Awards
By Angela Mitchell, About.com Guide
This section includes a wealth of helpful and useful information on local as well as national awards, by geographic region and category.
- National and Broadway/Off-Broadway Theatre Awards (U.S.)
- Local/Regional Theatre Awards (U.S.)
- Local/Regional Theatre Awards (United Kingdom)
- Local/Regional Theatre Awards (Canada)
- Arts and Theatre Awards in Australia/New Zealand
National and Broadway/Off-Broadway Theatre Awards (U.S.)
National awards honoring theatrical achievement in the U.S. Please note that, for now, I'm listing major Off-Broadway awards here under 'national' awards, versus as local awards.
- The Tony Awards
- The Drama Desk Awards
- The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- The Roger Sturtevant Musical Theatre Award
- The Touring Broadway Awards
- BMI Foundation Awards
- ASCAP Foundation Awards
- League Educator "Apple" Awards
- The Princess Grace Awards
- The TMA Awards
- The AACT Awards
- The NHSMT "Jimmy" Awards
- The Musical Theatre Leadership Awards
- New York OBIE Theatre Awards (Village Voice OBIE Awards)
- The Lucille Lortel Awards
- The Drama League Awards
- The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Award
- The Outer Critics' Circle Awards
- The New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
- The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMTF) Awards
Local/Regional Theatre Awards (U.S.)
A comprehensive look at local and regional theatre awards across the United States, given out in honor of outstanding local theatrical achievement.
- The AACT Awards (Local and National Awards for Community Theatre)
- The Tony Awards (American Theatre Wing) - Annual Regional Tony Award
- The New England Theatre Conference (NETC) Award (New England States)
- The New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards (New York, New York)
- The Metropolitan Atlanta Theater Awards (Atlanta, Georgia)
- The Elliot Norton Awards (Boston, Massachusetts)
- The Remy Awards (South Florida)
- The Seattle Times Footlight Awards (Seattle, Washington)
- The B. Iden Payne Awards (Austin, Texas)
- The Column Awards (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)
- The Acclaim Awards (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEAs) - Cincinnati, Ohio
- The "Drammy" Awards (Portland, Oregon)
- The Ovation Awards (Los Angeles, California)
- The NH Theatre Awards (New Hampshire)
- The Helen Hayes Awards (Washington D.C.)
- The Jeff Awards (Chicago, Illinois)
- The SDCC Awards, or Craig Noel Awards (San Diego, California)
- The Barrymore Awards (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (LADCC)
Local/Regional Theatre Awards (United Kingdom)
A look at the awards given for outstanding theatrical achievement and excellence in the U.K.
- The Olivier Awards
- The Ruby Griffith Awards
- Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
- The Voice NPAC Awards
- The Whatsonstage.com Awards
Local/Regional Theatre Awards (Canada)
A look at the awards given for outstanding theatrical achievement and excellence in Canada.
Arts and Theatre Awards in Australia/New Zealand
A growing database of the performing arts awards given for outstanding theatrical achievement in Australia and New Zealand.
