The Audience has been nominated for several awards. These include Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Bob Crowley, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Richard McCabe and Helen Mirren, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for Peter Morgan, Outstanding Costume Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Bob Crowley, Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Stephen Daldry, Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Rick Fisher, and Outstanding New Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Audience.