TONY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

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

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

1940s

★ 1947 Elia Kazan. ''All My Sons''

★ 1948 John Logan. ''Mister Roberts''

★ 1949 Elia Kazan. ''Death of a Salesman''

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.''

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''

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''

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''

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. ''

★ 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''

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''

★ 2007 Jack O'Brien. ''The Coast of Utopia''