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NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS
1985 Awards
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
- Daniel H. Jenkins Big River
- David Carroll La Boheme
- Gary Morris La Boheme
- Harry Groener Harrigan ‘n Hart
- Mark Hamill Harrigan ‘n Hart
- Ron Richardson Big River
Outstanding Actor in a Play
- Anthony Heald Digby & The Foreigner
- Derek Jacobi Cyrano de Bergerac & Much Ado About Nothing
- Jim Dale Joe Egg
- John Lithgow Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Jonathan Pryce Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Patrick McGoohan Pack of Lies
Outstanding Actress in a Play
- Elizabeth Wilson Salonika
- Lynn Redgrave Aren’t We All?
- Rosemary Harris Pack of Lies
- Roxanne Hart Digby
- Stockard Channing Joe Egg
Outstanding Book of a Musical
- Jerry Colker Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Outstanding Costume Design
- Alexander Reid Much Ado About Nothing
- Anne Roth Design for Living
- Carrie Robbins The Octette Bridge Club
- Patricia McGourty Big River
- Rita Ryack Digby
- Robert Morgan The Loves of Anatol
Outstanding Director of a Play
- Claudia Weill Found a Peanut
- Gene Saks Biloxi Blues
- John Malkovich Balm in Gilead
- Marshall W. Mason As Is
- Ron Lagomarsino Digby
Outstanding Ensemble Performances
- Balm in Gilead
- Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
- Bob Gunton Big River
- Howard McGillin La Boheme
- John Short Big River
- Rene Auberjonois Big River
- Timothy Nolen Grind
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
- Barry Miller Biloxi Blues
- Bill Sadler Biloxi Blues
- Charles S. Dutton Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- David Proval Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Edward Petherbridge Strange Interlude
- Ken Kliban As Is
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
- Charlaine Woodard Hang on to the Good Times
- Leilani Jones Grind
- Marianne Tatum The Three Musketeers
- Patti Cohenour Big River
- Sharon Murray Grind
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
- Anne Pitoniak The Octette Bridge Club
- Joanna Gleason Joe Egg
- Judith Ivey Hurlyburly
- Margaret Tyzack Tom and Viv
- Nancy Marchand The Octette Bridge Club
- Sudie Bond The Foreigner
Outstanding Lighting Design
- Jennifer Tipton Whoopi Goldberg
- Ken Billington Grind
- Kevin Ridgon Balm in Gilead
- Richard Ridell Big River
- Ron Wallace Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Terry Wuthrich Tracers
Outstanding Lyrics
- Ellen Fitzhugh Grind
- Jerry Colker Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
- Roger Miller Big River
Outstanding Music
- Larry Grossman Grind
- Michael Rupert Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down
- Roger Miller Big River
Outstanding Orchestrations
- Bill Byers Grind
- Michael Starobin Three Naked Guys from the Waist Down
- Steven Margoshes & Danny Troob Big River
Outstanding Play
- August Wilson Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Joseph Dougherty Digby
- Neil Simon Biloxi Blues
- William F. Hoffman As Is
Outstanding Revival of a Play
- Aren’t We All?
- Balm in Gilead
- Joe Egg
- On Approval
- Pacific Overtures
Outstanding Set Design
- Clarke Dunham Grind
- Heidi Landesman Big River
- James Leonard Joy Digby
- John Lee Beatty The Octette Bridge Club
- Kevin Rigdon Balm in Gilead
- Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Requiem for a Heavyweight
- Ralph Koltai Much Ado About Nothing
Outstanding Solo Performance
- Alec McCowan Kipling
- Avner Eisenberg Avner the Eccentric
- Ekkehard Schall An Evening with Ekkehard Schall
- Lori Wilner Hannah Senesh
- Spalding Gray Swimming to Cambodia
- Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg
Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
- John Malkovich Balm in Gilead
- John DiFusco Tracers
- Nigel Hess Cyrano de Bergerac & Much Ado About Nothing
Special Awards
- Claudette Colbert & Rex Harrison
- Gerard Alessandrini & Forbidden Broadway
- The Mystery of Irma Vep
Unique Theatrical Experience
- La Tempesta
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
- The Golden Land
- The Normal Heart