- With Marc Shaiman, won a 2003 Tony Award for Best Score of a Musical for "Hairspray".
- Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman were nominated for a 2019 Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for their work on "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns (2018) but lost to Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt & Benjamin Rice for "Shallow" from A Star Is Born (2018).
- [accepting his Tony Award for the lyrics in 'Hairspray'] My mother took me to Radio City every Saturday morning when I was a kid and she used to say to me, 'One day you'll be up there'. I thought she meant a Rockette.
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