1988 Tony Awards results (42nd) – Winners & nominees
This page introduces the winners and nominees from the 42nd Tony Awards, held on June 5, 1988. The 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “The Phantom of the Opera.”
This page lists the award recipients from the 42nd Tony Awards ceremony, held on June 5, 1988. The 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “The Phantom of the Opera.”
Best musical
Winner:
Nominees:
- Into the Woods
- Romance/Romance
- Sarafina!
Best play
Winner:
Nominees:
- A Walk in the Woods
- Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
- Speed-the-Plow
Best book of a musical
Winner:
Nominees:
- The Gospel at Colonus
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Romance/Romance
Best original score
Winner:
Nominees:
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Romance/Romance
- Sarafina!
Best revival
Winner:
Nominees:
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Cabaret
- Dreamgirls
Best performance by a leading actor in a play
Winner:
- Ron Silver（Speed-the-Plow）
Nominees:
- Derek Jacobi（Breaking the Code）
- John Lithgow（M. Butterfly）
- Robert Prosky（A Walk in the Woods）
Best performance by a leading actress in a play
Winner:
Nominees:
- Blythe Danner（A Streetcar Named Desire）
- Glenda Jackson（Macbeth）
- Frances McDormand（A Streetcar Named Desire）
Best performance by a leading actor in a musical
Winner:
- Michael Crawford（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- Scott Bakula（Romance/Romance）
- David Carroll（Chess）
- Howard McGillin（Anything Goes）
Best performance by a leading actress in a musical
Winner:
- Joanna Gleason（Into the Woods）
Nominees:
- Alison Fraser（Romance/Romance）
- Judy Kuhn（Chess）
- Patti LuPone（Anything Goes）
Best performance by a featured actor in a play
Winner:
Nominees:
- Michael Gough（Breaking the Code）
- Lou Liberatore（Burn This）
- Delroy Lindo（Joe Turner’s Come and Gone）
Best performance by a featured actress in a play
Winner:
- L. Scott Caldwell（Joe Turner’s Come and Gone）
Nominees:
- Kimberleigh Aarn（Joe Turner’s Come and Gone）
- Kate Nelligan（Serious Money）
- Kimberly Scott（Joe Turner’s Come and Gone）
Best performance by a featured actor in a musical
Winner:
- Bill McCutcheon（Anything Goes）
Nominees:
- Anthony Heald（Anything Goes）
- Werner Klemperer（Cabaret）
- Robert Westenberg（Into the Woods）
Best performance by a featured actress in a musical
Winner:
- Judy Kaye（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- Leleti Khumalo（Sarafina!）
- Alyson Reed（Cabaret）
- Regina Resnik（Cabaret）
Best scenic design
Winner:
- Maria Björnson（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- Eiko Ishioka（M. Butterfly）
- Tony Straiges（Into the Woods）
- Tony Walton（Anything Goes）
Best costume design
Winner:
- Maria Björnson（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- Ann Hould-Ward（Into the Woods）
- Eiko Ishioka（M. Butterfly）
- Tony Walton（Anything Goes）
Best lighting design
Winner:
- Andrew Bridge（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- Paul Gallo（Anything Goes）
- Richard Nelson（Into the Woods）
- Andy Phillips（M. Butterfly）
Best direction of a play
Winner:
- John Dexter（M. Butterfly）
Nominees:
- Gregory Mosher（Speed-the-Plow）
- Lloyd Richards（Joe Turner’s Come and Gone）
- Clifford Williams（Breaking the Code）
Best direction of a musical
Winner:
- Harold Prince（The Phantom of the Opera）
Nominees:
- James Lapine（Into the Woods）
- Mbongeni Ngema（Sarafina!）
- Jerry Zaks（Anything Goes）
Best choreography
Winner:
- Michael Smuin（Anything Goes）
Nominees:
- Lar Lubovitch（Into the Woods）
- Gillian Lynne（The Phantom of the Opera）
- Ndaba Mhlongo and Mbongeni Ngema（Sarafina!）
Regional theatre Tony Award
- South Coast Repertory of Costa Mesa, CA
Special Tony Award
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
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