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Tony Award nominations for the 1988-89 season

NEW YORK -- The nominations for 1988-89 Antoinette Perry Awards for the Best of Broadway, announced Monday, are:

-Best Musical: 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway;' 'Black and Blue;' 'Starmites.'

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-Best Play: 'Lend Me a Tenor;' 'Shirley Valentine;' 'Largely New York;' 'The Heidi Chronicles.'

-Best Revival of a Play or Musical: 'Our Town;' 'Cafe Crown;' 'Ah, Wilderness!;' 'Ain't Misbehavin'.'

-Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Jason Alexander and Robert La Fosse, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway;' Gabriel Barre and Brian Lane Green, 'Starmites.'

-Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins, 'Black and Blue;' Charlotte d'Amboise, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway;' Sharon McNight, 'Starmites.'

-Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Philip Bosco and Victor Garber, 'Lend Me a Tenor;' Bill Irwin, 'Largely New York;' Mikhail Baryshnikov, 'Metamorphosis.'

-Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Joan Allen, 'Heidi Chronicles;' Paulin Collins, 'Shirley Valentine;' Madeline Kahn,'Born Yesterday;' Kate Nelligan, 'Spoils of War.'

-Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Bunny Briggs and Savion Glover, 'Black and Blue;' Scott Wentworth, 'Welcome to the Club;' and Scott Wise, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway.'

-Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Jane Lanier, Faith Prince, and Debbie Shapiro, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway;' Julie Wilson, 'Legs Diamond.'

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-Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Peter Frechette, 'Eastern Standard;' Boyd Gaines, 'The Heidi Chronicles;' Eric Stoltz, 'Our Town;' Gordon Joseph Weiss, 'Ghetto.'

-Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Christine Baranski, 'Rumors;' Joanne Camp, 'The Heidi Chronicles;' Tovah Feldshuh, 'Lend Me a Tenor;' Penelope Ann Miller, 'Our Town.'

-Best Direction of a Musical: Larry Carpenter, 'Starmites;' Jerome Robbins, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway;' Peter Mark Schifter, 'Welcome to the Club;' Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli, 'Black and Blue.'

-Best Direction of a Play: Bill Irwin, 'Largely New York;' Gergorty Mosher, 'Our Town;' Daniel Sullivan, 'The Heidi Chronicles;' Jerry Zaks, 'Lend Me a Tenor.'

-Best Choreography: Michele Assaf, 'Starmites;' Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning and Fayard Nicholas, 'Black and Blue;' Bill Irwin and Kimi Okada, 'Largely New York;' Alan Johnson, 'Legs Diamond.'

-Best Scenic Design: Santo Loquasto, 'Cafe Crown;' Thomas Lynch, 'The Heidi Chronicles;' Tony Walton, 'Lend Me a Tenor;' Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli, 'Black and Blue.'

-Best Costume Design: Jane Greenwood, 'Our Town;' Willa Kim, 'Legs Diamond;' William Ivey Long, 'Lend Me a Tenor;' Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli, 'Black and Blue.'

-Best Lighting Design: Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman, 'Black and Blue;' Brian Nason, 'Metamorphosis;' Nancy Schertler, 'Largely New York;' Jennifer Tipton, 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway.'

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