Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Tracy Letts – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as George
Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy as Mike McAlary
Nathan Lane – The Nance as Chauncey
David Hyde Pierce – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Vanya
Tom Sturridge – Orphans as Phillip
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful as Miss Carrie Watts
Laurie Metcalf – The Other Place as Juliana Smithton
Amy Morton – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Martha
Kristine Nielsen – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Sonia
Holland Taylor – Ann as Ann Richards
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Billy Porter – Kinky Boots as Lola
Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical as Miss Trunchbull
Santino Fontana – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Prince Topher
Rob McClure – Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
Stark Sands – Kinky Boots as Charlie Price
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Patina Miller – Pippin as The Leading Player
Stephanie J. Block – The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting
Carolee Carmello – Scandalous as Aimee Semple McPherson
Valisia LeKae – Motown: The Musical as Diana Ross
Laura Osnes – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Ella
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Courtney B. Vance – Lucky Guy as Hap Hairston
Danny Burstein – Golden Boy as Tokio
Richard Kind – The Big Knife as Marcus Hoff
Billy Magnussen – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Spike
Tony Shalhoub – Golden Boy as Mr. Bonaparte
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Judith Light – The Assembled Parties as Faye
Carrie Coon – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Honey
Shalita Grant – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Cassandra
Judith Ivey – The Heiress as Lavinia Penniman
Condola Rashād – The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Gabriel Ebert – Matilda the Musical as Mr. Wormwood
Charl Brown – Motown: The Musical as Smokey Robinson
Keith Carradine – Hands on a Hardbody as JD Drew
Will Chase – The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget
Terrence Mann – Pippin as King Charles
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Andrea Martin – Pippin as Berthe
Annaleigh Ashford – Kinky Boots as Lauren
Victoria Clark – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Marie/Fairy Godmother
Keala Settle – Hands on a Hardbody as Norma Valverde
Lauren Ward – Matilda the Musical as Miss Jennifer “Jenny” Honey
