Awards that RENT has won

1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

1996 Tony Awards
  • Best Musical
  • Best Score
  • Best Book
  • Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)

    1996 Obie Awards
  • Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Direction
  • Outstanding Ensemble Performance

    1996 New York Drama Critics Circle Award- Best Musical

    1996 Drama Desk Awards
  • Best Musical
  • Best Music
  • Best Lyrics
  • Best Book
  • Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
  • Best Arrangements

    1996 Outer Critics Circle Award- Best Off-Broadway Musical

    1996 Drama League Award- Best Musical

    1996 Theatre World Awards
  • Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega

    1996 American Theatre Wing- Best Costume Design (Angela Wendt)