1987-1996 Tony Shouldabeens

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1986-1987

Best Musical
*Les Misérables
Me and My Girl
Starlight Express

Best Actor
*Robert Lindsay, Me and My Girl
Terrence Mann, Les Misérables
Colm Wilkinson, Les Misérables

Best Actress
Catherine Cox, Oh Coward!
*Maryann Plunkett, Me and My Girl
Teresa Stratas, Rags

Best Featured Actor
Timothy Jerome, Me and My Girl
*Michael Maguire, Les Misérables
Robert Torti, Starlight Expresss

Best Featured Actress
Randy Graff, Les Misérables
Judy Kuhn, Rags
*Frances Ruffelle, Les Misérables

Best Song
*“I Dreamed a Dream”, Les Misérables
“The Lambeth Walk”, Me and My Girl
“Starlight Express”, Starlight Express

Best Score
*Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer)
Me and My Girl (Noel Gay, Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose)
Rags (Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz)

1987-1988

Best Musical
*Anything Goes (Revival)
Into the Woods
The Phantom of the Opera

Best Actor
David Carroll, Chess
Philip Casnoff, Chess
*Michael Crawford, The Phantom of the Opera

Best Actress
Judy Kuhn, Chess
*Patti LuPone, Anything Goes
Bernadette Peters, Into the Woods

Best Featured Actor
Steve Barton, The Phantom of the Opera
Howard McGillin, Anything Goes
*Chip Zien, Into the Woods

Best Featured Actress
Kim Crosby, Into the Woods
*Joanna Gleason, Into the Woods
Judy Kaye, The Phantom of the Opera

Best Song
“The Music of the Night”, The Phantom of the Opera
*“No One Is Alone”, Into the Woods
“One Night in Bangkok”, Chess

Best Score
Chess (Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice)
*Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim)
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe)

1988-1989

Best Musical
Black and Blue
*Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
Starmites

Best Actor
*Jason Alexander, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
Bob Gunton, Sweeney Todd
Richard Muenz, The Pajama Game

Best Actress
*Ruth Brown, Black and Blue
Beth Fowler, Sweeney Todd
Linda Hopkins, Black and Blue

Best Featured Actor
Gabriel Barre, Starmites
Brian Lane Green, Starmites
*Scott Wise, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

Best Featured Actress
Sharon McKnight, Starmites
*Debbie Shapiro, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
Julie Wilson, Legs Diamond

Best Song
“I’m a Woman’, Black and Blue
“Starmites”, Starmites
*“When I Get My Name in Lights”, Legs Diamond

Best Score
Black and Blue (Various Artists)
*Legs Diamond (Peter Allen)
Starmites (Barry Keating)

1989-1990

Best Musical
Aspects of Love
City of Angels
*Grand Hotel

Best Actor
Michael Ball, Aspects of Love
*David Carroll, Grand Hotel
James Naughton, City of Angels

Best Actress
Ann Crumb, Aspects of Love
*Tyne Daly, Gypsy
Liliane Montevecchi, Grand Hotel

Best Featured Actor
René Auberjonois, City of Angels
*Michael Jeter, Grand Hotel
Milo O’Shea, Meet Me in St. Louis

Best Featured Actress
Randy Graff, City of Angels
*Jane Krakowski, Grand Hotel
Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Aspects of Love

Best Song
*“Love Can’t Happen”, Grand Hotel
“Love Changes Everything”, Aspects of Love
“With Every Breath I Take”, City of Angels

Best Score
Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart)
City of Angels (Cy Coleman, David Zippel)
*Grand Hotel (Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston)

1990-1991

Best Musical
*Falsettoland
Miss Saigon
The Secret Garden

Best Actor
Paul Hipp, Buddy
*Jonathan Pryce, Miss Saigon
Michael Rupert, Falsettoland

Best Actress
Daisy Eagan, The Secret Garden
LaChanze, Once on This Island
*Lea Salonga, Miss Saigon

Best Featured Actor
Stephen Bogardus, Falsettoland
*Willy Falk, Miss Saigon
Victor Garber, Assassins

Best Featured Actress
Alison Fraser, The Secret Garden
Rebecca Luker, The Secret Garden
*Karen Ziemba, And the World Goes ‘Round

Best Song
*“The Last Night of the World”, Miss Saigon
“What Would I Do?”, Falsettoland
“Why We Tell the Story”, Once on This Island

Best Score
*Falsettoland (William Finn)
Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr.)
The Secret Garden (Lucy Simon, Marsha Norton)

