| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Composer | Stephen Schwartz | Godspell1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Composer | Yutaka Higashi | Golden Bat1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Costume Designe | Susan Tsu | Godspell1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Director | John-Michael Tebelak | Godspell1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Director | Jeff Bleckner | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Director | Russel Treyz | Whitsuntide1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Happy Birthday, Wanda June1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | A.R. Gurney, Jr. | Scenes From American Life1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | Robert Mntgomery | Subject to Fits1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Playwright | David Rabe | The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Most Promising Set Design | Alfred Newman, Eugene Lee | Alice in Wonderland1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Oustanding Performance | Ralph Richardson | Home1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book | Burt Shevelove | No, No, Nanette1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Michael Bennett | Follies1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Donald Saddler | No, No, Nanette1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Florence Klotz | Follies1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Raoul Pene Du Bois | No, No, Nanette1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Peter Brook | A Midsummer Night's Dream1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Andre Gregory | Alice in Wonderland1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Robert Wilson | Deafman Glance1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Harold Prince, Michael Bennett | Follies1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Tom O'Horgan | Lenny1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Paul Sills | Metamorphosis1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director | Paul Sills | Story Theatre1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Follies1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Follies1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Claire Bloom | A Doll's House1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Mildred Dunnock | A Place Without Doors1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Colleen Dewhurst | All Over1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Ruby Dee | Boesman and Lena1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Marian Seldes | Father's Day1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Alexis Smith | Follies1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Claire Bloom | Hedda Gabler1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Siobhan McKenna | Here Are Ladies1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | John Gielgud | Home1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Madeleine Renaud | L'Amante Anglaise1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Cliff Gorman | Lenny1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | James Earl Jones | Les Blancs1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Paul Sand | Metamorphosis1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Helen Gallagher | No, No, Nanette1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Roberta Maxwell | Slag1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Anthony Quayle | Sleuth1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Paul Sand | Story Theatre1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Maureen Stapleton | The Gingerbread Lady1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Alec McCowen | The Philanthropist1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Brian Bedford | The School for Wives1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performance | Jack MacGowran | The Works of Samuel Beckett1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Performances | Keith Baxter | Sleuth1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Sally Jacobs | A Midsummer Night's Dream1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Boris Aronson | Follies1970-71 season |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Robin Wagner | Lenny1970-71 season |
| Drama Desk Awards | Vernon Rice Award | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jame Naughton, Robert Ryan, Arvin Brown, Paddy Croft, Stacy Keach | Long Day's Journey Into Night1970-71 season |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sir Anthony Quayle | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Alan Bates | Butley |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Alan Bennett | Getting On |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Simon Grey | Butley |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | E A Whitehead | The Foursoe |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Peggy Ashcroft | The Loves of Viorne |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Raoul Pene Du Bois | No No Nanette |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Follies |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Peter Larkin | Les Blancs |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Special Citation | Clark Dunham | The Me Nobody Knows |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | John Guare | The House of Blue Leaves1970-1971 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | Daniel Berrigan | The Trial of the Catonsville Nine1970-1971 season |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | William Goldman, Stephen Sondheim | Follies1970-1971 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | David Storey | Home1970-1971 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Production | | Follies1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Production | | No, No, Nanette1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Productions | | A Midsummer Night's Dream1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | Claire Bloom | A Doll's House1970-71 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | Claire Bloom | Hedda Gabler1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Other Awards | John Guare | The House of Blue Leaves1970-71 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Achievement Awards | Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival | 1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Achievement Awards | Paul Sills | Paulo Sills' Story Theatre1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Achievement Awards | | The School for Wives1970-71 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Achievment Awards | | The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine1970-71 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Paul Zindel | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Martha Henry | AntigoneSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Kipp Osborne | Butterflies Are FreeSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Clifton Davis | Do It AgainSeason 1970–1971 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Jennifer Salt | Father's DaySeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | James Naughton | Long Day's Journey Into NightSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Roger Rathburn | No, No, NanetteSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Michael Douglas | PinkvilleSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Martha Henry | Scenes From American LifeSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Joan Van Ark | School for WivesSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ayn Ruymen | The Gingerbread LadySeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Martha Henry | The Playboy of the Western WorldSeason 1970–1971 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Walter Willison, Tricia O'Neil | Two by TwoSeason 1970–1971 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Julie Garfield | Uncle VanyaSeason 1970–1971 |
