Tony Awards 1987
The 41st Tony Awards · Held June 7, 1987 · 15 categories · everything in 1987
Best Play
- Winner Fences · August Wilson, August Wilson
- Nominee Broadway Bound · Neil Simon
- Nominee Coastal Disturbances · Tina Howe
- Nominee Les Liaisons Dangereuses · Christopher Hampton
Best Musical
- Winner Les Misérables
- Nominee Me and My Girl
- Nominee Rags
- Nominee Starlight Express
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner James Earl Jones · Fences
- Nominee Alan Rickman · Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- Nominee Philip Bosco
- Nominee Richard Kiley
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Linda Lavin · Broadway Bound
- Nominee Amanda Plummer
- Nominee Geraldine Page
- Nominee Lindsay Duncan · Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Robert Lindsay · Me and My Girl
- Nominee Terrence Mann · Les Misérables
- Nominee Colm Wilkinson · Les Misérables
- Nominee Roderick Cook
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Maryann Plunkett · Me and My Girl
- Nominee Catherine Cox
- Nominee Teresa Stratas · Rags
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Les Misérables · Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Nominee Me and My Girl · Douglas Furber
- Nominee Rags · Joseph Stein
- Nominee Smile · Howard Ashman
Best Choreography
- Winner Me and My Girl · Gillian Gregory
- Nominee Rags · Ron Field
- Nominee Starlight Express · Arlene Phillips
- Nominee The Mikado · Brian Macdonald
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Les Misérables · Trevor Nunn
- Nominee Me and My Girl · Mike Ockrent
- Nominee Starlight Express · Trevor Nunn
- Nominee The Mikado · Brian Macdonald
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Fences · Lloyd Richards
- Nominee Asinamali! · Mbongeni Ngema
- Nominee Coastal Disturbances
- Nominee Les Liaisons Dangereuses · Howard Davies
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Michael Maguire · Les Misérables
- Nominee Timothy Jerome · Me and My Girl
- Nominee George S. Irving · Me and My Girl
- Nominee Robert Torti · Starlight Express
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner John Randolph · Broadway Bound
- Nominee Courtney B. Vance · Fences
- Nominee Frankie Faison · Fences
- Nominee Jamey Sheridan
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Frances Ruffelle · Les Misérables
- Nominee Judy Kuhn · Les Misérables
- Nominee Jane Connell · Me and My Girl
- Nominee Jane Summerhays · Me and My Girl
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Mary Alice · Fences
- Nominee Phyllis Newman · Broadway Bound
- Nominee Carole Shelley
- Nominee Annette Bening · Coastal Disturbances
Best Original Score
- Winner Les Misérables · Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
- Nominee Me and My Girl · Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose, Noel Gay
- Nominee Rags · Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Starlight Express · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe