Best Direction of a Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award category

Best Direction of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway musical productions.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award category → theatre award category →
administeredBy	Tony Awards Administration Committee →
alsoKnownAs	Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical →
awardedForWorkIn	Broadway →
awardFor	directing Broadway musical productions → direction of a musical →
categoryType	creative achievement award →
ceremonyLocation	New York City →
country	United States →
domain	American theatre awards →
eligibility	professional Broadway productions →
field	musical theatre → theatre →
firstAwarded	1960 →
frequency	annual →
hasAwardMedium	trophy →
hasComponent	nomination list → winner announcement →
hasGenderRestriction	none →
hasSubfield	performance direction → staging of musical productions → visual and narrative conception of a musical →
inception	1960 →
isSubsetOf	Tony Awards for creative achievement →
languageOfName	English →
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry →
notableWinner	Bob Fosse → Harold Prince → Julie Taymor → Marianne Elliott → Michael Bennett → Stephen Daldry → Susan Stroman → Thomas Kail → Tommy Tune → Trevor Nunn →
organisedBy	Tony Awards Administration Committee →
partOf	Tony Awards →
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing → The Broadway League →
relatedAward	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical →
relatedCategory	Best Direction of a Play →
scope	United States commercial theatre →
selectionProcess	voted on by Tony Awards voters →
typicalVenueType	Broadway theatre →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tony Award →	awardCategory
Tony Award →	categoryIncludes