MTC’s many laurels include…
30 Tony Awards, 7 Pulitzer Prizes, and 51 Drama Desk Awards, as well as numerous Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle, Obie, Drama League and Theatre World Awards. MTC has won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Achievement, a Drama Desk for Outstanding Excellence, and a Theatre World for Outstanding Achievement.
TONY AWARDS
PULITZER PRIZES
DRAMA DESK AWARDS
NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
AUDELCO AWARDS
THE OBIE AWARDS
THEATRE WORLD AWARDS
LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
TIME MAGAZINE BEST PLAY
SPECIAL AWARDS
- JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING – 2024
Special Tony Award for Hair and Wig Design – Nikiya Mathis
Best Costume Design of a Play – Dede Ayite
- SKELETON CREW – 2022
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Phylicia Rashad
- INK – 2019
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Bertie Carvel
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Neil Austin
- CHOIR BOY – 2019
Best Sound Design of a Play – Fitz Patton
Special Tony Award – Jason Michael Webb
- AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY – 2017
Best Revival of a Play – August Wilson
- LILLIAN HELLMAN’S THE LITTLE FOXES – 2017
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Cynthia Nixon
Best Costume Design for a Play – Jane Greenwood
- THE FATHER – 2016
Best Actor in a Play – Frank Langella
- THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES – 2013
Best Featured Actress – Judith Light
- VENUS IN FUR – 2012
Best Actress – Nina Arianda
- GOOD PEOPLE – 2011
Best Actress – Frances McDormand
- THE ROYAL FAMILY – 2010
Best Costume Design – Catherine Zuber
- RABBIT HOLE – 2006
Best Actress – Cynthia Nixon
- DOUBT – 2005
Best Play – John Patrick Shanley
Best Leading Actress – Cherry Jones
Best Featured Actress – Adriane Lenox
Best Direction – Doug Hughes
- KING HEDLEY II – 2001
Best Featured Actress – Viola Davis
- PROOF – 2001
Best Play – David Auburn
Best Actress – Mary-Louise Parker
Best Director – Daniel Sullivan
- SEVEN GUITARS – 1996
Best Featured Actor – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! – 1994
Best Play – Terrence McNally
Best Featured Actor – John Glover
- AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ – 1978
Best Musical
Best Musical Director – Richard Maltby, Jr.
Best Featured Actress – Nell Carter
- COST OF LIVING – 2018
Martyna Majok
- RUINED – 2009
Lynn Nottage
- RABBIT HOLE – 2007
David Lindsay-Abaire
- DOUBT – 2005
John Patrick Shanley
- PROOF – 2001
David Auburn
- THE PIANO LESSON – 1990
August Wilson
- CRIMES OF THE HEART – 1981
Beth Henley
- JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING – 2024
Outstanding Wig and Hair Design – Nikiya Mathis - HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE – 2022
Outstanding Revival of a Play – Paula Vogel
Special Award – Dede Ayite
- SKELETON CREW – 2022
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Phylicia Rashad
- LACKAWANNA BLUES – 2022
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Outstanding Music in a Play – Bill Sims Jr.
- PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC – 2022
Outstanding Play – Joshua Harmon
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Francis Benhamou
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play – Amith Chandrashaker
- MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON – 2020
Outstanding Solo Performance – Laura Linney
- CHOIR BOY – 2019
Outstanding Music in a Play – Jason Michael Webb and Fitz Patton
- AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY – 2017
Outstanding Revival of a Play – August Wilson
Outstanding Director of a Play – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Outstanding Music in a Play – Bill Sims Jr.
- LILLIAN HELLMAN’S THE LITTLE FOXES – 2017
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Laura Linney
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Cynthia Nixon
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play – Jane Greenwood
- THE FATHER – 2016
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Frank Langella
- THE LION – 2015
Outstanding Solo Performance – Benjamin Scheuer
- CASA VALENTINA – 2014
Outstanding Featured Actor – Reed Birney
- THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES – 2013
Outstanding Featured Actress – Judith Light
- GOOD PEOPLE – 2010
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Frances McDormand
- RUINED – 2009
Outstanding Play – Lynn Nottage
Outstanding Music in a Play – Dominic Kanza
- LOVEMUSIK – 2007
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Donna Murphy
Best Orchestration – Jonathan Tunick
- DOUBT – 2005
Outstanding Play – John Patrick Shanley
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Brían F. O’Byrne
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Cherry Jones
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Adriane Lenox
Outstanding Direction – Doug Hughes
- KING HEDLEY II – 2001
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Viola Davis
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Charles Brown
- PROOF – 2001
Best Play – David Auburn
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Mary-Louise Parker
- THE WILD PARTY – 2000
Outstanding Music – Andrew Lippa
- FUDDY MEERS – 1999
Outstanding Featured Actress – Marylouise Burke
- FULL GALLOP – 1995
Outstanding One Person Show – Mary Louise Wilson
- LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! – 1994
Outstanding Play – Terrence McNally
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Nathan Lane
- LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART – 1991
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Christine Baranski
- THE PIANO LESSON – 1990
Best Play – August Wilson
- THE LISBON TRAVIATA – 1989
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Nathan Lane
- EASTERN STANDARD – 1988
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Peter Frechette
- WOMAN IN MIND – 1988
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Stockard Channing
- ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION – 1988
Outstanding Set Design – Santo Loquasto
- LOOT – 1986
Performer – Joseph Maher
- IT’S ONLY A PLAY – 1985
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Joanna Gleason
- AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ – 1978
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Nell Carter
Outstanding Actor in a Musical – Ken Page
- THE MIGHTY GENTS – 1976-1977
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Morgan Freeman
- AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY – 2017
Special Citation for Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the Ensemble Cast
- GOOD PEOPLE – 2011
Best Play
- RUINED – 2009
Best Play
- DOUBT – 2005
Best Play
- PROOF – 2001
Best American Play
- LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! – 1994
Best American Play
- THE PIANO LESSON – 1990
Best Play
- ARISTOCRATS – 1989
Best Foreign Play
- MASS APPEAL – 1980
Director – Geraldine Fitzgerald
- AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ – 1979
Best Musical
- HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE – 2022
Special Achievement Award – Johanna Day
Special Achievement Award – Mary-Louise Parker
Special Achievement Award – David Morse - LACKAWANNA BLUES – 2022
Special Achievement Award – Ruben Santiago-Hudson - PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC – 2022
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play - MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON – 2020
Outstanding Solo Performance Honoree – Laura Linney - THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM – 2019
Outstanding New Broadway Play Honoree
Outstanding Actor in a Play Honoree – Jonathan Pryce
Outstanding Actress in a Play Honoree – Eileen Atkins
Outstanding Scenic Design Honoree – Anthony Ward
Outstanding Lighting Design Honoree – Hugh Vanstone - AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY – 2017
Outstanding Revival of a Play - LILLIAN HELLMAN’S THE LITTLE FOXES – 2017
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Laura Linney
