Fela! has won several awards, including Outstanding Choreography at the Drama Desk Awards for Bill T. Jones, Outstanding Orchestrations at the Drama Desk Awards for Aaron Johnson and Antibalas, Performance at the Obie Awards for Sahr Ngaujah, Outstanding Choreographer at The Lortels for Bill T. Jones, Outstanding Costume Design at The Lortels for Marina Draghici, and Outstanding Musical at The Lortels for Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay.