| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Elaine May | Adaptation1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Charles Gordone | No Place to Be Somebody1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwrights | Lonnie Elder III | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Oustanding Performance | Jane Alexander | The Great White Hope1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book | Peter Stone | 17761968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Grover Dale | Billy1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Neal Kenyon | Dames at Sea1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Michael A. Schultz | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Gordon Davidson | In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Alan Arkin | Little Murders1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Edwin Sherin | The Great White Hope1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | George Haimoshn, Robin Miller | Dames at Sea1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Fred Ebb | Zorba1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Al Carmines | Peace1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Burt Bacharach | Promises, Promises1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performanc | Dorothy Loudon | The Fig Leaves Are Falling1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Frank Langella | A Cry of Players1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Douglas Turner Ward | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Bernadette Peters | Dames at Sea1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Al Pacino | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Alec McCowen | Hadrian VII1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Joseph Wiseman | In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Dustin Hoffman | Jimmy Shine1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Linda Lavin | Little Murders1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | James Coco | Next1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Ron O'Neal, Nathan George | No Place to Be Somebody1968-69 |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Jerry Orbach, Marian Mercer | Promises, Promises1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Donald Pleasence | The Man in the Glass Booth1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Brian Bedford | The Misanthrope1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Rob Leibman | We Bombed in New Haven1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performances | Nicol Williamson | Hamlet1968-69 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Patricia Zipprodt | 17761968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Tanya Moiseiwitsch | The House of Atreus1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Zorba1968-69 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Vernon Rice Awards | Joseph Chaikin | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Alec McCowan | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Nicol Williamson | Hamlet |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Peter Nichols | The National Health |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Peter Barnes | The Ruling Class |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Rosemary Harris | Plaza Suite |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | Promises, Promises |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | 1776 |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | 1776 |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Julian Beck | Frankenstein |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Sherman Edwards, Peter Stone | 17761968-1969 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Peter Luke | Hadrian VII1968-1969 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Howard Sackler | The Great White Hope1968-1969 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Composer/Lyricist | Sherman Edwards | 17761968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Elaine May | Adaptation/ Next1968-69 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Edwin Sherin | The Great White Hope1968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Musical | | Dames at Sea1968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Performance | Linda Lavin | Cop-Out1968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Performance | Linda Lavin | Little Murders1968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Performance | Lorraine Serabian | Zorba1968-69 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | David Hays, Jean Rosenthal | 1968-69 season |
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| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Howard Sackler | The Great White Hope |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ken Howard | 1776Season 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ed Evanko | Canterbury TalesSeason 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | David Cryer | Come SummerSeason 1968–1969 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Lauren Jones, Al Pacino | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?Season 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ron O'Neal | No Place to Be SomebodySeason 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jill O'Hara, Marian Mercer | Promises, PromisesSeason 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jane Alexander, Marlene Warfield | The Great White HopeSeason 1968–1969 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Blythe Danner | The MiserSeason 1968–1969 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ron Leibman | We Bombed in New HavenSeason 1968–1969 |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Sammy Bayes | Canterbury Tales |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Joe Layton | George M!Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Bennett | Promises, Promises |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Ronald Field | Zorba |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Louden Sainthill | Canterbury Tales |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Robert Fletcher | Hadrian VII |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Michael Annals | Morning, Noon and Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Zorba |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Peter Hun | 1776 |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Tom O'Horgan | Hair |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Robert Moore | Promises, Promises |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Zorba |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Michael A. Schultz | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Dews | Hadrian VII |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Joseph Hardy | Play It Again Sam |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Harold Pinter | The Man in the Glass Booth |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | 1776 | 1776 |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Hair | Hair |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Promises, Promises | Promises, Promises |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Zorba | Zorba |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Al Pacino | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Louis Zorich | Hadrian VII |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Richard Castellano | Lovers and Other Strangers |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Anthony Roberts | Play It Again Sam |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ronald Holgate | 1776 |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joel Grey | George M! |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jack Cassidy | Maggie Flynn |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jerry Orbach | Promises, PromisesProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | A. Larry Haines, Edward Winter | Promises, Promises |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Herschel Bernardi | Zorba |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec McCowen | Hadrian VII |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Art Carney | Lovers |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | James Earl Jones | The Great White HopeProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasance | The Man in the Glass Booth |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Virginia Vestoff | 1776 |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Sandy Duncan | Canterbury Tales |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Marian Mercer | Promises, PromisesProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lorraine Serabian | Zorba |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lauren Jones | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Anna Manahan | Lovers |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Diane Keaton | Play It Again Sam |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Jane Alexander | The Great White HopeProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | Dear World |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jill O'Hara | Promises, Promises |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Dorothy Loudon | The Fig Leaves Are Falling |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maria Karnilova | Zorba |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Julie Harris | Forty CaratsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Charlotte Rae | Morning, Noon and Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Estelle Parsons | Seven Descents of Myrtle |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Brenda Vaccaro | The Goodbye People |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Peter Luke | Hadrian VII |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Brian Friel | Lovers |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Howard Sackler | The Great White Hope |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Shaw | The Man in the Glass Booth |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | 1776 |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Derek Cousins | Canterbury Tales |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Dear World |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | ZorbaProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Leonard Bernstein, Rex Harrison, The Negro Ensemble Company, The National Theatre Company of Great Britain, Carol Burnett | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | The Living Theatre | Frankenstein |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Performance Group | Dionysus in '69 |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | OM?? Theatre | Riot |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Open Theatre | The Serpent |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Judith Malina, Julian Beck | Antigone |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Julie Bovasso | Gloria and Esperanza |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Jules Feiffer | Little Murders |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Nathan George, Ron O'Neal | No Place to be Somebody |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Ronald Tavel | The Boy in the Straight-Back Chair |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Jeff Weiss | The International Wrestling Match |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Arlene Rothlein | The Poor Little Match Girl |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement (Sustained Excellence) | Theatre Genesis | |