Boys
Yank!
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
A Little Night Music
Finian’s Rainbow
WINNER – La Cage aux Folles
Promises, Promises
Outstanding Revival of a Play
A View From the Bridge
WINNER – Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
Outstanding Set Design
John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family
Beowulf Boritt, Sondheim on Sondheim
WINNER – Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch, The Addams Family
Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Outstanding Solo Performance
Jim Brochu, Zero Hour
Anna Deavere Smith, Let Me Down Easy
WINNER – Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
Judith Ivey, The Lady With All the Answers
