Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical was first awarded at the 1974–1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since. Prior to 1975, the Drama Desk Award for Director was presented to directors of plays and musicals.

Award winners and nominees

1970s

1975: Arthur Laurents – Gypsy Geoffrey Holder – The Wiz Sue Lawless – In Gay Company William Martin – The Lieutenant Joel Zwick – Dance with Me 1976: Michael Bennett – A Chorus Line Jerry Adler – My Fair Lady Richard Foreman – Threepenny Opera Gerald Freedman – The Robber Bridegroom Harold Prince – Pacific Overtures 1977: Martin Charnin – Annie Gerald Freedman – The Robber Bridegroom Jack O'Brien – Porgy and Bess Gene Saks – I Love My Wife Tommy Tune – The Club

1978: Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Stephen Schwartz – Working Gerald Freedman – The Robber Bridegroom Elizabeth Swados – Runaways 1979: Harold Prince – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1980s

1980: Harold Prince – Evita Walton Jones – 1940's Radio Hour Joe Layton – Barnum Gary Pearle – Tintypes 1981: Wilford Leach – The Pirates of Penzance Arthur Faria – Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music 1982: Tommy Tune – Nine Michael Bennett – Dreamgirls Tony Tanner – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1983: George Abbott – On Your Toes Howard Ashman – Little Shop of Horrors

1984: James Lapine – Sunday in the Park with George A.J. Antoon – The Rink Jacques Levy – Doonesbury 1986: Wilford Leach – The Mystery of Edwin Drood Andre Ernotte – Goblin Market Bob Fosse – Big Deal and Sweet Charity Paul Lazarus – Personals 1987: Mike Ockrent – Me and My Girl Barry Harman – Olympus on My Mind 1988: Harold Prince – The Phantom of the Opera Jerry Zaks – Anything Goes James Lapine – Into the Woods Harold Prince – Cabaret

1990s

1990: Tommy Tune – Grand Hotel Michael Blakemore – City of Angels James Hammerstein – The Sound of Music 1991: Scott Ellis – And the World Goes 'Round and A Little Night Music Lisa Peterson – The Waves Susan H. Schulman – The Secret Garden Jerry Zaks – Assassins 1992: Jerry Zaks – Guys and Dolls 1993: Des McAnuff – Tommy Michael Leeds – Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh Michael Maggio – Wings Joel Paley – Ruthless! 1994: Nicholas Hytner – Carousel Graciela Daniele – Hello Again Scott Ellis – She Loves Me Andre Ernotte – Christina Alberta's Father James Lapine – Passion

1995: Harold Prince – Show Boat Christopher Ashley – Das Barbecii Michael Mayer – America Dreaming Trevor Nunn – Sunset Boulevard 1996: Christopher Renshaw – The King and I 1997: Walter Bobbie – Chicago Michael Blakemore – The Life Scott Ellis – Steel Pier Susan H. Schulman – Violet Mark Waldrop – Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly 1998: Julie Taymor – The Lion King Scott Ellis – 1776 Frank Galati – Ragtime Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall – Cabaret 1999: Matthew Bourne – Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

2000s

2000: Michael Blakemore – Kiss Me, Kate Gabriel Barre – The Wild Party Susan Stroman – Contact and The Music Man 2001: Susan Stroman – The Producers Christopher Ashley – The Rocky Horror Show Wilfredo Medina – The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Jack O'Brien – The Full Monty John Rando – Urinetown Scott Schwartz – Bat Boy: The Musical 2002: Michael Mayer – Thoroughly Modern Millie Nicholas Hytner – Sweet Smell of Success James Lapine – Into the Woods' Trevor Nunn – Oklahoma! Scott Schwartz – Tick, Tick... Boom! George C. Wolfe – Elaine Stritch: At Liberty 2003: Jack O'Brien – Hairspray James Lapine – Amour David Leveaux – Nine Baz Luhrmann – La bohème Joe Mantello – A Man of No Importance Twyla Tharp – Movin' Out 2004: Joe Mantello – Wicked Jeff Calhoun – Big River Pamela Hunt – The Musical of Musicals: The Musical Joe Mantello – Assassins Kathleen Marshall – Wonderful Town George C. Wolfe – Caroline, or Change

2005: James Lapine – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Matthew Bourne – Play Without Words Jack Cummings III – The Audience Mark Dornford-May – The Mysteries Mike Nichols – Spamalot Bartlett Sher – The Light in the Piazza 2006: John Doyle – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007: Michael Mayer – Spring Awakening John Doyle – Company Thomas Kail – In the Heights Jerry Mitchell – Legally Blonde Harold Prince – LoveMusik Alex Timbers – Gutenberg! The Musical! 2008: Bartlett Sher – South Pacific Christopher Ashley – Xanadu Sam Buntrock – Sunday in the Park with George David Cromer – Adding Machine John Doyle – A Catered Affair Bob McGrath – The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island 2009: Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot the Musical Walter Bobbie – Irving Berlin's White Christmas Joe Mantello – 9 to 5 Jason Moore – Shrek the Musical Diane Paulus – Hair Stuart Ross – Enter Laughing the Musical

2010s

• 2010: Michael Mayer – American Idiot
  • Warren Carlyle – Finian's Rainbow
  • Marcia Milgrom Dodge – Ragtime
  • Igor Goldin – Yank!
  • Terry Johnson – La Cage aux Folles
  • Susan Stroman – The Scottsboro Boys

• 2011: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker – The Book of Mormon
  • Rob Ashford – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Joe Calarco – In Transit
  • Jack Cummings III – Hello Again and See Rock City & Other Destinations
  • Kathleen Marshall – Anything Goes

See also

• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director
• Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

References

• "Drama Desk Award for Direction of a Musical". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. http://www.ibdb.com/advSearchAwards.php. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 

External links

• Drama Desk official website