- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Director (Play) five times: in 1976 for Jules Feiffer's "Knock, Knock," in 1980 for Lanford Wilson's "Talley's Folly," in 1981 for Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July," in 1983 for Lanford Wilson's "Angels Fall," and in 1985 for "As Is." He was awarded the 2016 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He also received six Obie Awards for his work Off-Broadway.
- Was the founding artistic director of New York City's Circle Repertory Company, which closed in 1996.
- He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director of a Play for "The Farm" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- He was nominated for the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Old Times" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- In 2014 he was named to the Theater Hall of Fame.
- He was awarded the 1979 Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction for "Talley's Folly" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He was awarded the 1979 Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction for "5th of July" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He was awarded the 1981 Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Direction for the play, "A Tale Told" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He was awarded the 1987 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Direction for "Burn This" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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