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Cynthia Nixon - THE FATHER – 2016
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Frank Langella - THE WHIPPING MAN – 2011
John Gassner Playwriting Award – Matthew Lopez - GOOD PEOPLE – 2011
Best Actress in a Play – Frances McDormand - RUINED – 2009
Outstanding Off-Broadway Play - HUMOR ABUSE – 2009
Outstanding Solo Performance – Lorenzo Pisoni - FROM UP HERE – 2008
John Gassner Playwriting Award – Liz Flahive - LOVEMUSIK – 2007
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Donna Murphy
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – David Pittu - MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS – 2005
John Gassner Playwriting Award – Ron Hutchinson - DOUBT – 2005
Outstanding Broadway Play
Outstanding Actress – Cherry Jones
Outstanding Actor – Brian F. O’Byrne
Outstanding Director – Doug Hughes - PROOF – 2001
Outstanding Broadway Play
Outstanding Actress – Mary-Louise Parker
John Gassner Playwriting Award – David Auburn - KING HEDLEY II – 2001
Performer – Viola Davis - THE WILD PARTY – 2000
Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical - THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE – 2000
John Gassner Playwriting Award – Charles Busch - NINE ARMENIANS – 1996
John Gassner Playwriting Award - SEVEN GUITARS – 1996
Outstanding Director – Lloyd Richards
Outstanding Cast – Special Achievement Award
Outstanding Ensemble Performance - AFTER-PLAY – 1995
Playwright – Anne Meara - LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! – 1994
Outstanding Broadway Play
Outstanding Director – Joe Mantello
Performer – Nathan Lane - THE PIANO LESSON – 1990
Performer – Rocky Carroll - LOOT – 1986
Outstanding Revival of a Play On or Off
Broadway Director – John Tillinger
- SUGAR IN OUR WOUNDS – 2018
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
- THE TALENTED TENTH – 1989
Best Dramatic Production
Playwright – Richard Wesley
Director – M. Neema Barnette
Lead Actress – Marie Thomas
Supporting Actress – LaTanya Richardson
Sound Design – David Lawson
- THE LAST STREET PLAY – 1977
Best Dramatic Production
- FULFILLMENT CENTER – 2018
Playwriting – Abe Koogler
- THE WHIPPING MAN – 2011
Performance – André Braugher
- HUMOR ABUSE – 2009
Performance – Lorenzo Pisoni
- RUINED – 2009
Best New American Play – Lynn Nottage
Performance – Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Performance – Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Performance – Russell Gebert Jones
- DOUBT – 2005
Playwrighting – John Patrick Shanley
Sustained Excellence in Direction – Doug Hughes
Performance – Cherry Jones
- COMIC POTENTIAL – 2001
Performance – Janie Dee
- NEWYORKERS – 2001
Performance – Pamela Isaacs
- A CLASS ACT – 2001
Special Citation for Music & Lyrics – Ed Kleban
- THE WILD PARTY – 2000
Choreography – Mark Dendy
Sustained Excellence in Set Design – David Gallo
- FULL GALLOP – 1995
Performance – Mary Louise Wilson
- VALLEY SONG – 1995
Performance – Lisa Gay Hamilton
- LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! – 1994
Playwrighting – Terrence McNally
Performance – Randy Becker, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, John Benjamin Hickey, Justin Kirk, Nathan Lane, Stephen Spinella, and director Joe Mantello
- THE LAST YANKEE – 1993
Performance – Frances Conroy
- JOINED AT THE HEAD – 1992
Sustained Excellence in Performance – Ellen Parker
- SIGHT UNSEEN – 1992
Playwrighting – Donald Margulies
Performance – Dennis Boutsikaris
Performance – Deborah Hedwall
- BOESMAN AND LENA – 1992
Performance – Lynne Thigpen
- THE AMERICAN PLAN – 1990
Performance – Joan Copeland
- ARISTOCRATS – 1989
Performance – Niall Buggy
- THE LOMAN FAMILY PICNIC – 1989
Performance – Marcia Jean Kurtz
- FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE – 1987
Performance – Kathy Bates
- IT’S ONLY A PLAY – 1985
Costumes – Rita Ryack
- DIGBY – 1985
Performance – Anthony Heald
- MENSCH MEIER – 1984
Playwrighting – Franz Xavier Kroetz
Performance – Stephen McHattie
- OTHER PLACES – 1984
Performance – Dianne Wiest
- THE SINGULAR LIFE OF ALBERT NOBBS – 1982
Performance – Glenn Close
- SLACKS AND TOPS – 1982
Playwriting – Harry Kandoleon
- CRIMES OF THE HEART – 1980
Direction – Melvin Bernhardt
Performance – Mary Beth Hurt
- GRAND MAGIC – 1979
Performance – Fred Gwynne
- NONGOGO – 1979
Performance – Mary Alice
