AWMF Gracie Awards
- WINNER! Outstanding Ensemble Cast
Independent Reviewers of New England Awards
- WINNER! Best Visiting Production (Large)
- WINNER! Best Visiting Performer, Cicely Tyson
NAACP Image Awards
- WINNER! Outstanding Dramatic Special
- WINNER! Outstanding Actress, Cicely Tyson
- WINNER! Outstanding Actor, Blair Underwood
SAG Awards
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor, Cicely Tyson
LA Drama Critics Circle Awards
- WINNER! Lead Performance, Cicely Tyson
- WINNER! Set Design, Jeff Cowie
Emmy Awards
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Television Movie
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Cicely Tyson
Critics Choice Awards
- NOMINEE! Best Movie
- NOMINEE! Best Actress, Cicely Tyson
- NOMINEE! Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Mini-series, Blair Underwood
Tony Awards
- WINNER! Best Actress in a Play, Cicely Tyson
- NOMINEE! Best Revival of a Play
- NOMINEE! Best Featured Actress in a Play, Vanessa Williams
- NOMINEE! Best Sound Design, John Gromada
Outer Critics Circle Awards
- WINNER! Outstanding Actress in a Play, Cicely Tyson
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Revival of a Play
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Director of a Play, Michael Wilson
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Vanessa Williams
Drama Desk Awards
- WINNER! Outstanding Actress in a Play, Cicely Tyson
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Revival of a Play
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Vanessa Williams
- NOMINEE! Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
- NOMINEE! Distinguished Performance Award, Cicely Tyson
- NOMINEE! Distinguished Performance Award, Vanessa Williams
Playbill.com Audience Choice Awards
- WINNER! Best Actress, Cicely Tyson