1991-1992

Best Musical
*Crazy for You
Guys and Dolls (Revival)
Jelly’s Last Jam

Best Actor
*Gregory Hines, Jelly’s Last Jam
Nathan Lane, Guys and Dolls
Spiro Malas, The Most Happy Fella

Best Actress
Jodi Benson, Crazy for You
Sophie Hayden, The Most Happy Fella
*Faith Prince, Guys and Dolls

Best Featured Actor
Bruce Adler, Crazy for You
Walter Bobbie, Guys and Dolls
*Scott Waara, The Most Happy Fella

Best Featured Actress
Liz Larsen, The Most Happy Fella
Michele Pawk, Crazy for You
*Tonya Pinkins, Jelly’s Last Jam

Best Song
“Everybody Wants to Do a Musical”, Nick and Nora
“Last Chance Blues”, Jelly’s Last Jam
*“Naughty Baby”, Crazy for You

Best Score
Eating Raoul (Jed Feuer, Boyd Graham)
*Jelly’s Last Jam (Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead)
Nick & Nora (Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby, Jr.)
 
1992-1993

Best Musical
Blood Brothers
*Kiss of the Spider Woman
Tommy

Best Actor
*Brent Carver, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Tim Curry, My Favorite Year
Con O’Neill, Blood Brothers

Best Actress
Julie Andrews, Putting It Together
Stephanie Lawrence, Blood Brothers
*Chita Rivera, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Featured Actor
Michael Cerveris, Tommy
*Anthony Crivello, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Mark Michael Hutchinson, Blood Brothers

Best Featured Actress
*Lainie Kazan, My Favorite Year
Marcia Mitzman, Tommy
Rachel York, Putting It Together

Best Song
“The Day After That”, Kiss of the Spider Woman
*“If the World Were Like the Movies”, My Favorite Year
“Tell Me It’s Not True”, Blood Brothers

Best Score
Blood Brothers (Willy Russell)
*Kiss of the Spider Woman (John Kander, Fred Ebb)
My Favorite Year (Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty)

1993-1994

Best Musical
Beauty and the Beast
Hello Again
*Passion

Best Actor
Boyd Gaines, She Loves Me
*Michael Hayden, Carousel
Jere Shea, Passion

Best Actress
Susan Egan, Beauty and the Beast
*Donna Murphy, Passion
Bebe Neuwirth, Damn Yankees

Best Featured Actor
*Jarrod Emick, Damn Yankees
Howard McGillin, She Loves Me
John Cameron Mitchell, Hello Again

Best Featured Actress
Sally Mayes, She Loves Me
Marin Mazzie, Passion
*Audra McDonald, Carousel

Best Song
“I Got a Little Time”, Hello Again
*“If I Can’t Have Her”, Beauty and the Beast
“Loving You”, Passion

Best Score
Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice)
Hello Again (John Michael LaChiusa)
*Passion (Stephen Sondheim)

1994-1995

Best Musical
How to Succeed in business Without Really Trying (Revival)
*Show Boat (Revival)
Sunset Boulevard

Best Actor
*Matthew Broderick, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Alan Campbell, Sunset Boulevard
Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol

Best Actress
*Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard
Rebecca Luker, Show Boat
Lonette McKee, Show Boat

Best Featured Actor
Michel Bell, Show Boat
Ronn Carroll, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Tyring
*George Hearn, Sunset Boulevard

Best Featured Actress
Gretha Boston, Show Boat
Megan Mullally, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
*Elaine Stritch, Show Boat

Best Song
*“As If We Never Said Goodbye”, Sunset Boulevard
“The Lights of Long Ago”, A Christmas Carol
“What Would Elvis Do?”, Nunsense II

Best Score
A Christmas Carol (Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens)
Nunsense II (Dan Goggin)
*Sunset Boulevard (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Christopher Hampton)

1995-1996

Best Musical
The King and I (Revival)
*Rent
Victor/Victoria

Best Actor
*Nathan Lane, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Adam Pascal, Rent
Lou Diamond Phillips, The King and I

Best Actress
*Julie Andrews, Victor/Victoria
Donna Murphy, The King and I
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Rent

Best Featured Actor
Lewis Cleale, Swinging on a Star
*Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rent
Scott Wise, State Fair

Best Featured Actress
Donna McKechnie, State Fair
Idina Menzel, Rent
*Rachel York, Victor/Victoria

Best Song
“Every Goodbye Is Hello”, John & Jen
“How Glory Goes”, Floyd Collins
*“Seasons of Love”, Rent

Best Score
Floyd Collins (Adam Guettel)
John & Jen (Andrew Lippa, Tom Greenwald)
*Rent (Jonathan Larson)