Copenhagen focuses on the 1941 meeting between Nils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in occupied Denmark. This play explores both Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and the uncertainty of the human condition, the ethical responsibility of the scientist, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the trauma that was World War II. But it also looks at what we can know, or what can be known. What are the bonds that bring us together as people, and what can science ultimately know.
Copenhagen won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2000.
| 2000 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Play | Michael Blakemore |
| 2000 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding New Play | Michael Frayn |
| 2000 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Play | 0 |
| 2000 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Michael Frayn |
| 2000 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Broadway Play | 0 |
| 2000 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Blakemore |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Michael Blakemore |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Blair Brown |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | James M. Nederlander |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roger Berlind |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott Rudin |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Elizabeth Ireland McCann |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Ray Larsen |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Jon B. Platt |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Byron Goldman |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott Nederlander |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Royal National Theatre |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lee Dean |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lee Dean |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Michael Codron |
| 2000 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Michael Frayn |
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