| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performanc | Cicely Tyson | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl1961-62 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Association of Producing Artists (APA) | Entire repertory 1961-62 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Barbara Harris | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad1961-62 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Performance | Geoff Garland | The Hostage1961-62 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Best Playwright | Arthur Kopit | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad1961-62 season |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Paul Scofield | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Paul Scofield | King Lear |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Bertolt Brecht | The Caucasian Chalk Circle |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | David Rudkin | Afore Night Come |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Maggie Smith | The Private Ear |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Maggie Smith | The Public Eye |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Paddy Chayefsky | Gideon1961-1962 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Tennessee Williams | The Night of the Iguana1961-1962 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Robert Bolt | A Man for All Seasons1961-1962 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Willie Gilbert, Frank Loesser, Jack Weinstock, Abe Burrows | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying1961-1962 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Revival | | Anything Goes1961-62 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Creative Contribution of the Season | George Abbott | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1961-62 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Creative Contribution of the Season | | No Strings1961-62 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | Rudy Vallee | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying1961-62 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | Margot Moser | My Fair Lady1961-62 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | Rudy Vallee | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad1961-62 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | National Repertory Theatre, George Freedley | 1961-62 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Frank Loesser | How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Abe Burrows | How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Keith Baxter | A Man for All SeasonsSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Peter Fonda | Blood, Sweat and Stanley PooleSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Don Galloway | Bring Me a Warm BodySeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Janet Margolin | Daughter of SilenceSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Brenda Vaccaro | Everybody Loves OpalSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Sean Garrison | Half-Past WednesdaySeason 1961–1962 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | James Earl Jones | Moon on a Rainbow ShawlSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Barbara Harris | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So SadSeason 1961–1962 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | John Stride | Romeo and JulietSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Karen Morrow | Sing, Muse!Season 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Robert Redford | Sunday in New YorkSeason 1961–1962 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's MineSeason 1961–1962 |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Agnes de Mille | Kwamina |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Joe Layton | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Kidd | Subways Are for Sleeping |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Dania Krupska | The Happiest Girl in the World |
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| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Elliot Lawrence | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Pembroke Davenport | Kean |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Peter Matz | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Conductor and Musical Director | Herbert Green | The Gay Life |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Motley | Kwamina |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Miles White | Milk and Honey |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Donald Brooks | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Lucinda Ballard | The Gay LifeProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Joshua Logan | All American |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Gower Champion | Carnival |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Abe Burrows | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Joe Layton | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Noel Willman | A Man for All SeasonsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Tyrone Guthrie | Gideon |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jose Quintero | Great Day in the Morning |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Donald McWhinnie | The Caretaker |
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Helen Deutsch, Bob Merrill, Michael Stewart | Carnival |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Willie Gilbert, Jack Weinstock, Abe Burrows, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jerry Herman | Milk and HoneyProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Richard Rodgers | No Strings |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Frank Loesser | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Adler | Kwamina |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Herman | Milk and Honey |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Rodgers | No Strings |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Campanella | A Gift of Time |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Walter Matthau | A Shot in the DarkProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Godfrey M. Cambridge | Purlie Victorious |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Paul Sparer | Ross |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ray Bolger | All American |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Pierre Olaf | Carnival |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Severn Darden | From the Second City |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Charles Nelson Reilly, Robert Morse | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Alfred Drake | Kean |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Richard Kiley | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Orson Bean | Subways Are for Sleeping |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Paul Scofield | A Man for All SeasonsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Fredric March | Gideon |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Mills | Ross |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasence | The Caretaker |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbara Harris | From the Second City |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbra Streisand | I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Phyllis Newman | Subways Are for SleepingProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Elizabeth Allen | The Gay Life |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Janet Margolin | Daughter of Silence |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zohra Lampert | Look, We've Come Through |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Pat Stanley | Sunday in New York |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's MineProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Anna MariaAlberghetti | CarnivalProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Anna Maria Alberghetti | Carnival |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Molly Picon | Milk and Honey |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Diahann Carroll | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Diahann Carroll | No Strings |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Elaine Stritch | Sail Away |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Kim Stanley | A Far Country |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Gladys Cooper | A Passage to India |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Colleen Dewhurst | Great Day in the Morning |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Margaret Leighton | The Night of the IguanaProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Bolt | A Man for All SeasonsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Paddy Chayefsky | GideonProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Harold Pinter | The CaretakerProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Tennessee Williams | The Night of the IguanaProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Rouben Ter-Arutunian | A Passage to India |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Will Steven Armstrong | CarnivalProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Hays | No Strings |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | The Gay Life |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Dramatic) | Robert Whitehead, Roger L. Stevens | A Man for All SeasonsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Dramatic) | Fred Coe, Arthur Cantor, Arthur Cantor | Gideon |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Dramatic) | David Merrick | Ross |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Dramatic) | Charles Bowden, Viola Rubber | The Night of the Iguana |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Musical) | David Merrick | Carnival |
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| Tony Awards | Producer (Musical) | Ernest Martin, Cy Feuer | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Producer (Musical) | Gerard Oestriecher | Milk and Honey |
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| Tony Awards | Producer (Musical) | Helen Bonfils, Haila Stoddard | Sail Away |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Richard Rodgers, Brooks Atkinson, Franco Zeffirelli | Winner for all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them on stage in No Strings. |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actor | James Earl Jones | Clandestine on the Morning Line |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actor | James Earl Jones | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actor | James Earl Jones | The Apple |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Actress | Barbara Harris | Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Foreign Play | Samuel Beckett | Happy Days |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Musical | James Hatch, Jerome Eskow C. Jackson | Fly Blackbird |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Frank D. Gilroy | Who'll Save the Ploughboy? |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Ellis Rabb | The Association of Producing Artists |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | - | The Hostage |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Design | Norris Houghton | Who'll Save the Ploughboy? |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Rosemary Harris, Clayton Corzatte | APA Repertory |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Ruth White | Happy Days |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Vinnette Carroll | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Geoff Garland | The Hostage |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Studie Bond | Theatre of the Absurd |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Paul Roeblins | This Side of Paradise |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Gerald O'Loughlin | Who'll Save the Ploughboy? |