- STATEMENTS AFTER ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT – 1978
Direction – Thomas Bullard
- SAFE HOUSE – 1978
Performance – Kaiulani Lee
- AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ – 1978
Performance – Nell Carter
- ASHES – 1976
Playwrighting – David Rudkin
Performance – Brian Murray
Performance – Roberta Maxwell
- CHILDREN – 1976
Direction – Melvin Bernhardt
- BAD HABITS – 1974
Distinguished Plays – Terrence McNally
Distinguished Direction – Robert Drivas
- PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC – 2022
Yair Ben-Dor
- CHOIR BOY – 2019
Jeremy Pope
- COST OF LIVING – 2017
Katy Sullivan
- VIETGONE – 2016
Raymond Lee
- CONSTELLATIONS – 2015
Ruth Wilson
- THE LION – 2014
Benjamin Scheuer
- RUINED – 2009
Condola Rashad
- DOUBT – 2005
Heather Goldenhersh
- COMIC POTENTIAL – 2001
Janie Dee
- THREE BIRDS ALIGHTING ON A FIELD – 1994
Harriet Walter
- FOUR DOGS AND A BONE – 1993
Arabella Field
- SIGHT UNSEEN – 1992
Laura Linney
- THE PIANO LESSON – 1990
Rocky Carroll and Tommy Hollis
- WHAT THE BUTLER SAW – 1989
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
- EASTERN STANDARD – 1988
Dylan Baker and Peter Frechette
- ELEEMOSYNARY – 1989
Jennie Moreau
- PRINCIPIA SCRIPTORIAE – 1986
Joe Urla
- SKIRMISHES – 1982
Suzanne Bertish
- PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC – 2022
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play – Frances Benhamou
- SUGAR IN OUR WOUNDS – 2018
Outstanding Scenic Design – Arnulfo Maldonado
- VIETGONE – 2016
Outstanding Projection Design – Jared Mezzocchi
- PRODIGAL SON – 2016
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Timothée Chalamet
- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – 2011
Lynne Meadow
- THE WHIPPING MAN – 2011
Outstanding Lighting Design – Ben Stanton
- RUINED – 2008
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Lead Actress – Saidah Arrika Ekulona
- HUMOR ABUSE – 2008
Outstanding Solo Show
- DOUBT – 2005
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Director – Doug Hughes
Outstanding Actress – Cherry Jones
Outstanding Featured Actress – Adriane Lenox
- FOUR – 2002
Outstanding Featured Actor – Keith Nobbs
- PROOF – 2001
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Actress – Mary-Louise Parker
Outstanding Director – Daniel Sullivan
- THE WILD PARTY – 2000
Outstanding Scenic Design – David Gallo
Outstanding Lighting Design – Kenneth Posner
Outstanding Costume Design – Martin Pakledinaz
- THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE – 2000
Stars on the Sidewalk – Charles Busch
- SYLVIA – 1995
Outstanding Costume Design – Jane Greenwood
- BOY GETS GIRL – 2001
- EASTERN STANDARD – 1988
- ARISTOCRATS – 1989
- MASS APPEAL – 1980
- ASHES – 1976
- LIFE CLASS – 1975
- 2017 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD
Jitney – Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
- 2011 LILLY AWARD
Lynne Meadow – For Lifetime Achievement
- 2011 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD
Lynne Meadow – For Lifetime Achievement
- 2005 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD
Doubt – Distinguished Production of a Play
- 2005 HULL-WARRINER PLAYWRITING AWARD
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
- 2001 NEW YORK CITY PROCLAMATION
For Contributions to the Cultural Arts of New York City
- 2000 EDITH OLIVER AWARD
Barry Grove – For Sustained Excellence Off-Broadway
- 1999 AWARD FROM BROOKLYN COLLEGE
Lynne Meadow – For her Distinguished Contribution for the American Performance Arts
- 1989 DRAMA DESK AWARD
For setting high standards, encouraging new playwrights, and importing unusual plays from abroad
- 1987 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD
For Outstanding Achievement
- 1982 THEATRE WORLD AWARD
For Outstanding Achievement
- 1982 ENCORE AWARD
From the Arts and Business Council
- 1981 MARGO JONES AWARD
For Continued Encouragement of Young Playwrights
- 1977 SPECIAL OBIE CITATION
For Sustained Excellence
- 1977 DRAMA DESK AWARD
For Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre
- 1977 SPECIAL OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
Lynne Meadow – For her Supportive and Perceptive Contributions to the American Theatre
- 1977 SHUBERT FOUNDATION JAMES N. VAUGHAN MEMORIAL AWARD
For Exceptional Achievement and Contribution to the Development of Professional Theatre