| Awards | Category | Nominee | Show |
| Helen Hayes Awards | KPMG Peat Marwick Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | AT&T | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Casey Biggs | A Wonderful Life |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Jesse Foreman | Damn Yankees |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Michael L. Forrest | Sweeney Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Brigid Brady | A Wonderful Life |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Gabrielle Dunmyer | Damn Yankees |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Susan Bender | Sweeney Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Lillard | Sweeny Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Regula Schmid | Amor de Don Perlimplin |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | King Lear |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Barbra Kravitz | Pygmalion |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Barbra Kravitz | Saint Joan |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Don Newcomb | The Women |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Mike Ockrent | Crazy for You |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Gene Saks | Lost In Yonkers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Harold Prince | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Jay Presson Allen | Tru |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Production | Lloyd Richards | Two Trains Running |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Stuart Ross | Forever Plaid |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Tazewell Thompson | Jar the Floor |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Jim Stone | Julius Caeser |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Max Mayer | My Children! My Africa! |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Joe Dowling | She Stoops to Conquer |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Eric Schaeffer | Sweeny Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Joy Zinoman | When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Harry Groener | Crazy for You |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Niall Buggy | Shadow of a Gunman |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | John Cothran | Trains Running |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Robert Morse | TRU |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Pilcher | A Poster of the Cosmos |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Hugo Medrano | El Protagonista/The Protagonist |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | T J Edwards | Hamlet |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Daniel Escobar | Psycho Beach Party |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Mphela Makgoba | The Island |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | James Whitmore | Will Rogers' U.S.A |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Jodi Benson | Crazy for You |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Mercedes Ruehl | Lost In Yonkers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Julie Harris | Lucifer's Child |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Teri Bibb | Phantom of the Opera |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | cynthia Martells | Two Trains Running |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Nancy Robinette | Fat Men In Skirts |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Crystal Laws Green | Jar the Floor |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Carolyn Swift | Love and Anger |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Robin Morse | My Children! My Africa! |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | When I was A Girl I Used to Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | June Hansen | When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | David R. Zemmels | Bloody Poetry |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | King Lear |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Thomas F. Donahue | Odd Jobs |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | John Burchett | Sweeney Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | The Time of Your Life |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | When I Was a Girl I Used Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Crazy for You |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Lost in Yonkers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Phantom of the Opera |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Tru |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Two Trains Running |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | A Wonderful Life |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Harlequin Dinner Theatre | Damn Yankees |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Forever Plaid |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Sweeney Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Fat Men in Skirts |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Jar the Floor |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | My Children! My Africa! |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Source Theatre Company | Psycho Beach Party |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Production | Studio Theatre | When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Apocalyptic Butterflies |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Hal Crawford | Ardiente Paciencia |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Love and Anger |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | F. Hallinan Flood | She Stoops to Conquer |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Lou Stancari | Sweeny Todd |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Women |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Crandall | Ardiente Paciencia |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Crandall | Hamlet |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Crandall | Julius Caesar |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Edward Morgan | The Illusion |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Neil McFadden | The Illusion |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Susan R. White | The Seagull |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Wally Taylor | Before It Hits Home |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Jack Ryland | King Lear |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Jon Tindle | Mrs. Warren's Profession |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Michael Willis | Mud People |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Ted van Griethuysen | Saint Joan |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Hugh Nees | The Illusion |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Sandra Reaves-Phillips | Before It Hits Home |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Desiree Marie | Fat Men in Skirts |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Marilyn Coleman | Jar the Floor |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Jessica May | Psycho Beach Party |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Cathy Simpson | Spell #7 |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Jennifer Mendenhall | When I Was a Girl I used to Scream and Shout |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Mark Harelick | Heidi Chronicles |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Robert Curtis Brown | Heidi Chronicles |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Irene Worth | Lost In Yonkers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Pauline Flanagan | Shadow of a Gunman |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Rainn Wilson | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Roscoe Lee Browne | Two Trains Running |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The American Express Tribute | Jason Robards | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Arena Stage | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Nick Olcott | Aspern Papers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Cheryl L. West | Before It Hits Home |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Ari Roth | Born Guilty |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Sherry Kramer | David's Redhaired Death |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Christi Stewart-Brown | Do Not Use If Seal Is Broken |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Chandler Burr | Exquisite |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Steve Carter | Spiele '36 or The Fourth Medal |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Michael Kahn and Jessica L. Andrews, The Shakespeare Theatre, in recognition of the theatre's bold new programming of Shakespeare! Free For All | |