Best Direction of a Play

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Best Direction of a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway plays.

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Best Direction of a Play canonical 2
Best Direction 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category
theatre award category
administeredBy Tony Awards Administration Committee
alsoKnownAs Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
awardFor directing Broadway plays
direction of a play
awardLevel professional
categoryType direction
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility directors of Broadway plays
field Broadway theatre
theatre
firstAwarded 1960 Tony Awards
frequency annual
genre play
hasAwardCriteria outstanding achievement in directing a play on Broadway
hasGenderRestriction no
inception 1960
languageOfWork English
locatedInJurisdiction Broadway
medium stage
notableRecipient Joe Mantello
Marianne Elliott
Mike Nichols
Peter Brook
Sam Mendes
officialWebsite https://www.tonyawards.com/
partOf Tony Award
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedBy American Theatre Wing
The Broadway League
relatedTo Best Direction of a Musical
Best Play
Best Revival of a Play
scope Broadway
selectionMethod voted on by Tony Awards voters

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Tony Award categoryIncludes Best Direction of a Play
Tony awardCategory Best Direction of a Play
subject surface form: Tony Award
Best Editing relatedTo Best Direction of a Play
this entity surface form: Best Direction