Tony Awards 1998
The 52nd Tony Awards · Held June 7, 1998 · 18 categories · everything in 1998
Best Play
- Winner Art · Yasmina Reza, Yasmina Reza
- Nominee Golden Child
- Nominee John Leguizamo's Freak · John Leguizamo
- Nominee The Beauty Queen of Leenane · Martin McDonagh
Best Musical
- Winner The Lion King
- Nominee Ragtime
- Nominee Side Show
- Nominee The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Anthony LaPaglia · A View from the Bridge
- Nominee Alfred Molina · Art
- Nominee John Leguizamo · John Leguizamo's Freak
- Nominee Richard Briers · The Chairs
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Marie Mullen · The Beauty Queen of Leenane
- Nominee Allison Janney · A View from the Bridge
- Nominee Jane Alexander
- Nominee Geraldine McEwan · The Chairs
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Alan Cumming · Cabaret
- Nominee Peter Friedman · Ragtime
- Nominee Brian Stokes Mitchell · Ragtime
- Nominee Douglas Sills · The Scarlet Pimpernel
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Natasha Richardson · Cabaret
- Nominee Betty Buckley
- Nominee Emily Skinner
- Nominee Marin Mazzie · Ragtime
- Nominee Alice Ripley · Side Show
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner Ragtime · Terrence McNally
- Nominee Side Show · Bill Russell
- Nominee The Lion King · Irene Mecchi, Roger Allers
- Nominee The Scarlet Pimpernel · Nan Knighton
Best Choreography
- Winner The Lion King · Garth Fagan
- Nominee Cabaret · Rob Marshall
- Nominee Forever Tango
- Nominee Ragtime · Graciela Daniele
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner The Lion King · Julie Taymor
- Nominee 1776 · Scott Ellis
- Nominee Cabaret · Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall
- Nominee Ragtime · Frank Galati
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner The Beauty Queen of Leenane · Garry Hynes
- Nominee A View from the Bridge · Michael Mayer
- Nominee Art · Matthew Warchus
- Nominee The Chairs · Simon McBurney
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Ron Rifkin · Cabaret
- Nominee Gregg Edelman · 1776
- Nominee John McMartin · High Society
- Nominee Samuel E. Wright · The Lion King
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Tom Murphy · The Beauty Queen of Leenane
- Nominee Sam Trammell · Ah, Wilderness!
- Nominee Max Wright
- Nominee Brían F. O'Byrne · The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Audra McDonald · Ragtime
- Nominee Mary Louise Wilson · Cabaret
- Nominee Anna Kendrick · High Society
- Nominee Tsidii Le Loka · The Lion King
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Anna Manahan · The Beauty Queen of Leenane
- Nominee Enid Graham
- Nominee Julyana Soelistyo · Golden Child
- Nominee Honour
- Nominee Linda Lavin · The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Orchestrations
- Winner Ragtime · William David Brohn
- Nominee Cabaret · Michael Gibson
- Nominee The Capeman · Stanley Silverman
- Nominee The Lion King · David Metzger, Bruce Fowler
Best Original Score
- Winner Ragtime · Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
- Nominee Side Show · Bill Russell, Henry Krieger
- Nominee The Capeman · Derek Walcott, Paul Simon
- Nominee The Lion King · Elton John, Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Tim Rice
Best Revival of a Musical
- Winner Cabaret
- Nominee 1776
- Nominee The Sound of Music
Best Revival of a Play
- Winner A View from the Bridge
- Nominee Ah, Wilderness!
- Nominee The Chairs
- Nominee The Diary of Anne Frank