Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Frank Langella – The Father as Andre – WINNER
Gabriel Byrne – Long Day’s Journey into Night as James Tyrone
Jeff Daniels – Blackbird as Ray
Tim Pigott-Smith – King Charles III as Charles
Mark Strong – A View from the Bridge as Eddie Carbone
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Jessica Lange – Long Day’s Journey into Night as Mary Tyrone – WINNER
Laurie Metcalf – Misery as Annie Wilkes
Lupita Nyong’o – Eclipsed as The Girl
Sophie Okonedo – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
Michelle Williams – Blackbird as Una Spencer
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Leslie Odom, Jr. – Hamilton as Aaron Burr – WINNER
Alex Brightman – School of Rock as Dewey Finn
Danny Burstein – Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye
Zachary Levi – She Loves Me as Georg Nowack
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Cynthia Erivo – The Color Purple as Celie Harris Johnson – WINNER
Laura Benanti – She Loves Me as Amalia Balash
Carmen Cusack – Bright Star as Alice Murphy
Jessie Mueller – Waitress as Jenna Hunterson
Phillipa Soo – Hamilton as Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Reed Birney – The Humans as Erik Blake – WINNER
Bill Camp – The Crucible as Reverend John Hale
David Furr – Noises Off as Gary Lejeune
Richard Goulding – King Charles III as Prince Harry
Michael Shannon – Long Day’s Journey into Night as James Tyrone, Jr.
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell – The Humans as Deirdre Blake – WINNER
Pascale Armand – Eclipsed as Wife #3
Megan Hilty – Noises Off as Brooke Ashton
Andrea Martin – Noises Off as Dotty Otley
Saycon Sengbloh – Eclipsed as Wife #1
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daveed Diggs – Hamilton as Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson – WINNER
Brandon Victor Dixon – Shuffle Along as Eubie Blake
Christopher Fitzgerald – Waitress as Ogie
Jonathan Groff – Hamilton as King George III
Christopher Jackson – Hamilton as George Washington
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Renée Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler Church – WINNER
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Johnson
Jane Krakowski – She Loves Me as Ilona Ritter
Jennifer Simard – Disaster! as Sister Mary Downy
Adrienne Warren – Shuffle Along as Gertrude Saunders / Florence Mills
