| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Colm Wilkinson | Les Miserables |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Ed Dixon | Shylock |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Musical | Mandy Patinkin | The Knife |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Derek Jacobi | Breaking the Code |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | John Malkovich | Burn This |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Morgan Freeman | Driving Miss Daisy |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | James Earl Jones | Fences |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Musical | Patti LuPone | Anything Goes |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Kathy Bates | Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | E. Katherine Kerr | Laughing Wild |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Gordana Rashovich | Shayna Maidel |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Michael Smuin | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design | Tony Walton | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Musical | Jerry Zaks | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director - Musical | Harold Prince | Cabaret |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | Oil City Symphony | Oil City Symphony |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Ensemble Performance | The Day Room | The Day Room |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Anthony Heald, Bill McCutcheon | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Herbert Rawlings | Dreamgirls |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical | Robert Westenberg | Into the Woods |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Joe Grifasi | Boys Next Door |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Michael Gough | Breaking the Code |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor - Play | Lou Liberatore | Burn This |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Lyn Greene | Flora the Red Menace |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Joanna Gleason | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical | Danielle Ferland | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress - Play | Christine Estabrook | Boys Next Door |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Anything Goes / Wenceslas Square |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard Nelson | Into the Woods |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | David Evans | Birds of Paradise |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Stephen Sondheim | Into the Woods |
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| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding One Person Show | Barbara Cook | A Concert for the Theatre |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestration | Michael Gibson | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestration | Michael Starobin | Birds of Paradise |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival | Anything Goes | Anything Goes |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival | Cabaret | Cabaret |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival | Dreamgirls | Dreamgirls |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival | Flora the Red Menace | Flora, the Red Menace |
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Tony Walton | Anything Goes |
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| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Robert Lindsay | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | James Earl Jones | Fences |
| Drama League Awards | Unique Contribution to the Theatre | Jose Quintero | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Actor | Michael Gambon | A View from the Bridge |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Comedy | Caryl Churchill | Serious Money |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Director | Peter Hall | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Best Play | Alan Ayckbourn | A Small Family Business |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright | Stephen Bill | Curtains |
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| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress | Judi Dench | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical | | Follies |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | O utstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Christopher Hurt | Automatic Pilot |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Delroy Lindo | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jonathan Silverman | Broadway Bound |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ben Cross | Caine Mutiny Court Martial |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joe Sears | Greater Tuna |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Edward Duke | Jeeves Takes Charge |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Colm Wilkinson | Les Miserables |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Esther Rolle | A Raisin In The Sun |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Linda Lavin | Broadway Bound |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Sharon Brown | Dreamgirls |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Rosemary Harris | Hay Fever |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Teresa Burrell | Queenie Pie |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | James F. Ingalls | Ajax |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Frances Aronson | Measure for Measure |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Old Times |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Romeo & Juliet |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean | Wagner The Birthday Party |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Beverly Emmons | Wild Duck |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | Arena Stage | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | T J Edwards | New York Mets |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding New Play | Julie Jensen | Stray Dogs |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Magda Nova, Andrea Frierson | Beehive |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Frank Kopyc | Hot Mikado |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Helena-Joyce Wright | Hot Mikado |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Performer, Resident Musical | Kirsti Carnahan | Little Shop of Horrors |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | George Tsypin | Idiot's Delight |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone | Piggy Bank |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Jane Williams Flank | Sally and Marsha |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Slab Boys |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Richard H. Young | The Water Engine |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Radu Boruzescu | Wild Duck |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Henry Strozier | Philadelphia Story |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | Piggy Bank |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | The Miser |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Michael Chaban | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Mark Hammer | Wild Duck |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Joan Kelley | Beyond Therapy |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Barbara Rappaport | Johnny Bull |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Heather Ehlers | Philadelphia Story |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Pat Carroll | Romeo and Juliet |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Mikel Lambert | The Miser |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Andrew Polk | Biloxi Blues |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Jason Alexander | Broadway Bound |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Frances Ruffelle | Les Miserables |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Randy Graff | Les Miserables |
