The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 3, 2001.
| Play: | Proof |
| Musical: | The Producers |
| Revival—Play: | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Revival—Musical: | 42nd Street |
| Actor—Play: | Richard Easton, The Invention of Love |
| Actress—Play: | Mary-Louise Parker, Proof |
| Actor—Musical: | Nathan Lane, The Producers |
| Actress—Musical: | Christine Ebersol, 42nd Street |
| Featured Actor—Play: | Robert Sean Leonard, The Invention of Love |
| Featured Actress—Play: | Viola Davis, King Hedley II |
| Featured Actor—Musical: | Gary Beach, The Producers |
| Featured Actress—Musical: | Cady Huffman, The Producers |
| Director—Play: | Daniel Sullivan, Proof |
| Director—Musical: | Susan Stroman, The Producers |
| Book—Musical: | Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, The Producers |
| Score—Musical: | Mel Brooks, The Producers |
| Orchestration: | Douglas Besterman, The Producers |
| Scenic Designer: | Robin Wagner, The Producers |
| Costume Designer: | William Ivey Long, The Producers |
| Choreographer: | Susan Stroman, The Producers |
| Lighting Designer: | Peter Kaczorowski, The Producers |
| Regional Theater: | Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois |
| Special Awards: | Musical director Paul Gemignani, for lifetime achievement |
| Blast!, special Tony Award for a special theatrical event |
| Excellence in Theatre: | Betty Corwin and the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center |
| The playwright workshop New Dramatists |
| Theatre World, the annual statistics and photography book |
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