| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Sada Thompson, Arthur Malet | The Misanthrope1956-57 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Sada Thompson | The River Line1956-57 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Arthur Malet | Volpone1956-57 season |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Eli Wallach | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | The Entertainer |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Ray Lawler | Summer of the 17th Doll |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Robert Bolt | Flowering Cherry |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Brenda De Banzie | The Entertainer |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Eugene O'Neill | Long Day's Journey into Night1956-1957 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Jean Anouilh, Lucienne Hill | The Waltz of the Toreadors1956-1957 season |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Frank Loesser | The Most Happy Fella1956-1957 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Drama Performance | Inga Swenson | The First Gentleman1956-57 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | | My Fair Lady1956-57 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical Performance | Stubby Kaye | Li'l Abner1956-57 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | | Long Day's Journey Into Night1956-57 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Citations | New York City Center Light Opera Company | 1956-57 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Citations | Osbert Lancaster | Hotel Paradiso1956-57 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Eugene O'Neill | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Peggy Cass | Auntie MameSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Sydney Chaplin | Bells Are RingingSeason 1956–1957 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Pippa Scott | Child of FortuneSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Peter Palmer | Li’l AbnerSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jason Robards, Bradford Dillman | Long Day’s Journey Into NightSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Cliff Robertson | Orpheus DescendingSeason 1956–1957 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Peter Donat, Inga Swenson | The First GentlemanSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | George Grizzard | The Happiest MillionaireSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Carol Lynley | The Potting ShedSeason 1956–1957 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Sylvia Daneel | The Tunnel of LoveSeason 1956–1957 |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Jerome Robbins | Bells Are Ringing |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Kidd | Li'l Abner |
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Hanya Holm | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Dania Krupska | The Most Happy Fella |
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| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Samuel Krachmalnick | Candide |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Franz Allers | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Herbert Greene | The Most Happy Fella |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Candide |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Happy Hunting |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Alvin Colt | Li'l Abner |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Cecil Beaton | Little Glass Clock |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Dorothy Jeakins | Major Barbara |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Cecil Beaton, Cecil Beaton | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Shangri La |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Irene Sharaff | Small War on Murray Hill |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Alvin Colt | The Sleeping Prince |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Dorothy Jeakins | Too Late The Phalarope |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Joseph Anthony | A Clearing in the Woods |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Jose Quintero | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Moss Hart | My Fair Lady |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Peter Glenville | Separate Tables |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Joseph Anthony | The Most Happy Fella |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction | Harold Clurman | The Waltz of the Toreadors |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jule Styne | Bells Are RingingBook and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.Produced by The Theatre Guild. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Leonard Bernstein | CandideBook by Lillian Hellman,lyrics by Richard Wilbur. Produced by Ethel Linder Reiner in association with Lester Osterman, Jr. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Frederick Loewe | My Fair LadyBook and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Produced by Herman Levin. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Frank Loesser | The Most Happy FellaProduced by Kermit Bloomgarden and Lynn Loesser. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Eddie Mayehoff | A Visit To A Small Planet |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jason Robards | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | William Podmore | Separate Tables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Frank Conroy | The Potting Shed |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sydney Chaplin | Bells Are Ringing |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Fernando Lamas | Happy Hunting |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Rex Harrison | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Coote, Stanley Holloway | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Weede | The Most Happy Fella |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Cyril Ritchard | A Visit To A Small Planet |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Fredric March | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Eric Portman | Separate Table |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Maurice Evans | The Apple Cart |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Wilfred Hyde-White | The Reluctant Debutante |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ralph Richardson | The Waltz Of The Toreadors |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Irra Petina | Candide |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Virginia Gibson | Happy Hunting |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Edith Adams | Li'l Abner |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jo Sullivan | The Most Happy Fella |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Peggy Cass | Auntie Mame |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Beryl Measor, Phyllis Neilson-Terry | Separate Tables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Diana Van Der Vlis | The Happiest Millionaire |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Anna Massey | The Reluctant Debutante |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mildred Natwick | The Waltz Of The Toreadors |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Judy Holliday | Bells Are Ringing |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ethel Merman | Happy Hunting |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosalind Russell | Auntie Mame |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Florence Eldridge | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Margaret Leighton | Separate Tables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sybil Thorndike | The Potting Shed |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Eugene O'Neill | Long Day's Journey Into NightProduced by Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann, and José Quintero. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Terence Rattigan | Separate TablesProduced by Leigh Connell, Theodore Mann, and José Quintero. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Graham Greene | The Potting ShedProduced by Carmen Capalbo and Stanley Chase |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Jean Anouilh | The Waltz Of The ToreadorsProduced by The Producers Theatre (Robert Whitehead) |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | A Clearing in the Woods |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | A Hole In The Head |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | A Visit to A Small Planet |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Auntie Mame |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Candide |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Eugenia |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Donald Oenslager | Major Barbara |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | My Fair Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Small War on Murray Hill |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | George Jenkins | The Happiest Millionaire |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | The Waltz Of The Toreadors |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | George Jenkins | Too Late The Phalarope |
| Tony Awards | Best Stage Technician | Howard McDonald | Major Barbara |
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| Tony Awards | Best Stage Technician | Thomas Fitzgerald | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Jean-Louis Barrault, Robert Russell Bennett, William Hammerstein, Paul Shyre | |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Joseph Harbuck | Auntie Mame |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actor | William Smithers | The Seagull |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actress | Colleen Dewhurst | Camille |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actress | Colleen Dewhurst | The Eagle Has Two Heads |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actress | Colleen Dewhurst | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best All-Around Production | Burry Fredrick, Daniel Brown | Exiles |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Director | Gene Frankel | Volpone |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New Play | Louis Lippa | A House Remembered |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actor) | Thayer David | Oscar Wilde |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actor) | Thayer David | Saint Joan |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actor) | Arthur Malet | The Apollo of Bellac |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actor) | Arthur Malet | The Misanthrope |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actor) | Arthur Malet | Volphone |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actress) | Michael Kane, Jutta Wolf, Betty Miller | Exiles |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Performance (Actress) | Marguerite Lenery | House of Breath |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citation | Paul Shyre | for bringing O'Casey to Off-Broadway; for his adaptations of "I Knock at the Door," "Pictures in the Hallway," and "USA" |
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