| Helen Hayes Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Martine Allard | Tap Dance Kid |
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| Helen Hayes Awards | The American Express Tribute | James Earl Jones | |
| Helen Hayes Awards | The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre | Delano E. Lewis | |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Costume Design | John Napier | Starlight Express |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | The Hunger Artist |
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| Henry Hewes Awards | Lighting Design | Jennifer Tipton | Worstward Ho |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Noteworthy/Unusual Effects | Tom Kamm, Robert Wilson | The Civil Wars - Act 5, The Trees |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | James D. Sandefur | Fences |
| Henry Hewes Awards | Scenic Design | Robert Israel | The Hunger ArtistThe Hunger Artist |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Michael Gambon | A View From The Bridge |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Nicholas Woodeson | Flight |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Tokusaburo Arashi | Medea |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Nicholas Woodeson | Sarcophagus |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Hugh Quarshie | The Great White Hope |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Hugh Quarshie | The Rover |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actor of the Year | Hugh Quarshie | Two Noble Kinsmen |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Miranda Richardson | A Lie Of The Mind |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Judi Dench | Antony And Cleopatra |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Actress of the Year | Maggie Smith | Lettice And Lovage |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Sam Shepherd | A Lie Of The Mind |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Peter Shaffer | Lettice And Lovage |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Vladimir Gubaryev | Sarcophagus |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | BBC Award for the Play of the Year | Caryl Churchill | Serious Money |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | Robert Fisher | Groucho |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | John Cecil Holme, George Abbott | Three Men On A Horse |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy of the Year | William Shakespeare | Twelfth Night |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Les Marsden, Frank Ferrante | Groucho |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | John Woodvine | The Henrys |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Comedy Performance of the Year | Geoffrey Hutchings | Three Men On A Horse |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley | A Penny For A Song |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Bob Crowley, Kappa Senoh | Macbeth |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | Richard II |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | William Dudley | The Changeling |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Designer of the Year | Lucio Fanti | The Hairy Ape |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Alan Ayckbourn | A View From The Bridge |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Declan Donnellan | The Cid, Twelfth Night and Macbeth |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Peter Stein | The Hairy Ape |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Director of the Year | Macbeth | Yukio Ninagawa |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Rudi Davies | A Penny For A Song |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Suzan Sylvester | A View From The Bridge |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Nick Dear | The Art of Success |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Imogen Stubbs | The RoverTwo Noble Kinsmen and The Rover, RSC |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Most Promising Newcomer of the Year in Theatre | Imogen Stubbs | Two Noble KinsmenTwo Noble Kinsmen and The Rover |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Sheldon Epps | Blues In The Nightconceived and originally directed by Sheldon Epps |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Stephen Sondheim, James Goldman | FolliesFollies, book, music and lyrics by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Musical of the Year | Cole Porter | Kiss Me Kate |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Dance | Cumbre Flamenca | London season |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | English National Opera | Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Della Jones | The Barber Of SevilleEnglish National Opera's The Barber Of Seville |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Yuri Temirkanov | The Kirov Opera OrchestraThe Kirov Opera Orchestra under the direction of Yuri Temirkanov |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Eva Randova | The Royal Opera's Jenufa |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Mare McLaughlin | the Royal Opera's Le Nozza di Figero |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Opera | Carlos Kleiber | The Royal Opera's Otellofor conducting The Royal Opera's Otello |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Richard Alston | Ballet Rambert |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Richard Alston | Dutiful DucksPulcinella and Dutiful Ducks, Ballet Rambert |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Trisha Brown | Performance Season |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | The London Contemporary Dance Theatre dancers, Merce Cunningham Company | Performance Season |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Richard Alston | Pulcinella |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance | Ichikawa Ennosuke | The Thousand Cherries of Yoshitsune |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Bernard Alane | Bless The Bride |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | John Bardon, Emil Wolk | Kiss Me KateJohn Bardon and Emil Wolk |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical | Gary Olsen, Mark McGann | Up On The Roof |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Carol Woods | Blues In The Night |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Julia McKenzie | Follies |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Nichola McAuliffe | Kiss Me Kate |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Lady Day |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Diane Bull | A Small Family Business |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Michael Bryant | Antony And Cleopatrafor King Lear and Antony And Cleopatra |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Robin Bailey | Fathers And Sons |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Michael Bryant | King Learfor King Lear and Antony And Cleopatra |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Diane Bull | Tons Of Money |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role | Sheila Reid | When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Thelma Holt | |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Hampstead Theatre | |
