List of theatre awards explained

This list of theatre awards is an index to articles about notable awards granted for theatre productions and performances. It is organized by country and region. Typically awards are only given for local productions.

North America

• Pulitzer Prize for Drama
• Cappies
• Touring Broadway Awards

New York City, USA

• Tony Award (including the Regional Theatre Tony Award) (US)
• Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography (New York City, US)
• Clarence Derwent Awards (New York City, US)
• Del Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Art of Stage Management (given in New York City, US)
• Donaldson Awards (New York City, US)
• Drama Desk Award (New York City, US)
• Drama League Award (New York City, US)
• Lucille Lortel Awards (New York City, US)
• New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards (New York City, US)
• New York Innovative Theatre Awards (New York City, US)
• Obie Award (New York City, US)
• Outer Critics Circle Award (New York City, US)
• Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (New York City, Houston, TX, and London, UK)
• Theatre World Award (New York City, US)
• United Solo Award (New York City, US)

Other USA

• ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence (Phoenix Metropolitan Area, US)
• Back Stage Garland Awards (Los Angeles, US) (defunct)
• Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater (Philadelphia, US)
• Big Easy Awards for Excellence in Music, Theater and Classical Arts (New Orleans, US)
• Carbonell Awards (South Florida, US)
• Drama-Logue Award (West Coast, US) (defunct)
• Drammy Awards (Portland, OR)
• Elliot Norton Awards (Boston, US)
• Helen Hayes Award (Washington, D.C., US)
• Henry Awards (Colorado Theatre Guild, Denver, Colorado, US)
• Ivey Awards (Minneapolis–Saint Paul, US) (defunct)
• Joseph Jefferson Award (Chicago, US)
• LA Weekly Theater Award (Los Angeles, US) (defunct)
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (Los Angeles, US)
• NAACP Theatre Awards (US)
• National High School Musical Theatre Awards (US)
• Ovation Awards (Los Angeles, US)
• Sarah Siddons Award (for female actresses in Chicago theatre)
• The Suzi Bass Awards,^[1] (Atlanta, US)

Canada

• Betty Award (Calgary, Alberta)
• Dora Award (Toronto, Ontario)
• Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Edmonton, Alberta)
• Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• (Quebec, Canada)
• Montreal English Theatre Awards - METAs (Montreal, Quebec)
• Rideau Awards (Ottawa, Ontario)
• Robert Merritt Awards (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Siminovitch Prize in Theatre (Canada)

Mexico

• Premios Metropolitanos de Teatro (Mexico City)

Europe

London, UK

• Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom)
• London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (United Kingdom)
• National Dance Awards (United Kingdom)
• Clarence Derwent Awards (United Kingdom)
• Evening Standard Theatre Awards (United Kingdom)
• The Stage Theatre Awards (United Kingdom)
• Backstage Awards (London, UK)
• WhatsOnStage Awards

Other UK

• Theatre Awards UK
• Total Theatre Awards (Edinburgh, Scotland)
• Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (Scotland)
• Manchester Evening News Annual Drama Awards (United Kingdom)

France

• Masque d’Or, (France)
• Molière Award (France)

Italy

• Premio Ubu
• Le Maschere Awards
• Flaiano Prizes

Greece

• Karolos Koun Theatre Awards
• Dimitris Horn Award, for best young actor
• Melina Mercouri Award, for best young actress

Iceland

• Gríman - The Icelandic Theatre Awards

Norway

• Hedda Award
• The International Ibsen Award (Oslo, Norway)
• Leonard Statuette

Poland

• Witkacy Prize - Critics' Circle Award, for outstanding achievements in the promotion of Polish theatre throughout the world (Polish Centre of ITI)^[2]
• Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Award, for achievements in theatre (Polish Centre of AICT/IATC)
• Konrad Swinarski Award, for best director (awarded by "Theatre" magazine)
• Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award, for best actress or actor (awarded by "Theatre" magazine)

Turkey

• Bedia Muvahhit Theatre Awards (http://www.bediaodulleri.com) (İzmir, Turkey)
• Afife Jale Theatre Awards

Other Europe

• Golden Globes (Portugal)
• Dosky Awards (Slovakia)
• Eugene O'Neill Award (Sweden)
• Europe Theatre Prize (Europe)
• Golden Mask Award (Russia)
• Croatian Theatre Awards (Croatia)
• Hans-Reinhart-Ring (Switzerland)
• Hedda Award (Norway)
• Irish Times Theatre Awards (Irish Republic and Northern Ireland)
• (Netherlands)
• The Statuette of Joakim Vujić (Kragujevac, Serbia)
• Ikar Awards (Bulgaria)
• Tor Vergata Award (Italy)
• Lithuanian stage golden cross (Lithuania)

Oceania

Australia

• Helpmann Awards (Australia)
• Green Room Awards (Melbourne, Australia)
• Matilda Awards (Brisbane, Australia)
• Sydney Theatre Awards (Sydney, Australia)

New Zealand

• Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (Wellington)
• Ngā Whakarākei O Whātaitai / Wellington Theatre Awards (Wellington)
• Dunedin Theatre Awards (Dunedin)

Africa

South Africa

• Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards (Cape Town)
• Naledi Theatre Awards (Gauteng)

Asia

India

• Nataka Kalasarathy
• Sangeet Natak Academy Award (India)
• Yuwaraj of Theatre Awards,^[3] presented by Swatantra Theatre, India

Korea

• Baeksang Arts Awards (Theatre Section)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to The Suzi Bass Awards. suziawards.org.
2. Web site: The Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) Prize . dialogfestival.pl . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160618192645/http://dialogfestival.pl/en/nagroda-witkacego-2/ . 18 June 2016 . dead .

3. Malaysia

   • Boh Cameronian Awards

   Web site: Swatantra theatre News: 1st 'Yuwaraj of Theatre Award' Swatantra Theatre Presentation on 15th August 2013 . Free Press Release.