Tony Awards 1986
The 40th Tony Awards · Held June 1, 1986 · 15 categories · everything in 1986
Best Play
- Winner I'm Not Rappaport · Herb Gardner
- Nominee Benefactors · Michael Frayn
- Nominee Blood Knot · Athol Fugard
- Nominee The House of Blue Leaves · John Guare
Best Musical
- Winner Drood
- Nominee Big Deal
- Nominee Song and Dance
- Nominee Tango Argentino
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Judd Hirsch · I'm Not Rappaport
- Nominee Ed Harris
- Nominee Hume Cronyn
- Nominee Jack Lemmon · Long Day's Journey into Night
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Lily Tomlin · The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
- Nominee Mary Beth Hurt · Benefactors
- Nominee Jessica Tandy
- Nominee Rosemary Harris
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner George Rose · Drood
- Nominee Cleavant Derricks · Big Deal
- Nominee Maurice Hines
- Nominee Don Correia · Singin' in the Rain
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Bernadette Peters · Song and Dance
- Nominee Chita Rivera
- Nominee Cleo Laine · Drood
- Nominee Debbie Allen · Sweet Charity
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Drood · Rupert Holmes
- Nominee Big Deal · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Singin' in the Rain · Betty Comden, Adolph Green
- Nominee Wind in the Willows
Best Choreography
- Winner Big Deal · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Drood · Graciela Daniele
- Nominee Song and Dance · Peter Martins
- Nominee Tango Argentino
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Drood · Wilford Leach
- Nominee Big Deal · Bob Fosse
- Nominee Song and Dance · Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee Tango Argentino
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner The House of Blue Leaves · Jerry Zaks
- Nominee Long Day's Journey into Night · Jonathan Miller
- Nominee Loot · John Tillinger
- Nominee The Iceman Cometh · José Quintero
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Michael Rupert · Sweet Charity
- Nominee Drood
- Nominee Christopher d'Amboise · Song and Dance
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner John Mahoney · The House of Blue Leaves
- Nominee Charles Keating
- Nominee Joseph Maher
- Nominee Peter Gallagher · Long Day's Journey into Night
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Bebe Neuwirth · Sweet Charity
- Nominee Patti Cohenour · Drood
- Nominee Jana Schneider · Drood
- Nominee Elisabeth Welch · Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Swoosie Kurtz · The House of Blue Leaves
- Nominee Bethel Leslie · Long Day's Journey into Night
- Nominee Stockard Channing · The House of Blue Leaves
- Nominee Zoë Wanamaker
Best Original Score
- Winner Drood · Rupert Holmes
- Nominee Song and Dance · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee The News
- Nominee Wind in the Willows · William P. Perry