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| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | Barry Humphries | Back With A Vengeance |
| Laurence Olivier Awards | The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement | The Young Vic | Ghosts |
| Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Body of Work | Manhattan Theatre Club | |
| Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Play | Lois Deutchman, The Hart Entertainment Group, Sharon Scruggs, Harold Reed, Peck, James, Douglas M. Lawson | The Common Pursuit |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Play | Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses1986-1987 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Noel Gay | Me and My Girl1986-1987 season;
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| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Herbert Kretzmer, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil | Les Misérables1986-1987 season |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Musical | Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose | Me and My Girl1986-1987 season;
Runner-Up |
| New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best Play | August Wilson | Fences1986-1987 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | James Earl Jones | Fences1986-87 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Linda Lavin | Broadway Bound1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Musical | | Les Miserables1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Broadway Play | | Fences1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Debut Performance | Colm Wilkinson, Frances Ruffelle | Les Miserables1986-87 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Trevor Nunn, John Caird | Les Miserables1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Book | Lanie Robertson | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Lyrics | Barry Harman | Olympus on My Mind1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Music | Allen Toussaint | Staggerlee1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Musical | | Stardust1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Off Broadway Play | | The Common Pursuit1986-87 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Revival | | All My Sons1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Best Set Design | John Napier | Les Miserables1986-87 season |
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards | John Gassner Playwriting Award | August Wilson | Fences1986-87 season |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Special Awards | | Jackie Mason's The World According to Me1986-87 season |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Lee Blessing | A Walk in the Woods |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Neil Simon | Broadway Bound |
| Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | August Wilson | Fences |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Timothy Daly, Annette Bening | Coastal DisturbancesSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Courtney B. Vance | FencesSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Frank Ferrante | Groucho: A Life in RevueSeason 1986–1987 |
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| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons DangereusesSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Colm Wilkinson, Frances Ruffelle, Michael Maguire | Les MisérablesSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Molly Ringwald | Lily DaleSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Robert Lindsay | Me and My GirlSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Robert DeNiro | Special AwardSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Demi Moore | The Early GirlSeason 1986–1987 |
| Theatre World Awards | Performance | Amy Madigan | The Lucky SpotSeason 1986–1987 |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Alain Boublil | Les Misérables |
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Claude-Michel Schonberg | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl |
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| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Stephen Fry | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Joseph Stein | Rags |
| Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Howard Ashman | Smile |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Gillian Gregory | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Ron Field | Rags |
| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Arlene Phillips | Starlight Express |
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| Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Brian Macdonald | The MikadoProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Andreane Neofitou | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Ann Curtis | Me and My Girl |
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| Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | John Napier | Starlight Express |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | John Caird, Trevor Nunn | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Trevor Nunn | Starlight Express |
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| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Brian Macdonald | The Mikado |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Mbongeni Ngema | Asinamali! |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Carole Rothman | Coastal Disturbances |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Lloyd Richards | Fences |
| Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Howard Davies | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Chris Parry, Beverly Emmons | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | David Hersey, David Hersey | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | David Hersey | Starlight Express |
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| Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design | Martin Aronstein | Wild HoneyProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Cameron Mackintosh | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Terry Allen Kramer, Stage Promotions Limited & Co., Richard Armitage, James M. Nederlander | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Lee Guber, Marvin A. Krauss, Martin Heinfling | Rags |
