- Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award six times: in 1975, as Best Director (Dramatic), and, along with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, as authors of Best Play nominee "Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island;" in 1981 as author of Best Play nominee "A Lesson from Aloes;" in 1982 as Best Director (Play) and author of Best Play nominee "'Master Harold'... and the Boys;" and in 1986 as author of Best Play nominee "Blood Knot." He has yet to win.
- He was awarded a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for his contributions to Broadway and theater.
- He was awarded the 2002 NAACP Theatre Award for Best Direction for "Sorrows and Rejoicings" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He was nominated for a 1975 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Director of a Play for "Sizwe Banzi is Dead & The Island" on Broadway in New York City.
- Winston Ntshona, John Kani and his play, "Sizwe Banzi is Dead & The Island" on Broadway in New York City was nominated for a 1975 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play.
- His play, "Master Harold...and the Boys", at the TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Play (Midsize).
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