| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Robert Lindsay | Me and My Girl |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Don Bloomfield | Lily Dale |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Victor Garber | You Never Can Tell |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Bob Fosse | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Bernadette Peters | Song and Dance |
| Drama League Awards | Unique Contribution to the Theatre | Athol Fugard | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Albert Finney | Orphans |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Bob Larbey | A Month of Sundays |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Director | Nuria Espert | The House of Bernarda Alba |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Choderlos de Laclos | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Frank McGuinness | Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Julia McKenzie | Woman in Mind |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Helen Hayes Awards | | Mercedes McCambridge | 'night, MotherArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Romain Fruge | BabyOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen Wade | Banjo DancingArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | James W. Sudik | Little MeFord's Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | J. Fred Shiffman | March of the 0ttosStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Liz Larsen | BabyOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Janet Aldrich | Forbidden BroadwayMarquee Lounge/Omni Shoreham |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Carol Dilley | Little MeFord's Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Ann Johnson | March of the 0ttosStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Elizabeth Covey | A Midsummer Night's DreamShakespeare Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Holly Cole | Merry Wives of WindsorShakespeare Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Kate Corbley | Miss Firecracker ContestOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Miruna Boruzescu | TartuffeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Kurt Wilhelm, Kurt Wilhelm | The Count of Monte CristoAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Women and WaterArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | Execution of JusticeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Susann Brinkley | Fool for LoveRound House Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Leslie Bravman Jacobson | Miss Lulu BettHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Lucian Pintilie | TartuffeArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Peter Sellars | The Count of Monte CristoAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Garland Wright | The Good Person of SetzuanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Steven Dawn, Steven Dawn | ExtremitiesSource Theatre Company |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Thomas Schall | Fool For LoveRound House Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Grover Gardner | Looking GlassWoolly Mammoth Theatre Compan |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Grover Gardner | MetamorphosisWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | TartuffeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Mark Jaster | The Man Who Killed the BuddhaRound House Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Patrick Dempsey | Brighton Beach MemoirsNational Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Patrick Dempsey | Brighton Beach MemoirsNational Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | William L. Petersen | In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from PrisonAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Keene Curtis | La Cage aux FollesNational Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Tommy Tune | My One and OnlyKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Jason Robards | The Iceman ComethAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Bill Irwin | The Regard of FlightArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Halo Wines | 'night, MotherArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Katherine Squire | A Walk Out of WaterStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Janet Bryant | Fool for LoveRound House Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Randy Danson | Good Person of SetzuanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Marcia Gay Harden | Miss Firecracker ContestOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Carole Myers | Miss Lulu BettHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Barbara Cook | Barbara Cook -- A Broadway EveningFord's Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Laurie Metcalf | Coyote UglyAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Barbara E. Robertson | Kabuki MedeaAmerican National Theater |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Zoe Caldwell | LillianKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Sandy Duncan | My One and OnlyKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Richard Winkler | A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Shakespeare Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Stuart Duke | A Walk Out of WaterStudio Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Stuart Duke | OthelloShakespeare Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Beverly Emmons | TartuffeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | James F. Ingalls | The Count of Monte CristoAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Women and WaterArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | After My Own Heart |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | Source Theatre Company | Ladies' Side |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Metamorphosis |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | Thin Wall |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Production Prior to New York | American National Theater | Iceman Cometh |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Production Prior to New York | Kennedy Center | Lillian |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Production Prior to New York | Warner Theatre | Uptown, It's Hot |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Harlequin Dinner Theatre | A Chorus Line |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Olney Theatre | Baby |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Little Me |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre | March of the Falsettos |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Execution of Justice |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Play | Round House Theatre | Fool for Love |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Play | Olney Theatre | Foreigner |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Good Person of Setzuan |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Tartuffe |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | A Walk Out of WaterStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Patricia Woodbridge | Isn't It RomanticArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | March of the 0ttosStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone Good | Person of SetzuanArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Radu Boruzescu | TartuffeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | George Tsypin | The Count of Monte CristoAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Brian Hemmingsen | Last Days at the Dixie Girl CafeHorizons Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Edward Gero | Merry Wives of WindsorShakespeare Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Edward Gero | OthelloShakespeare Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Patrick Richwood | The ForeignerOlney Theatre |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | The Merry Wives of WindsorShakespeare Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Erika Bogren | A Walk Out of WaterStudio Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Tana Hicken | Execution of JusticeArena Stage |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Ramona Rhoades | he Knight From OlmedoGALA Hispanic Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Brigid Cleary | Miss Firecracker ContestOlney Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Isabell Monk, Katherine | TartuffeArena Stage |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Lisa Waltz | Brighton Beach MemoirsThe National Theatre |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Charles (Honi) Coles | My One and OnlyKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Larry Larson | Tent MeetingKennedy Center |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Donald Moffat | The Iceman ComethAmerican National Theater |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Touring Production or Prior to New York | Barnard Hughes | The Iceman ComethAmerican National Theater |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | National Theatre | Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | American National Theater | Kabuki Medea |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | National Theatre | La Cage aux Folles |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | My One and Only |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | American National Theater | Streamers |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | Tent Meeting |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Davis-Schalizki Student Actor Award | Byron Stewart, Howard University | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre | Father Gilbert V. Hartke | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Patrick Hayes | |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Collaborative Design Achievements - Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Vienna Lusthus |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Collaborative Design Achievements - Scenic and Costume Design | Robert Israel | Vienna Lusthus |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | Everett Quinton | Salambo |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Kevin Rigdon | Ghost Stories (Prairie du Chien and The Shawl) |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Noteworthy/Unusual Effects - Scenic Design | Eva Buchmuller | Dreamland Burns |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Noteworthy/Unusual Effects - Special Effects | Theo Cremona, Rudi Stern | Dreamland Burns |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Tony Walton | The House Of Blue Leaves |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Derek Jacobi | Breaking The Code |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Albert Finney | Orphans |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Ian McKellen | The Cherry Orchard |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Martin Sheen | The Normal Heart |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Juliet Stevenson | As You Like It |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Irene Worth | The Bay At Nice |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Julia McKenzie | Woman In Mind |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Arthur Miller | The American Clock |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Larry Kramer | The Normal Heart |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare, RSC | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Ken Ludwig | Lend Me A Tenor |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Royal Shakespeare Company | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | JB Priestley | When We Are Married |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Paul Scofield | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Brian Cox | Misalliance |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Nigel Hawthorne | The Magistrate |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Bill Fraser | When We Are Married |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Carl Toms | Dalliance and The Magistrate |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | The Winter's Tale |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | As You Like It |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Futurists |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Kafka's Dick |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Maria Bjornson | The Phantom Of The Opera |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Royal Court |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Declan Donnellan | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Howard Davies | Les Liaisons Dangereuses, RSC |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Peter Wood | The American Clock |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Bill Alexander | The Merry Wives Of Windsor, RSC |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Sally Dexter | Dalliance |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Anne Devlin, Simon Curtis | Ourselves Alone |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Simon Curtis | Road |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Janet McTeer | The Grace Of Mary Traverse |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice | Chess |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Bill Whelan, Arthur Sullivan, WS Gilbert | HMS Pinafore |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart | The Phantom Of The Opera |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Adolph Green, Jerome Chadovov, Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Joseph A Fields | Wonderful Town! |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | The English National Opera, Graham Clark, Thomas Allen | Doctor Faust |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Stephanos Lazaridis | Doctor Faust |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Harrison Birtwistle | English National Opera's The Mask Of Orpheus |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Stephanos Lazaridis | The Mikado |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Kathryn