Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical


The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 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.

Winners and nominees

1950s

YearProductionDirector
1950--
1950South PacificJoshua Logan
1951--
1951Guys and DollsGeorge S. Kaufman
1958--
1958My Fair LadyMoss Hart

Multiple wins

;8 Wins
;3 Wins
;2 Wins

Multiple nominations

;16 Nominations
;8 Nominations
;7 Nominations
;6 Nominations
;5 Nominations
;4 Nominations
;3 Nominations
;2 Nominations

Female winners and nominees

Out of 26 women nominated for 40 musicals, only 6 women have won this award for 6 musicals:
Bold represents winner
DirectorNominated musical
Joan LittlewoodOh, What a Lovely War!
Vinnette CarollDon't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Your Arms Too Short to Box with God
Elizabeth SwadosRunaways
Barbara DamashekQuilters
Susan H. SchulmanSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street revival
Graciela DanieleOnce on this Island
Eleanor ReissaThose Were the Days
Julie TaymorJuan Darién
The Lion King
Ann ReinkingFosse
Susan StromanContact
The Music Man revival
The Producers
The Scottsboro Boys
Lynne Taylor-CorbettSwing!
Twyla TharpMovin' Out
Kathleen MarshallWonderful Town revival
The Pajama Game revival
Anything Goes revival
Nice Work If You Can Get it
Kristin HanggiRock of Ages
Diane PaulusHair revival
Porgy and Bess revival
Pippin revival
Jagged Little Pill
Marcia Milgrom DodgeRagtime revival
Leigh SilvermanViolet
Suffs
Rachel ChavkinNatasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Hadestown
Tina LandauSpongeBob SquarePants
Phyllida LloydTina: The Tina Turner Musical
Marianne ElliottCompany revival
Lucy MossSix
Jessica StoneKimberly Akimbo
Water for Elephants
Lear deBessonetInto the Woods revival
Maria FriedmanMerrily We Roll Along revival
Danya TaymorThe Outsiders