| Category | Winner and nominees |
| Outstanding New Broadway Musical | * SuffsDays of Wine and RosesThe Great GatsbyThe OutsidersWater for Elephants |
| Outstanding New Broadway Play | * Stereophonic, David AdjmiJaja's African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions, Paula Vogel Patriots, Peter Morgan The Shark Is Broken, Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | * Dead OutlawBuena Vista Social ClubIllinoiseTeethThe Connector |
| Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | * Primary Trust, Eboni BoothDig, Theresa Rebeck King of the Jews, Leslie Epstein King James, Rajiv Joseph Swing State, Rebecca Gilman |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | * I Can Get It for You WholesaleCabaretHere Lies Love Monty Python's Spamalot The Who's Tommy |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | * AppropriateAn Enemy of the People Doubt: A Parable Mary Jane Philadelphia, Here I Come! Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch |
| John Gassner Award | * Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Job Mary Kathryn Nagle, Manahatta Kate Douglas, The Apiary John J. Caswell Jr., Wet Brain |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | * Shaina Taub, Suffs Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, Illinoise Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson, Teeth Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw Jonathan Marc Sherman, The Connector |
| Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | * Suffs, Shaina TaubThe Connector, Jason Robert Brown Stereophonic, Will ButlerDays of Wine and Roses, Adam GuettelDead Outlaw, David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna |
| Outstanding Director of Play | * Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic Knud Adams, Primary Trust Robert Falls, Swing State Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | * Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants David Cromer, Dead Outlaw Michael Greif, Days of Wine and Roses Daisy Prince, The Connector Leigh Silverman, Suffs |
| Outstanding Choreography | * Justin Peck, Illinoise Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders Lorin Latarro, The Who's Tommy Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | * Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club Timo Andres, Illinoise Adam Guettel and Jamie Lawrence, Days of Wine and Roses Michael Starobin, Suffs Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow, and David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | * Jessica Lange, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Sarah Paulson, Appropriate Jeremy Strong, An Enemy of the People Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | * Kelli O'Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Ali Louis Bourzgui, The Who's Tommy Brian d'Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Casey Likes, Back to the Future Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | * Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! and William Jackson Harper, Primary Trust Mary Beth Fisher, Swing State Marie Mullen, The Saviour Paul Sparks, Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | * Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Alyse Alan Louis, Teeth Ben Levi Ross, The Connector Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | * Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Billy Eugene Jones, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Alex Moffat, The Cottage Jim Parsons, Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions Sarah Pidgeon, Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical | * Kecia Lewis, Hell's Kitchen Roger Bart, Back to the Future Justin Guarini, Once Upon a One More Time Leslie Kritzer, Spamalot Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | * Jay O. Sanders, Primary Trust Gus Birney, Our Class April Matthis, Primary Trust Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary! Bubba Weiler, Swing State |
| Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | * Judy Kuhn, I Can Get It for You Wholesale and Thom Sesma, Dead Outlaw Ben Cook, Illinoise Hannah Cruz, The Connector Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw Jessica Molaskey, The Connector |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | * Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here Eddie Izzard, Hamlet Mona Pirnot, I Love You So Much I Could Die Robert Montano, Small John Rubenstein, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground |
| Outstanding Scenic Design | * Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby and David Zinn, Stereophonic Paul Tate dePoo III, The Cottage Dots, Appropriate David Korins, Here Lies Love |
| Outstanding Costume Design | * Linda Cho, The Great Gatsby Dede Ayite, Jaja's African Hair Braiding Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic Enver Chakartash, Teeth Sydney Maresca, The Cottage |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | * Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders Bradley King, Water for Elephants Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone, Back to the Future Amanda Zieve, The Who's Tommy |
| Outstanding Projection Design | * Peter Nigrini, The Who's Tommy David Bengali, Water for Elephants Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby Finn Ross, Back to the Future Ash J. Woodward, Patriots |
| Outstanding Sound Design | * Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic Tom Gibbons, Grey House Gareth Owen, Back to the Future Gareth Owen, The Who's Tommy M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love |