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{{Short description|American theatre award}}
{{For|pre-1960 direction awards|Tony Award for Best Director}}
{{Infobox award
| name = [[Tony Award]] for <br>Best Direction of a Musical
| image = MichaelArden-byPhilipRomano2.jpg
| caption = 2025 Recipient: [[Michael Arden]]
| awarded_for = Best Direction of a Musical
| presenter = [[American Theatre Wing]] [[The Broadway League]]
| location = [[New York City]]
| holder = [[Michael Arden]] for ''[[Maybe Happy Ending]]'' {{small|(2025)}}
| website = [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html TonyAwards.com]
}}
The '''Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical''' has been given since 1960.  Before 1960 there was only one award for both play direction and musical direction, then in 1960 the award was split into two categories: ''Dramatic'' and ''Musical''.

==Winners and nominees==
===1950s===
{{see also|Tony Award for Best Director}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''1950'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[South Pacific (musical)|''South Pacific'']]'' 
| [[Joshua Logan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''1951'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' 
| [[George S. Kaufman]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''1958'''
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' 
| [[Moss Hart]]
|-
|}

===1960s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''1960'''<br />{{small|([[14th Tony Awards|14th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1960/category/any/show/any/ |title=1960 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Fiorello!]]''
| [[George Abbott]]
|-
| ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''
| [[Michael Kidd]]
|-
| ''[[Gypsy (musical)|''Gypsy'']]''
| [[Jerome Robbins]]
|-
| ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' 
| [[Vincent J. Donehue]]
|-
| ''[[Take Me Along]]''
| [[Peter Glenville]]
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''1961'''<br />{{small|([[15th Tony Awards|15th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1961/category/any/show/any/ |title=1961 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (musical)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'' 
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[Do Re Mi (musical)|''Do Re Mi'']]''
| [[Garson Kanin]]
|-
| ''[[Irma La Douce (musical)|''Irma La Douce'']]''
| [[Peter Brook]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1962'''<br />{{small|([[16th Tony Awards|16th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1962/category/any/show/any/ |title=1962 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'']]'' 
| [[Abe Burrows]]
|-
| ''[[All American (musical)|''All American'']]''
| [[Joshua Logan]]
|-
| ''[[Carnival!]]''
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[No Strings]]''
| [[Joe Layton]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1963'''<br />{{small|([[17th Tony Awards|17th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1963/category/any/show/any/ |title=1963 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' 
| [[George Abbott]]
|-
| ''[[Brigadoon]]''
| John Fearnley
|-
| ''[[Little Me (musical)|''Little Me'']]''
| [[Cy Feuer]] and [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| ''[[Oliver!]]''
| [[Peter Coe (director)|Peter Coe]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1964'''<br />{{small|([[18th Tony Awards|18th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1964/category/any/show/any/ |title=1964 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|''Hello, Dolly!'']]'' 
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[110 in the Shade]]''
| [[Joseph Anthony]]
|-
| ''[[High Spirits (musical)|''High Spirits'']]''
| [[Noël Coward]]
|-
| ''[[She Loves Me]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1965'''<br />{{small|([[19th Tony Awards|19th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1965/category/any/show/any/ |title=1965 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' 
| [[Jerome Robbins]]
|-
| ''[[Half a Sixpence]]''
| [[Gene Saks]]
|-
| ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''
| [[Joan Littlewood]]
|-
| ''[[The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd]]''
| [[Anthony Newley]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1966'''<br />{{small|([[20th Tony Awards|20th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1966/category/any/show/any/ |title=1966 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' 
| [[Albert Marre]]
|-
| ''[[Mame (musical)|''Mame'']]''
| [[Gene Saks]]
|-
| ''[[Skyscraper (musical)|''Skyscraper'']]''
| [[Cy Feuer]]
|-
| ''[[Sweet Charity]]''
| [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1967'''<br />{{small|([[21st Tony Awards|21st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1967/category/any/show/any/ |title=1967 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''
| Jack Sydow
|-
| ''[[The Apple Tree]]''
| [[Mike Nichols]]
|-
| ''[[I Do! I Do! (musical)|I Do! I Do!]]''
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1968'''<br />{{small|([[22nd Tony Awards|22nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1968/category/any/show/any/ |title=1968 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| [[The Happy Time (musical)|''The Happy Time'']]
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[Hallelujah, Baby!]]'' 
| [[Burt Shevelove]]
|-
| ''[[How Now, Dow Jones]]''
| [[George Abbott]]
|-
| ''[[Illya Darling]]''
| [[Jules Dassin]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1969'''<br />{{small|([[23rd Tony Awards|23rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1969/category/any/show/any/ |title=1969 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[1776 (musical)|''1776'']]'' 
| [[Peter H. Hunt|Peter Hunt]]
|-
| ''[[Hair (musical)|''Hair'']]''
| [[Tom O'Horgan]]
|-
| ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|''Promises, Promises'']]''
| [[Robert Moore (director)|Robert Moore]]
|-
| ''[[Zorba (musical)|''Zorba'']]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|}