Harries | The Ring Cycle |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Anne Evans | Welsh National Opera's The Ring Cycle |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Ballet Rambert | |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | The Bolshoi Ballet, Michael Clark, Jerome Robbins | |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Tommy Korberg | Chess |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Paul Bentley | HMS Pinafore |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | George Hearn | La Cage Aux Folles |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Michael Crawford | The Phantom Of The Opera |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Elaine Paige | Chess |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Lesley Mackie | Judy |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Angela Richards | Side By Side By Sondheim |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Maureen Lipman | Wonderful Town! |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Nicky Henson, Fiona Shaw | As You Like It |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Fiona Shaw | Mephisto |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Janet Dale | Othello |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Nicky Henson | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Janet Dale | The Merry Wives Of Windsor |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Paul Jesson | The Normal Heart |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Robert Holman | his triple bill of plays Making Noise Quietly |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Peter Brewis, Bob Goody, Mel Smith | The Gambler |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith | The House Of Bernarda Alba |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Barbara Cook | |
| Lucille Lortel Awards | Inaugural Award | The Woza Afrika! Festival (Lincoln Center Theater) | |
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Michael Frayn | Benefactors1985-1986 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | Sam Shepard | A Lie of the Mind1985-1986 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe1985-1986 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Judd Hirsch | I'm Not Rappaport1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Musical | | The Mystery of Edwin Drood1985-86 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Play | | I'm Not Rappaport1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Big Deal1985-86 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Sweet Charity1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Costume Design | Lindsay W. Davis | The Mystery of Edwin Dodd1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Debut Performance | Semina De Laurentis | Nunsense1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Debut Performance | Anthony Rapp | Precious Sons1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | John Tillinger | Corpse!1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | John Tillinger | Loot1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | John Tillinger | The Perfect Party1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | The Myster of Edwin Drood1985-86 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Book and Music | Dan Goggin | Nunsense1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Lyrics | Marta Kaufman, Seth Friedman, David Crane | Personals1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Musical | | Nunsense1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Play | | A Lie of the Mind1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Revival | | Loot1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | Bob Shaw | The Myster of Edwin Drood1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwriting Award | Herb Gardner | I'm Not Rappaport1985-86 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | Elisabeth Welch | Elisabeth Welch: Time to Start Living1985-86 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | Elisabeth Welch | Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood1985-86 season |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Donna Kane | Dames at SeaSeason 1985–1986 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Marisa Tomei | DaughtersSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Suzy Amis | Fresh HorsesSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Alec Baldwin | LootSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Aled Davies | OrchardsSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ed Harris | Precious SonsSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Joe Urla | Principia ScriptoriaeSeason 1985–1986 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Faye Grant | Singin' in the RainSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Ensemble Studio Theatre | Special AwardSeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Mark Jacoby | Sweet CharitySeason 1985–1986 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Julie Hagerty | The House of Blue LeavesSeason 1985–1986 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Howard McGillin, Cleo Laine | The Mystery of Edwin DroodSeason 1985–1986 |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Adolph Green, Betty Comden | Singin' in the Rainproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin DroodProduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Jane Iredale | Wind in the Willowsproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Peter Martins | Song and Dance |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Tango Argentino Dancers | Tango Argentinoproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Graciela Daniele | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Willa Kim | Song and Dance |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Sweet Charity |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Ann Roth | The House of Blue Leaves |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Beni Montresor | The Marriage of Figaroproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Bob Fosse, Bob Fosse | Big Deal |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Richard Maltby, Jr. | Song and Danceproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Claudio Segovia, Hector Orezzoli | Tango Argentinoproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Wilford Leach, Wilford Leach | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jonathan Miller | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | John Tillinger | Loot |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jerry Zaks | The House of Blue Leaves |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Jose Quintero | The Iceman Comethproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Pat Collins | I'm Not Rappaportproducer, production took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Jules Fisher | Song and Dance |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Thomas R. Skelton | The Iceman Comethproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jerome Minskoff, Roger Berlind, The