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Browse Awards By Year for 1972
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| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Melvin Van Peebles |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Jim Jacobs |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Follies |
James Goldman
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | John Guare |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Mel Shapiro |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Bennet |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Patricia Birch |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Jean Erdman |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Florence Klotz |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Carrie F. Robbins |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Randy Barcelo |
Jesus Christ Superstar
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Burt Shevelove |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Gilbert Moses |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Mel Shapiro |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Hall |
Old Times
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jeff Bleckner |
Sticks and Bones
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols |
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Gordon Davidson |
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Martin Aronstein |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Tharon Musser |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher |
Jesus Christ Superstar
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | John Bury |
Old Times
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Eugene V. Wolsk |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Harold Prince |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Kenneth Waissman |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joseph Papp |
Two Gentleman of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim |
Follies production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Melvin Van Peebles |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Jesus Christ Superstar production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Galt MacDermot |
Two Gentlemen of Verona Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joe Silver |
Lenny
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Vincent Gardenia |
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Douglas Rain |
Vivat! Vivat Regina!
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Phil Silvers |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Laurence Guittard |
A Little Night Music
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Gene Nelson |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Barry Bostwick |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ben Vereen |
Jesus Christ Superstar
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Clifton Davis |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Cliff Gorman |
Lenny
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Aldredge |
Sticks and Bones
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jason Robards |
The Country Girl
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasence |
Wise Child
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Beatrice Winde |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Adrienne Barbeau |
Grease
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Linda Hopkins |
Inner City
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bernadette Peters |
On The Town
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Cara Duff-MacCormick |
Moonchildren
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Elizabeth Wilson |
Sticks and Bones
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mercedes McCambridge |
The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Frances Sternhagen |
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Mildred Natwick |
70, Girls
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alexis Smith |
Follies
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jonelle Allen |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst |
All Over
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris |
Old Times
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sada Thompson |
Twigs
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Eileen Atkins |
Vivat! Vivat Regina!
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Harold Pinter |
Old Times Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | David Rabe |
Sticks and Bones
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Neil Simon |
The Prisoner of Second Avenue production took place the 1972 year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Bolt |
Vivat! Vivat Regina!
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | David Merrick |
Vivat! Vivat! Regina!
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Kert Lundell |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson |
Follies production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Robin Wagner |
Jesus Christ Superstar producer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Bury |
Old Times
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| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society |
For its many years of service to audiences for touring shows. |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Book | Melvin Van Pebbles |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Composer | Andre Lloyd Webber |
Jesus Christ Superstar 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Costume Design | Carrie F. Robbins |
Grease 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Costume Design | Carrie F. Robbins |
The Beggar's Opera 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Director | Gilbert Moses |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Director | Dan Sullivan |
Suggs 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Lyricist | Micki Grant |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | J.E. Franklin |
Black Girl 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Michael Weller |
Moonchildren 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | David Wiltse |
Suggs 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Jason Miller |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Richard Wesley |
The Black Terror 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Philip Dean Hayes |
The Sty of the Blind Pig 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Set Design | Video Free America |
Kaddish 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book | Mel Shapiro |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Patricia Birch |
Grease 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Jean Erdman |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Willa Kim |
The Screens 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Theoni V. Aldredge |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Andrei Serban |
Medea 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Peter Hall |
Old Times 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Mel Shapiro |
Older People 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Jeff Bleckner |
Sticks and Bones 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | A.J. Antoon |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Mel Shapiro |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | John Guare |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Galt MacDermot |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | George S. Irving |
An Evening With Richard Nixon 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Ron Faber |
And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Ruby Dee |
Boesman and Lena 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Micki Grant |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Linda Hopkins |
Inner City 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Marilyn Chris |
Kaddish 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Brock Peters |
Lost in the Stars 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Lester Rawlins |
Nightride 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Rosemary Harris |
Old Times 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Tom Aldredge |
Sticks and Bones 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Robert Morse |
Sugar 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | William Athertow |
Suggs 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Kain |
That Black Terror 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Richard A. Dysart |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Julie Bovasso |
The Screens 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Sada Thompson |
Twigs 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Raul Julia |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Eileen Atkins |
Vivat! Vivat Regina! 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Playwright | J.E. Gaines |
Don't Let It Go to Your Head 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Kert Lundell |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto |
Sticks and Bones 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Santo Loquasto |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Robert U. Taylor |
The Beggar's Opera 1971-72 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Vernon Rice Award | Chelsea Theatre Center |
1971-72 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Harold Pinter |
Old Times 1971-1972 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Jean Genet |
The Screens 1971-1972 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Galt MacDermot |
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971-1972 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | David Rabe |
Sticks and Bones 1971-1972 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Jason Miller |
That Championship Season 1971-1972 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Brock Peters |
Lost in the Stars 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Robert Morse |
Sugar 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Marilyn Chris |
Kaddish 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Rosemary Harris |
Old Times 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Sada Thompson |
Twigs 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Play |
Sticks and Bones 1971-72 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Play |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwrighting Award | Jason Miller |
That Championship Season 1971-72 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | Equity Library Theatre |
1971-72 season |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Theatre Piece | The Open Theatre |
The Mutation Show
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Charles Stanley |
Actor,Dancer,Costume Designer |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Meredith Monk |
Vessel
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Tom Sydorick |
20th Century
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Michael Smith |
Country Music
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | John Braswell |
The Only Jealousy of Emer
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Mel Shaprio |
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Music and Lyrics | Micki Grant |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Ron Faber |
And They Put Handcuffs on Flowers
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Alex Bradford |
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Marilyn Chris |
Kaddish
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Salome Bey |
Love Me, Love My Children
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Elizabeth Wilson |
Stick and Bones
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Kathleen Widdoes |
The Beggar's Opera
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Marilyn Sokol |
The Begger's Opera
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Maurice Blanc |
The Celebrations: Joos/Guns/Movies/The Abyss
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Danny Sewell |
The Homecoming
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Ed Zang |
The Reliquary of Mr. and Mrs. Potterfield
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Visual Effects | Video Free America |
Kaddish
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Beatrice Winde |
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Adrienne Barbeau |
Grease Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ben Vereen |
Jesus Christ Superstar Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Cara Duff-MacCormick |
Moonchildren Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jess Richards |
On The Town Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Richard Backus |
Promenade, All! Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Elaine Joyce |
Sugar Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | William Atherton |
Suggs Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Robert Foxworth |
The Crucible Season 1971–1972 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jonelle Allen |
Two Gentlemen of Verona Season 1971–1972 |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Claire Bloom |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Willa Kim |
Screens
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Kert F. Lundell |
Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Robert U. Taylor |
Beggar's Opera
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Laurence Olivier |
Long Day's Journey Into Night
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Charles Wood |
Veterans
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Tom Stoppard |
Jumpers
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Wilson John Haire |
Within Two Shadows
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Lebedev Special Award | Peter Daubeny |
Impresario and organizer of the annual World Theatre Season, Aldwych Theatre 1967-1973 |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Rachel Roberts |
Alpha Beta
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical |
Applause
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