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Joseph Papp
Awards
 
1990 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 The Secret Rapture [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1986 Tony Award® Best Musical
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1984 Drama Desk Award Special Award
Joseph Papp [winner] ( for the 3,389th performance of "A Chorus Line" )
 
1983 Tony Award® Best Play
 Plenty [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1981 Tony Award® Reproduction (Play or Musical)
The Pirates of Penzance [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1981 Tony Award® Reproduction (Play or Musical)
The Pirates of Penzance [winner]
Originally produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1981 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
The Pirates of Penzance [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1978 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Runaways [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
 Runaways [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 The Water Engine / Mr. Happiness [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1978 Theatre World Special Award
Joseph Papp [winner] ( as Founder and Artistic Director of The Public Theatre )
 
1977 Tony Award® Best Play
 for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1977 Tony Award® Best Play
 Streamers [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1977 Tony Award® Most Innovative Production of a Revival
 Threepenny Opera [nominee]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1977 Tony Award® Most Innovative Production of a Revival
 The Cherry Orchard [nominee]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1977 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience
 for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf [nominee]
 
1976 Tony Award® Best Musical
A Chorus Line [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical/Book
A Chorus Line [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
Streamers [winner]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival
 Trelawny of the "Wells" [nominee]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1976 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience
 Threepenny Opera [nominee]
 
1975 Tony Award® Best Play
 Short Eyes [nominee]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1974 Tony Award® Best Play
 Boom Boom Room [nominee]
Produced by Joseph Papp
 
1974 Tony Award® Best Play
 The au Pair Man [nominee]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1973 Tony Award® Best Play
That Championship Season [winner]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1972 Tony Award® Best Musical
Two Gentlemen of Verona [winner]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1972 Tony Award® Best Play
Sticks and Bones [winner]
Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
 
1970 Tony Award® Special Award
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer) [winner] ( for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays )
 
1958 Tony Award® Special Award
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer) [winner]

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