Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in directing a stage play.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Direction (combined play and musical category prior to split) 1
Tony for Best Direction of a Play 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tony Award category ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
surface form: Tony for Best Direction of a Play
awardedForWorkType non-musical play ⓘ
awardFor direction of a play ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
awardLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardStatus active ⓘ
categoryType creative award ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion American theatre ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion direction credit on eligible play ⓘ
professional Broadway production ⓘ
eligibleWorks Broadway plays ⓘ
field Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

stage directing ⓘ
firstAwardedForSeason 1959–1960 Broadway season ⓘ
hasAwardedProfession theatre directors ⓘ
hasCeremony Tony Awards telecasts ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards ceremony
hasGenderRestriction none ⓘ
hasLanguageRequirement no formal language requirement but primarily English-language productions ⓘ
hasNotableRecipient Joe Mantello ⓘ
Marianne Elliott ⓘ
Mike Nichols ⓘ
Peter Brook ⓘ
Sam Mendes ⓘ
hasTrophy Tony Award statuette ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
industry entertainment industry ⓘ
isMajorCategory true ⓘ
isSubsetOf direction awards ⓘ
play awards ⓘ
languageOfProductions primarily English ⓘ
namedAfter Antoinette Perry ⓘ
surface form: Antoinette Perry (Tony)
officialWebsite https://www.tonyawards.com/ ⓘ
organizer American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
partOf Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
recognizes outstanding achievement in directing a play ⓘ
scope Broadway productions ⓘ
selectionMethod voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
separatedFrom Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Direction (combined play and musical category prior to split)
timePeriodCovered preceding Broadway season ⓘ
typicalMedium live theatre ⓘ
typicalVenueOfCeremony New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Best Direction of a Play → alsoKnownAs → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play → alsoKnownAs → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony for Best Direction of a Play
Arthur Penn → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
Elia Kazan → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
Elias Kazantzoglou → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Sam Mendes → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
The Coast of Utopia (Broadway, 2006–2007) → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play → separatedFrom → Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Direction (combined play and musical category prior to split)