Marsha Norman
THE COLOR PURPLE
Bob Martin and Don McKellarTHE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
JERSEY BOYS
Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
THE WEDDING SINGER
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
THE COLOR PURPLE
Music & Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
THE DROWSY CHAPERONEMusic & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
THE WEDDING SINGER
Music: Matthew Sklar
Lyrics Chad Beguelin
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: David Zippel
Best Orchestrations
Larry Blank, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Dick Lieb and Danny Troob, THE PAJAMA GAME
Steve Orich, JERSEY BOYS
Sarah Travis, SWEENEY TODD