Shubert Organization, Jonathan Farkas | Big Deal |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | The Shubert Organization, The Really Useful Company, Cameron Mackintosh, F.W.M. Producing Group | Song and Dance |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Donald K. Donald, Mel Howard | Tango ArgentinoProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Joseph Papp | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproducer, production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Maltby, Jr., Don Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Song and Dance |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin DroodProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Paul Schierhorn | The NewsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Roger McGough, William Perry | Wind in the WillowsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Christopher d'Amboise | Song and Dance |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael Rupert | Sweet Charity |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Howard McGillin | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Peter Gallagher | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Joseph Maher, Charles Keating | Loot |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Mahoney | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cleavant Derricks | Big Deal |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Don Correia | Singin' in the Rainproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | George Rose | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maurice Hines | Uptown...It's Hot! |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Judd Hirsch | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jack Lemmon | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Ed Harris | Precious Sons |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hume Cronyn | The Petition |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Elisabeth Welch | Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Sweet Charity |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jana Schneider, Patti Cohenour | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Bethel Leslie | Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Zoe Wanamaker | Loot |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Swoosie Kurtz | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Stockard Channing | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Chita Rivera | Jerry's Girlsproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Bernadette Peters | Song and Dance |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Debbie Allen | Sweet Charity |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cleo Laine | The Mystery of Edwin Droodproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Mary Beth Hurt | BenefactorsProduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Rosemary Harris | Hay FeverProduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Jessica Tandy | The Petition |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the UniverseProduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Michael Frayn, James M. Nederlander, Robert Fryer, Michael Codron, MTM Enterprises, CBS Productions | BenefactorsProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Lucille Lortel, Athol Fugard, James B. Freydberg, Max Weitzenhoffer | Blood Knotproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Douglas Urbanski | Douglas Urbanskiproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | James Walsh | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Lewis Allen | I'm Not Rappaportproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Martin Heinfling | I'm Not RappaportProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Gregory Mosher, Bernard Gersten | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Roger Peters, MBS Co. | Hay Feverproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Mark Simon, Charles P. Kopelman, David Merrick | Loot |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | James M. Nederlander, Joseph Harris, Arthur Rubin, Jerome Minskoff | Sweet Charity |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Lewis Allen, James M. Nederlander, Stephen Graham, Ben Edwards | The Iceman Cometh |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | David Mitchell | The Boys of Winter |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | The House of Blue Leaves |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Ben Edwards | The Iceman Comethproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Beni Montresor | The Marriage of Figaroproduction took place the previous year . |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best Performance | Swoosie Kurtz | The House of the Blue Leaves |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Costume Design | Rita Ryack | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Richard Foreman | Largo Desolato |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Distinguished Playwriting | Wallace Shawn | Aunt Dan and Lemon |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Committee | Eileen Blumenthal, Michael Feingold, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Robert Massa, Gordon Rogoff, Gautam Dasgupta, Rosalyn Drexler, Ross Wetzsteon, Ross Wetzsteon | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Grant | P.S. 122, Mabou Mines, Billie Holiday Theatre | |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Tom Cayler | A Matter of Life and Death |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Norma Aleandro | About Love and Other Stories About Love |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Elizabeth Wilson | Anteroom |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Kathryn Pogson | Aunt Dan and Lemon |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Josef Sommer | Largo Desolato |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Jill Eikenberry | Lemon Sky |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Jill Eikenberry | Life Under Water |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Dylan Baker | Not About Heroes |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Helen Stenborg, Farley Granger | Talley & Son |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Elisabeth Welch | Time to Start Living |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Lee Nagrin | Bird/Bear |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | John Jesurun | Deep Sleep |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Eric Bogosian | Drinking in America |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Tadeusz Kantor | Let the Artists Die |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Playwriting | Martha Clarke | Vienna: Lusthaus |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Set Design | Edward T. Gianfrancesco | |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for music | Genji Ito | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement | Mabou Mines | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence of Performance | Kevin Kline, Edward Herrmann | |