Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Director of a Musical |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First awarded | 1975 |
Currently held by | Jessica Stone for Water for Elephants (2024) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The awards were established in 1955, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director being presented each year to a director from any play or musical production. Starting in 1975, the singular director's award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.
Winners and nominees
1970s
Year | Director | Production |
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1975 | ||
Arthur Laurents | Gypsy | |
Geoffrey Holder | The Wiz | |
Sue Lawless | In Gay Company | |
William Martin | The Lieutenant | |
Joel Zwick | Dance with Me | |
1976 | ||
Michael Bennett | A Chorus Line | |
Jerry Adler | My Fair Lady | |
Richard Foreman | The Threepenny Opera | |
Gerald Freedman | The Robber Bridegroom | |
Harold Prince | Pacific Overtures | |
1977 | ||
Martin Charnin | Annie | |
Gerald Freedman | The Robber Bridegroom | |
Jack O'Brien | Porgy and Bess | |
Gene Saks | I Love My Wife | |
Tommy Tune | The Club | |
1978 | ||
Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
Stephen Schwartz | Working | |
Elizabeth Swados | Runaways | |
1979 | ||
Harold Prince | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Michael Bennett | Ballroom |
1980s
Year | Director | Production |
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1980 | ||
Harold Prince | Evita | |
Walton Jones | 1940's Radio Hour | |
Joe Layton | Barnum | |
Gary Pearle | Tintypes | |
1981 | ||
Wilford Leach | The Pirates of Penzance | |
Arthur Faria | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music | |
1982 | ||
Tommy Tune | Nine | |
Michael Bennett | Dreamgirls | |
Tony Tanner | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | |
1983 | ||
George Abbott | On Your Toes | |
Howard Ashman | Little Shop of Horrors | |
1984 | ||
James Lapine | Sunday in the Park with George | |
A.J. Antoon | The Rink | |
Jacques Levy | Doonesbury | |
1985 | — | |
1986 | ||
Wilford Leach | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
Andre Ernotte | Goblin Market | |
Bob Fosse | Big Deal | |
Sweet Charity | ||
Paul Lazarus | Personals | |
1987 | ||
Mike Ockrent | Me and My Girl | |
Barry Harman | Olympus on My Mind | |
1988 | ||
Harold Prince | The Phantom of the Opera | |
James Lapine | Into the Woods | |
Harold Prince | Cabaret | |
Jerry Zaks | Anything Goes | |
1989 | — |
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year | Director | Production |
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2010 | ||
Michael Mayer | American Idiot | |
Warren Carlyle | Finian's Rainbow | |
Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Ragtime | |
Igor Goldin | Yank! | |
Terry Johnson | La Cage aux Folles | |
Susan Stroman | The Scottsboro Boys | |
2011 | ||
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker | The Book of Mormon | |
Rob Ashford | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | |
Joe Calarco | In Transit | |
Jack Cummings III | Hello Again | |
See Rock City & Other Destinations | ||
Kathleen Marshall | Anything Goes | |
2012 | ||
John Tiffany | Once | |
Christopher Ashley | Leap of Faith | |
Jack Cummings III | Queen of the Mist | |
Doug Hughes | Death Takes a Holiday | |
Kathleen Marshall | Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
Eric Schaeffer | Follies | |
2013 | ||
Diane Paulus | Pippin | |
Andy Blankenbuehler | Bring It On: The Musical | |
Rachel Chavkin | Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | |
John Doyle | Passion | |
Emma Rice | The Wild Bride | |
Alex Timbers | Here Lies Love | |
Matthew Warchus | Matilda the Musical | |
2014 | ||
Darko Tresnjak | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
Sam Gold | Fun Home | |
Michael Mayer | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Bartlett Sher | The Bridges of Madison County | |
Susan Stroman | Bullets Over Broadway The Musical | |
Alex Timbers | Rocky the Musical | |
2015 | ||
Thomas Kail | Hamilton | |
Carolyn Cantor | Fly By Night | |
Bill Condon | Side Show | |
John Doyle | The Visit | |
Casey Nicholaw | Something Rotten! | |
Christopher Wheeldon | An American in Paris | |
2016 | ||
John Doyle | The Color Purple | |
Bartlett Sher | Fiddler on the Roof | |
Michael Arden | Spring Awakening | |
Rupert Goold | American Psycho | |
Bryna Wasserman and Motl Didner | The Golden Bride | |
2017 | ||
Rachel Chavkin | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | |
David Cromer | The Band's Visit | |
Christopher Ashley | Come from Away | |
Bill Buckhurst | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Jerry Zaks | Hello, Dolly! | |
2018 | ||
Tina Landau | SpongeBob SquarePants | |
Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | |
Teddy Bergman | KPOP | |
Jack O'Brien | Carousel | |
Bartlett Sher | My Fair Lady | |
2019 | ||
Rachel Chavkin | Hadestown | |
Noah Brody | Merrily We Roll Along | |
Scott Ellis | Tootsie | |
Daniel Fish | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | |
Joel Grey | Fiddler on the Roof |
2020s
Year | Director | Production |
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2020 | ||
Stephen Brackett | A Strange Loop | |
Thomas Kail | The Wrong Man | |
Kathleen Marshall | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
Leigh Silverman | Soft Power | |
Annie Tippe | Octet | |
2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1] | |
2022 | ||
Marianne Elliott | Company | |
John Doyle | Assassins | |
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage | Six | |
Bartlett Sher | Intimate Apparel | |
Jessica Stone | Kimberly Akimbo | |
2023 | ||
Thomas Kail | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Jeff Calhoun | Between the Lines | |
John Doyle | A Man of No Importance | |
Maria Friedman | Merrily We Roll Along | |
Jack O'Brien | Shucked | |
2024[2] | ||
Jessica Stone | Water for Elephants | |
David Cromer | Dead Outlaw | |
Rebecca Frecknall | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | |
Daisy Prince | The Connector | |
Danya Taymor | The Outsiders |
Multiple wins
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See also
References
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards with 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play - Playbill.com". 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
- Arthur Laurents (1975)
- Michael Bennett (1976)
- Martin Charnin (1977)
- Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune (1978)
- Harold Prince (1979)
- Harold Prince (1980)
- Wilford Leach (1981)
- Tommy Tune (1982)
- George Abbott (1983)
- James Lapine (1984)
- No Award (1985)
- Wilford Leach (1986)
- Mike Ockrent (1987)
- Harold Prince (1988)
- Tommy Tune (1990)
- Scott Ellis (1991)
- Jerry Zaks (1992)
- Des McAnuff (1993)
- Nicholas Hytner (1994)
- Harold Prince (1995)
- Christopher Renshaw (1996)
- Walter Bobbie (1997)
- Julie Taymor (1998)
- Matthew Bourne (1999)
- Michael Blakemore (2000)
- Susan Stroman (2001)
- Michael Mayer (2002)
- Jack O'Brien (2003)
- Joe Mantello (2004)
- James Lapine (2005)
- John Doyle (2006)
- Michael Mayer (2007)
- Bartlett Sher (2008)
- Stephen Daldry (2009)
- Michael Mayer (2010)
- Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker (2011)
- John Tiffany (2012)
- Diane Paulus (2013)
- Darko Tresnjak (2014)
- Thomas Kail (2015)
- John Doyle / Bartlett Sher (2016)
- Rachel Chavkin / David Cromer (2017)
- Tina Landau (2018)
- Rachel Chavkin (2019)
- Stephen Brackett (2020)
- No Award (2021)
- Marianne Elliott (2022)
- Thomas Kail (2023)
- Jessica Stone (2024)