Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Prior to 1960, category for direction included plays and musicals.

Awards and nominations

1960s

* 1960 George Abbott – "Fiorello!"
* 1961 Gower Champion – "Bye Bye Birdie"
* 1962 Abe Burrows – "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
* 1963 George Abbott – "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
* 1964 Gower Champion – "Hello, Dolly!"
* 1965 Jerome Robbins – "Fiddler on the Roof"
* 1966 Albert Marre – "Man of La Mancha"
* 1967 Harold Prince – "Cabaret"
* 1968 Gower Champion – "The Happy Time"
* 1969 Peter Hunt – "1776"

1970s

* 1970 Ron Field – "Applause"
* 1971 Harold Prince – "Company"
* 1972 Harold Prince and Michael Bennett – "Follies"
* 1973 Bob Fosse – "Pippin"
* 1974 Harold Prince – "Candide"
* 1975 Geoffrey Holder – "The Wiz"
* 1976 Michael Bennett – "A Chorus Line"
* 1977 Gene Saks – "I Love My Wife"
* 1978 Richard Maltby, Jr. – "Ain't Misbehavin'"
* 1979 Harold Prince – "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

1980s

* 1980 Harold Prince – "Evita"
* 1981 Wilford Leach – "The Pirates of Penzance"
* 1982 Tommy Tune – "Nine"
* 1983 Trevor Nunn – "Cats"
* 1984 Arthur Laurents – "La Cage aux Folles"
* 1985 Des McAnuff – "Big River"
* 1986 Wilford Leach – "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
* 1987 Trevor Nunn and John Caird – "Les Misérables"
* 1988 Harold Prince – "The Phantom of the Opera"
* 1989 Jerome Robbins – "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"

1990s

* 1990 Tommy Tune – "Grand Hotel"
**Trevor Nunn – "Aspects of Love"
**Michael Blakemore – "City of Angels"
**Susan H. Schulman – "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

* 1991 Tommy Tune – "The Will Rogers Follies"
**Graciella Danielle – "Once on This Island"
**Nicholas Hytner – "Miss Saigon"
**Eleanor Reissa – "Those Were the Days"

* 1992 Jerry Zaks – "Guys and Dolls"
**Mike Ockrent – "Crazy for You"
**James Lapine – "Falsettos"
**George C. Wolfe – "Jelly's Last Jam"

* 1993 Des McAnuff – "The Who's Tommy"
**Bill Kenwright and Bob Tomson – "Blood Brothers"
**Michael Kidd – "The Goodbye Girl"
**Harold Prince – "Kiss of the Spider Woman"

* 1994 Nicholas Hytner – "Carousel"
**Robert Jess Roth – "Beauty and the Beast"
**James Lapine – "Passion"
**Scott Ellis – "She Loves Me"

* 1995 Harold Prince – "Show Boat"
**Des McAnuff – "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
**Jerry Zaks – "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
**Trevor Nunn – "Sunset Boulevard"

* 1996 George C. Wolfe – "Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk"
**Jerry Zaks – "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
**Christopher Renshaw – "The King and I"
**Michael Greif – "Rent"

* 1997 Walter Bobbie – "Chicago"
**Julie Taymor – "Juan Darien"
**Michael Blakemore – "The Life"
**Scott Ellis – "Steel Pier"

* 1998 Julie Taymor – "The Lion King"
**Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall – "Cabaret"
**Frank Galati – "Ragtime"
**Scott Ellis – "1776"

* 1999 Matthew Bourne – "Swan Lake"
**Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking – "Fosse"
**Harold Prince – "Parade"
**Michael Mayer – "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

2000s

* 2000 Michael Blakemore – "Kiss Me, Kate"
**Susan Stroman – "Contact"
**Susan Stroman – "The Music Man"
**Lynne Taylor-Corbett – "Swing!"

* 2001 Susan Stroman – "The Producers"
**Mark Bramble – "42nd Street"
**Jack O'Brien – "The Full Monty"
**Christopher Ashley – "The Rocky Horror Show"

* 2002 John Rando – ""
**James Lapine – "Into the Woods"
**Trevor Nunn – "Oklahoma!"
**Michael Mayer – "Thoroughly Modern Millie"

* 2003 Jack O'Brien – "Hairspray"
**Baz Luhrmann – "La Boheme"
**Twyla Tharp – "Movin' Out"
**David Leveraux – "Nine"

* 2004 Joe Mantello – "Assassins"
**Jason Moore – "Avenue Q"
**George C. Wolfe – "Caroline, or Change"
**Kathleen Marshall – "Wonderful Town"

* 2005 Mike Nichols – "Monty Python's Spamalot"
**Jack O'Brien – "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
**Bartlett Sher – "The Light in the Piazza"
**James Lapine – "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

* 2006 John Doyle – "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
**Casey Nicolaw – "The Drowsy Chaperone"
**Des McAnuff – "Jersey Boys"
**Kathleen Marshall – "The Pajama Game"

* 2007 Michael Mayer – "Spring Awakening"
**John Doyle – "Company"
**Scott Ellis – "Curtains"
**Michael Greif – "Grey Gardens"

* 2008 Bartlett Sher – "South Pacific"
**Sam Buntrock – "Sunday in the Park with George"
**Thomas Kail – "In the Heights"
**Arthur Laurents – "Gypsy"

ee also

* Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
* Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director

References

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External links

* [http://www.tonyawards.com/ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards official website]