Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

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The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category
theatre award
alsoKnownAs Best Direction of a Musical
surface form: Best Direction of a Musical Tony Award
awardFor direction of a musical
awardType annual award
ceremonyLanguage English
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criterion outstanding direction of a musical
domain performing arts
eligibility Broadway productions opening in the eligibility year
field Broadway theatre
firstAwarded 1960 Tony Awards
frequency annual
genre musical theatre
givenFor artistic vision in musical direction
staging of a musical
inception 1960
industry theatre industry
location New York City
notableWinner Bartlett Sher
Bob Fosse
Casey Nicholaw
Harold Prince
James Lapine
Julie Taymor
Michael Bennett
Michael Mayer
Stephen Daldry
Susan Stroman
Tommy Tune
Trevor Nunn
officialWebsite https://www.tonyawards.com/
organizer American Theatre Wing
The Broadway League
parentAward Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tony Award for Direction
partOf Tony Award
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedBy American Theatre Wing
The Broadway League
relatedAward Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Laurence Olivier Award
surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Tony Award for Best Musical
scope Broadway musical productions
selectionProcess voted on by Tony Awards voters
separatedFrom Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tony Award for Best Direction

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
significance one of the major creative Tony Awards
trophyShape Tony medallion on a black base

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subject surface form: Nine (musical)
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