List of Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning plays

The following is a list of plays that have won the Tony Award or Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play. Highlighted shows are currently running on either Broadway or West End as of June 2016.

Title Year Writer(s) Tony Olivier Notes[1]
All the Way 2012 Robert Schenkkan 2014 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Amadeus 1979 Peter Shaffer 1981 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 1991 Tony Kushner 1993 Nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning four.
Angels in America: Perestroika 1992 Tony Kushner 1994 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning three.
Another Country 1982 Julian Mitchell 1982
Arcadia 1994 Tom Stoppard 1994
'Art' 1994 Yasmina Reza 1998 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning one.
August: Osage County 2007 Tracy Letts 2008 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five.
Becket 1959 Jean Anouilh 1961 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning four.
Benefactors 1984 Michael Frayn 1984
Betrayal 1979 Harold Pinter 1979
Biloxi Blues 1984 Neil Simon 1985 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Black Watch 2009 Gregory Burke 2009
Blackbird 2007 David Harrower 2007
Blue/Orange 2001 Joe Penhall 2001
Borstal Boy 1967 Frank McMahon 1970 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning one.
Broken Glass 1995 Arthur Miller 1995
Children of a Lesser God 1980 Mark Medoff 1980 1981 Nominated for four Tony Awards, winning three.
Chimerica 2013 Lucy Kirkwood 2014
Closer 1998 Patrick Marber 1998
Clybourne Park 2010 Bruce Norris 2012 2011 Nominated for four Tony Awards, winning one.
The Coast of Utopia 2002 Tom Stoppard 2007 Nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning seven.
The Cocktail Party 1949 T. S. Eliot 1950 Won one Tony Award for which it was nominated.
Collaborators 2012 John Hodge 2012
Copenhagen 1998 Michael Frayn 2000 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Crucible 1953 Arthur Miller 1953 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2013 Simon Stephens 2015 2013 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning five.
Da 1978 Hugh Leonard 1978 Won all four Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Dancing at Lughnasa 1990 Brian Friel 1992 1991 Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning three.
Dear Daddy 1976 Denis Cannan 1976
Death and the Maiden 1992 Ariel Dorfman 1992
Death of a Salesman 1949 Arthur Miller 1949 Won all six Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Desperate Hours 1955 Joseph Hayes 1955 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Diary of Anne Frank 1955 Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett 1956 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning one.
A Disappearing Number 2008 Simon McBurney 2008
Doubt 2004 John Patrick Shanley 2005 Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning four.
The Elephant Man 1979 Bernard Pomerance 1979 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three.
Equus 1973 Peter Shaffer 1975 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Fences 1983 August Wilson 1987 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning four.
The Fire that Consumes 1977 Henry de Montherlant, Vivian Cox and Bernard Miles 1977
The Fourposter 1951 Jan de Hartog 1952 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Glengarry Glen Ross 1983 David Mamet 1983
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 2002 Edward Albee 2002 Nominated for two Tony Awards, winning one.
God of Carnage 2006 Yasmina Reza 2009 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning three.
Goodnight Children Everywhere 2000 Richard Nelson 2000
The Grapes of Wrath 1988 Frank Galati 1990 Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning two.
The Great White Hope 1967 Howard Sackler 1969 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Hangmen 2015 Martin McDonagh 2016
The Heidi Chronicles 1988 Wendy Wasserstein 1989 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two.
The History Boys 2004 Alan Bennett 2006 2005 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning six.
The Homecoming 1965 Harold Pinter 1967 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning four.
The Humans 2014 Stephen Karam 2016 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning four.
I Am My Own Wife 2003 Doug Wright 2004 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning two.
I'm Not Rappaport 1984 Herb Gardner 1986 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
J.B. 1958 Archibald MacLeish 1959 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Jitney 2002 August Wilson 2002
King Charles III 2014 Mike Bartlett 2015
The Last Night of Ballyhoo 1996 Alfred Uhry 1997 Nominated for four Tony Awards, winning one.
Les liaisons dangereuses 1986 Christopher Hampton 1986
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1980 Charles Dickens and David Edgar 1982 1980 Nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning five.
Long Day's Journey into Night 1956 Eugene O'Neill 1957 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two.
Lost in Yonkers 1990 Neil Simon 1991 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning four.
Love! Valour! Compassion! 1994 Terrence McNally 1995 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Luther 1961 John Osborne 1964 Nominated for two Tony Awards, winning one.
M. Butterfly 1988 David Henry Hwang 1988 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three.
A Man for All Seasons 1960 Robert Bolt 1962 Won all five Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Marat/Sade 1965 Peter Weiss 1966 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning four.
Master Class 1995 Terrence McNally 1996 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Miracle Worker 1959 William Gibson 1960 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning four.
Mister Roberts 1948 Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan 1948 Won all six Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Mountaintop 2010 Katori Hall 2010
On the Shore of the Wide World 2006 Simon Stephens 2006
Our Country's Good 1988 Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988
The Pillowman 2004 Martin McDonagh 2004
Proof 2000 David Auburn 2001 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning three.
Racing Demon 1990 David Hare 1990
The Real Thing 1982 Tom Stoppard 1984 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning five.
Red 2009 John Logan 2010 Nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning six.
Red Noses 1985 Peter Barnes 1985
The River Niger 1972 Joseph A. Walker 1974 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning one.
The Rose Tattoo 1951 Tennessee Williams 1951 Won all four Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1966 Tom Stoppard 1968 Nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning four.
Serious Money 1987 Caryl Churchill 1987
The Shadow Box 1977 Michael Cristofer 1977 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Side Man 1998 Warren Leight 1999 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Six Degrees of Separation 1993 John Guare 1993
Skylight 1996 David Hare 1996
Sleuth 1970 Anthony Shaffer 1971 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning one.
Stanley 1997 Pam Gems 1997
Sticks and Bones 1971 David Rabe 1972 Nominated for four Tony Awards, winning two.
The Subject Was Roses 1964 Frank D. Gilroy 1965 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Sunrise at Campobello 1958 Dore Schary 1958 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning four.
Take Me Out 2002 Richard Greenberg 2003 Nominated for four Tony Awards, winning three.
The Teahouse of the August Moon 1953 John Patrick 1954 Won all three Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
That Championship Season 1972 Jason Miller 1973 Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning two.
Torch Song Trilogy 1982 Harvey Fierstein 1983 Won both Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
Travesties 1974 Tom Stoppard 1976 Nominated for three Tony Awards, winning two.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike 2012 Christopher Durang 2013 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning one.
Vincent in Brixton 2003 Nicholas Wright 2003
War Horse 2007 Nick Stafford 2011 Won all six Tony Awards for which it was nominated.
The Weir 1999 Conor McPherson 1999
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962 Edward Albee 1963 Nominated for six Tony Awards, winning five.
Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1978 Brian Clark 1978

See also

References

  1. ↑ Internet Broadway Database

External links

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