1993 Tony Awards results (47th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the award recipients from the 47th Tony Awards ceremony, held on June 6, 1993. The 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

Best Musical

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Blood Brothers
• The Goodbye Girl
• The Who’s Tommy

Best Play

• Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

• The Sisters Rosensweig
• Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
• The Song of Jacob Zulu

Best Book of a Musical

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Anna Karenina
• Blood Brothers
• The Who’s Tommy

Best Original Score

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Anna Karenina
• The Song of Jacob Zulu
• The Who’s Tommy

Best Revival

• Anna Christie

• St. Joan
• The Price
• Wilder, Wilder, Wilder

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Ron Leibman (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)

• K. Todd Freeman (The Song of Jacob Zulu)
• Liam Neeson (Anna Christie)
• Stephen Rea (Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Madeline Kahn (The Sisters Rosensweig)

• Jane Alexander (The Sisters Rosensweig)
• Lynn Redgrave (Shakespeare for My Father)
• Natasha Richardson (Anna Christie)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

• Tim Curry (My Favorite Year)
• Con O’Neill (Blood Brothers)
• Martin Short (The Goodbye Girl)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

• Ann Crumb (Anna Karenina)
• Stephanie Lawrence (Blood Brothers)
• Bernadette Peters (The Goodbye Girl)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Stephen Spinella (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)

• Robert Sean Leonard (Candida)
• Joe Mantello (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
• Zakes Mokae (The Song of Jacob Zulu)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Debra Monk (Redwood Curtain)

• Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
• Marcia Gay Harden (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
• Anne Meara (Anna Christie)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Anthony Crivello (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

• Michael Cerveris (The Who’s Tommy)
• Gregg Edelman (Anna Karenina)
• Paul Kandel (The Who’s Tommy)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Andrea Martin (My Favorite Year)

• Jan Graveson (Blood Brothers)
• Lainie Kazan (My Favorite Year)
• Marcia Mitzman (The Who’s Tommy)

Best Scenic Design

• John Arnone (The Who’s Tommy)

• John Lee Beatty (Redwood Curtain)
• Jerome Sirlin (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Robin Wagner (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)

Best Costume Design

• Florence Klotz (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

• Jane Greenwood (The Sisters Rosensweig)
• Erin Quigley (The Song of Jacob Zulu)
• David C. Woolard (The Who’s Tommy)

Best Lighting Design

• Chris Parry (The Who’s Tommy)

• Howell Binkley (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Jules Fisher (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
• Dennis Parichy (Redwood Curtain)

Best Direction of a Play

• George C. Wolfe (Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)

• David Leveaux (Anna Christie)
• Eric Simonson (The Song of Jacob Zulu)
• Daniel Sullivan (The Sisters Rosensweig)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Des McAnuff (The Who’s Tommy)

• Bill Kenwright and Bob Tomson (Blood Brothers)
• Michael Kidd (The Goodbye Girl)
• Harold Prince (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

Best Choreography

• Wayne Cilento (The Who’s Tommy)

• Graciela Daniele (The Goodbye Girl)
• Vincent Paterson and Rob Marshall (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Randy Skinner (Ain’t Broadway Grand)

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• La Jolla Playhouse

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

• IATSE
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Special Tony Award

• Oklahoma! 50th Anniversary

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