Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

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The Tony Award for Best Direction has been given since 1947. In 1960, the award was split into two categories: Dramatic and Musical. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play. For post-1960 musical awards please reference Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

Contents 1 1940s 2 1950s 3 1960s 4 1970s 5 1980s 6 1990s 7 2000s

[edit] 1940s

• 1947 Elia Kazan. All My Sons
• 1948 John Logan. Mister Roberts
• 1949 Elia Kazan. Death of a Salesman

[edit] 1950s

• 1950 Joshua Logan. South Pacific
• 1951 George S. Kaufman. Guys and Dolls
• 1952 José Ferrer. The Shrike and The Fourposter and Stalag 17
• 1953 Joshua Logan. Picnic
• 1954 Alfred Lunt. Ondine
• 1955 Robert Montgomery. The Desperate Hours
• 1956 Tyrone Guthrie. The Matchmaker
• 1957 Moss Hart. My Fair Lady
• 1958 Vincent J. Donehue. Sunrise At Campobello
• 1959 Elia Kazan. J.B.

[edit] 1960s

• 1960 Arthur Penn. The Miracle Worker
• 1961 Sir John Gielgud. Big Fish, Little Fish
• 1962 Noel Willman. A Man for All Seasons
• 1963 Alan Schneider. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1964 Mike Nichols. Barefoot in the Park
• 1965 Mike Nichols. The Odd Couple and Luv
• 1966 Peter Brook. Marat/Sade
• 1967 Peter Hall. The Homecoming
• 1968 Mike Nichols. Plaza Suite
• 1969 Peter Dews. Hadrian VII

[edit] 1970s

• 1970 Joseph Hardy. Child's Play
• 1971 Peter Brook. A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1972 Mike Nichols. The Prisoner of Second Avenue
• 1973 A.J. Antoon. That Championship Season
• 1974 José Quintero. A Moon for the Misbegotten
• 1975 John Dexter. Equus
• 1976 Ellis Rabb. The Royal Family
• 1977 Gordon Davidson. The Shadow Box
• 1978 Melvin Bernhardt. Da
• 1979 Jack Hofsiss. The Elephant Man

[edit] 1980s

• 1980 Vivian Matalon. Morning's at Seven
• 1981 Peter Hall. Amadeus
• 1982 Trevor Nunn/John Caird. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
• 1983 Gene Saks. Brighton Beach Memoirs
• 1984 Mike Nichols. The Real Thing
• 1985 Gene Saks. Biloxi Blues
• 1986 Jerry Zaks. The House of Blue Leaves
• 1987 Lloyd Richards. Fences
• 1988 John Dexter. M. Butterfly
• 1989 Jerry Zaks. Lend Me A Tenor

[edit] 1990s

• 1990 Frank Galati. The Grapes of Wrath
• 1991 Jerry Zaks. Six Degrees of Separation
• 1992 Mike Nichols. The Prisoner of Second Avenue
• 1993 George C. Wolfe. Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
• 1994 Stephen Daldry. An Inspector Calls
• 1995 Gerald Gutierrez. The Heiress
• 1996 Gerald Gutierrez. A Delicate Balance
• 1997 Anthony Page. A Doll's House
• 1998 Garry Hynes. The Beauty Queen of Leenane
• 1999 Robert Falls. Death of a Salesman

[edit] 2000s

• 2000 Michael Blakemore. Copenhagen
• 2001 Daniel Sullivan. Proof
• 2002 Mary Zimmerman. Metamorphoses
• 2003 Joe Mantello. Take Me Out
• 2004 Jack O'Brien. Henry IV
• 2005 Doug Hughes. Doubt
• 2006 Nicholas Hytner. The History Boys