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | George Furth | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Robert H. Livingston, Herb Schapiro | The Me Nobody Knows |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Sherman Yellen | The Rothschilds |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Bennett | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Donald Saddler | No, No Nanette |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Michael Kidd | The Rothschilds |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | Hay Fever |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | Les Blancs |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Freddy Wittop | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Raoul Pene Du Bois | No, No Nanette |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Burt Shevelove | No, No Nanette |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Robert H. Livingston | The Me Nobody Knows |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Kidd | The Rothschilds |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Peter Brook | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Lindsay Anderson | Home |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Clifford Williams | Sleuth |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Stephen Porter | The School for Wives |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Robert Ornbo | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | William Ritman | Sleuth |
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | R.H. Poindexter | Story Theatre |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Harold Prince | CompanyProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jeff Britton | The Me Nobody KnowsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Lester Osterman, Hillard Elkins | The Rothschildsproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Will Holt, Gary William Friedman | The Me Nobody Knows |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | The Rothschildsproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Ronald Radd | Abelard and Heloise |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Donald Pickering | Conduct Unbecoming |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Paul Sand | Story Theatre |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Ed Zimmermann | The Philanthropist |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Charles Kimbrough, Larry Kert | Company |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | David Burns | Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bobby Van | No, No Nanette |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Keene Curtis, Hal Linden | The Rothschilds |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Walter Willison | Two by Two |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson | Home |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alec McCowen | The Philanthropist |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Brian Bedford | The School for Wives |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Pamela Myers, Barbara Barrie | Company |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patsy Kelly | No, No Nanette |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Rae Allen | And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mona Washbourne | Home |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Lili Darvas | Les Blancs |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Joan Van Ark | The School for Wives |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Susan Browning, Elaine Stritch | Company |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Helen Gallagher | No, No Nanette |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sandy Duncan | The Boy Friend |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Diana Rigg | Abelard and Heloise |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Estelle Parsons | And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Marian Seldes | Father's Day |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Maureen Stapleton | The Gingerbread Lady |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Morton Gottlieb | Sleuth |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Alexander H. Cohen, David Storey | HomeProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Helen Bonfils, Michael White, Anthony Shaffer | SleuthProduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Paul Sills, Zev Bufman | Story TheatreProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Christopher Hampton, David Merrick | The Philanthropist |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Sally Jacobs | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | CompanyProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Jo Mielziner | Father's Day |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Bury | The Rothschildsproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Roger L. Stevens | |
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| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Elliot Norton | Distinguished Theatrical Commentary |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Ingram Ash | Blaine-Thompson AdvertisingProduction took place the previous year |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Foreign Play | Heathcote Williams | AC/DC |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Foreign Play | Athol Fugard | Bowman and Lena |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Foreign Play | Derek Walcott | Dream on Monkey Mountain |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | John Guare | House of Blue Leaves |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Performance By An Actor | Jack MacGowran | Beckett |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Performance By An Actress | Ruby Dee | Bowman and Lena |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Citations | Orlando Furioso | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Design | John Scheffler | AC/DC |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | John Hirsch | AC/DC |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Jeff Blackner | Basic Training of Paulo Hummel |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | John Berry | Bossman and Lona |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Larry Kornfeild | Dracular Sabbat |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Gordon Davidson | The Trial of the Catonsville 9 |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Play | | The Trial of the Catonsville 9 |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Plays | David Rabe | Basic Training of Paul Hummel |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Plays | Ed Bullins | In New England Winter |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Plays | Ed Bullins | The Fabulous Miss Maria |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Susan Batson | AC/DC |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Joan MacIntosh | Com |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Stacy Keach | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Donald Ewer, James Woods, Margaret Braidwood | Saved |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Hector Elizondo | Steambath |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Sonny Jin | The Fabulous Miss Marie |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | William Schallert | The Trial of the Catonsville 9 |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Harris Laskawy | Uncle Vanya |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance (consistent excellence) | Kirk Kirksey | |
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