Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play has been given since 1960. Before 1960 there was only one award for both play direction and musical direction, then in 1960 the award was split into two categories: Dramatic and Musical. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play. For pre-1960 direction awards please reference Tony Award for Best Director.
| Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play | |
|---|---|
 2019 recipient: Sam Mendes for The Ferryman | |
| Awarded for | Best Direction of a Play |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Sam Mendes for The Ferryman (2019) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
Winners and nomineesEdit
indicates the winner
1960sEdit
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2010sEdit
2020sEdit
| Year | Director | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th Tony Awards |
David Cromer | The Sound Inside |
| Stephen Daldry | The Inheritance | |
| Kenny Leon | A Soldier's Play | |
| Jamie Lloyd | Betrayal | |
| Robert O'Hara | Slave Play |
Award recordsEdit
Multiple winsEdit
- 6 Wins
- 3 Wins
- 2 Wins
Multiple nominationsEdit
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Female winnersEdit
Only 6 women have won this award:[1]
- Garry Hynes – The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1998)[2]
- Mary Zimmerman – Metamorphoses (2002)[3]
- Anna D. Shapiro – August: Osage County (2008)[4]
- Pam MacKinnon – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? revival (2013)[5]
- Marianne Elliott – War Horse (2011) (shared with Tom Morris)[6] and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2015),[7] making her the only woman to win this award more than once
- Rebecca Taichman – Indecent (2017)[8]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "Can You Name the 9 Trailblazing Women Who Won Tony Awards for Directing?" Playbill, September 28, 2017
- ^ "Best Direction of a Play Garry Hynes" Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ "2002 Tony Award Direction of a Play" Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ "Just the Facts: List of 2008 Tony Award Winners and Nominees" Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ "Tony Awards 2013 List of Winners" CBS News, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ [1] Variety, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ "2015 Tony Awards Just the Winners Please" Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017
- ^ "Tony Winners List" The New York Times, retrieved September 27, 2017