| Tony Awards | Best Musical | Lord Grade, Martin Starger | Starlight Express |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Douglas Furber, Noel Gay, L. Arthur Rose | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse | Rags |
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| Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Starlight Express |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Courtney B. Vance | Fences |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Michael Maguire | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | George S. Irving, Timothy Jerome | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Robert Torti | Starlight Express |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jamey Sheridan | All My Sons |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Randolph | Broadway BoundProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Frankie R. Faison | Fences |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Terrence Mann, Colm Wilkinson | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Robert Lindsay | Me and My Girl |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Richard Kiley | All My Sons |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | James Earl Jones | Fences |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Rickman | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Philip Bosco | You Never Can TellProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Frances Ruffelle | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Les Misérables |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jane Summerhays, Jane Connell | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Phyllis Newman | Broadway Bound |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Annette Bening | Coastal Disturbances |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Mary Alice | Fences |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Carole Shelley | Stepping Out |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Maryann Plunkett | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Catherine Cox | Oh Coward!Production took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Teresa Stratas | Rags |
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| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Geraldine Page | Blithe Spirit |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Linda Lavin | Broadway BoundProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lindsay Duncan | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Amanda Plummer | Pygmalion |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Neil Simon | Broadway Boundproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Emanuel Azenberg | Broadway Boundproduction took place the previous year |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | Tina Howe, Circle in the Square, Theodore Mann, Paul Libin | Coastal Disturbances |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | Carole Shorenstein Hays, August Wilson | Fences |
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| Tony Awards | Best Play | The Yale Repertory Theatre | Fences |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization, Jerome Minskoff, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Stephen Graham, Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Play | James M. Nederlander, Jonathan Farkas | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Steven Warnick, Charles Patsos, Jay H. Fuchs | All My Sons |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Duncan C. Weldon, Jerome Minskoff, The Shubert Organization | Pygmalion |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Robert Fox, Ltd. | Robert FoxProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | Bernard Gersten, Gregory Mosher, Lincoln Center | The Front PageProduction took place the previous year. |
| Tony Awards | Best Revival | The Shubert Organization, Three Knights, Ltd. | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyProduction took place the previous year. |
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| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | John Napier | Les Misérables |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Martin Johns | Me and My Girl |
| Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Tony Walton | The Front Pageproduction took place the previous year |
| Tony Awards | Regional Theater Tony Award | San Francisco Mime Troupe | |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | George Abbott | |
| Tony Awards | Special Tony Award | Jackie Mason | The World According to Me |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Richard Foreman | Film Is Evil, Radio Is Good |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Best New American Play | Richard Foreman | The Cure |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Direction | Garland Wright | On The Verge |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | The Hunger Artist |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Committee | Eileen Blumenthal, Norris Houghton, Billie Allen, Julius Novick, Erika Munk, Michael Feingold, Gordon Rogoff, Robert Massa, Ross Wetzsteon | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Obie Grant | The New Theatre of Brooklyn, The Irish Arts Center, Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (BACA) | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Gcina Mhlophe | Born in the RSA |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Bill Raymond | Cold Harbor |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Morgan Freeman, Dana Ivey | Driving Miss Daisy |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Clarice Taylor | Moms |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Laura Hicks | On the Verge |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | John Kelly | Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte (The Egon Schiele St) |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Robin Bartlett | The Early Girl |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Performance | Anthony Holland, Rob Besserer | The Hunger Artist |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Set and Costume Design | Robert Israel | The Hunger Artist |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | The Non-Traditional Casting Project, Franca Rame, Dario Fo, The Woza Afrika Foundation | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations | Judith Malina | The Living Theatre Retrospectacle |
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| Village Voice Obie Awards | Special Citations for the revival of this play | The La Mama Great Jones Repertory Company | Fragments of a Greek Trilogy |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Achievement | Charles Ludlam, The Ridiculous Theatrical Company | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design | James F. Ingalls | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence of Performance | Black-eyed Susan, Philip Bosco | |
| Village Voice Obie Awards | Sustained Excellence of Set Design | Andrew Jackness | |