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.
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[edit] Award winners
[edit] 1940s
- 1947 Elia Kazan – All My Sons
- 1948 Joshua 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 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: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
- 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 J. Sullivan – Proof
- 2002 Mary Zimmerman – Metamorphoses
- 2003 Joe Mantello – Take Me Out
- 2004 Jack O'Brien – Henry IV
- 2005 Doug Hughes – Doubt: A Parable
- 2006 Nicholas Hytner – The History Boys
- 2007 Jack O'Brien – The Coast of Utopia
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