Love! Valour! Compassion!

Awards and nominations

Tony Awards

Year Work Category/award Result Ref.
1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman Best Book of a Musical Won [104]
1995 Love! Valour! Compassion! Best Play Won
1996 Master Class Best Play Won
1998 Ragtime Best Book of a Musical Won
2001 The Full Monty Best Book of a Musical Nominated
2014 Mothers and Sons Best Play Nominated
2015 The Visit Best Book of a Musical Nominated
2019 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Received

Drama Desk Awards

Year Work Category/award Result Ref.
1975 The Ritz Outstanding New Play (American) Nominated [105]
1990 The Lisbon Traviata Outstanding New Play Nominated [106]
1992 Lips Together, Teeth Apart Outstanding New Play Nominated [105]
1995 Love! Valour! Compassion! Outstanding Play Won [107]
1996 Master Class Outstanding Play Won [108]
1998 Ragtime Outstanding Book of a Musical Won [109]
2001 The Full Monty Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominated [110]
2003 A Man of No Importance Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominated [111]
2006 Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams Outstanding Play Nominated [112]
2007 Some Men Outstanding Play Nominated [113]
2015 The Visit Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominated [114]
2017 Anastasia Outstanding Book of a Musical Nominated [115]

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year Work Category/award Result Ref.
1990 Andre's Mother Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special Won [116]

Other awards

  • 1966, 1969 Guggenheim Fellowship[117]
  • 1974 Obie Award Winner, Distinguished Play – Bad Habits[118]
  • 1992 Lucille Lortel Award Winner, Outstanding Play – Lips Together, Teeth Apart[119]
  • 1992 Lucille Lortel Award Winner, Outstanding Body of Work[119]
  • 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nomination – A Perfect Ganesh[120]
  • 1995 Obie Award Winner, Playwriting Award – Love! Valour! Compassion![121]
  • 1996 inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[122]
  • In 1998, McNally was awarded an honorary degree from the Juilliard School in recognition of his efforts to revive the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program with fellow playwright John Guare.[12]
  • In 2011 he received the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.[123]
  • In 2013 he was the keynote speaker for the Columbia College class of 2013.[124]
  • In 2016, Lotos Club State Dinner honoree[125]
  • In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit in the United States.[126]
  • 2019 an honorary doctorate from New York University.[127]

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