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''1970'''<br />{{small|([[24th Tony Awards|24th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1970/category/any/show/any/ |title=1970 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]]'' 
| [[Ron Field]]
|-
| ''[[Coco (musical)|Coco]]''
| [[Michael Benthall]]
|-
| ''[[Purlie]]''
| [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1971'''<br />{{small|([[25th Tony Awards|25th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1971/category/any/show/any/ |title=1971 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[The Me Nobody Knows]]''
| Robert H. Livingston
|-
| ''[[No, No, Nanette]]''
| [[Burt Shevelove]]
|-
| ''[[The Rothschilds (musical)|The Rothschilds]]''
| [[Michael Kidd]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1972'''<br />{{small|([[26th Tony Awards|26th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1972/category/any/show/any/ |title=1972 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Follies]]''
| [[Harold Prince]] and [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]''
| [[Gilbert Moses]]
|-
| ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''
| [[Burt Shevelove]]
|-
| ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)|Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' 
| [[Mel Shapiro]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1973'''<br />{{small|([[27th Tony Awards|27th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1973/category/any/show/any/ |title=1973 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]''
| [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| ''[[Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope]]''
| [[Vinnette Carroll]]
|-
| ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Sugar (musical)|Sugar]]''
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1974'''<br />{{small|([[28th Tony Awards|28th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1974/category/any/show/any/ |title=1974 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Over Here!]]''
| [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]]
|-
| ''[[Raisin (musical)|Raisin]]'' 
| [[Donald McKayle]]
|-
| ''[[Seesaw (musical)|Seesaw]]''
| [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1975'''<br />{{small|([[29th Tony Awards|29th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1975/category/any/show/any/ |title=1975 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Wiz]]'' 
| [[Geoffrey Holder]]
|-
| ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]''
| [[Arthur Laurents]]
|-
| ''[[Mack & Mabel]]''
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[The Magic Show]]''
| [[Grover Dale]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1976'''<br />{{small|([[30th Tony Awards|30th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1976/category/any/show/any/ |title=1976 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' 
| [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]''
| [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| ''[[Pacific Overtures]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Very Good Eddie]]''
| Bill Gile
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1977'''<br />{{small|([[31st Tony Awards|31st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1977/category/any/show/any/ |title=1977 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[I Love My Wife]]''
| [[Gene Saks]]
|-
| ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' 
| [[Martin Charnin]]
|-
| ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''
| [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
|-
| ''[[Your Arms Too Short to Box with God]]''
| [[Vinnette Carroll]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1978'''<br />{{small|([[32nd Tony Awards|32nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1978/category/any/show/any/ |title=1978 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' 
| [[Richard Maltby Jr.]]
|-
| ''[[Dancin']]''
| [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| ''[[On the Twentieth Century]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Runaways (musical)|Runaways]]''
| [[Elizabeth Swados]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1979'''<br />{{small|([[33rd Tony Awards|33rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1979/category/any/show/any/ |title=1979 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Ballroom (musical)|Ballroom]]''
| [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]''
| [[Peter Masterson]] and [[Tommy Tune]]
|-
| ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]''
| [[Robert Moore (director)|Robert Moore]]
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1980'''<br />{{small|([[34th Tony Awards|34th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1980/category/any/show/any/ |title=1980 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Barnum (musical)|Barnum]]''
| [[Joe Layton]]
|-
| ''[[A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine]]''
| [[Tommy Tune]]
|-
| ''[[Sugar Babies (musical)|Sugar Babies]]''
| [[Ernie Flatt]] and Rudy Tronto
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1981'''<br />{{small|([[35th Tony Awards|35th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1981/category/any/show/any/ |title=1981 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''
| [[Wilford Leach]]
|-
| ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' 
| [[Gower Champion]]
|-
| ''[[Sophisticated Ladies]]''
| [[Michael Smuin]]
|-
| ''[[Woman of the Year (musical)|Woman of the Year]]''
| [[Robert Moore (director)|Robert Moore]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1982'''<br />{{small|([[36th Tony Awards|36th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1982/category/any/show/any/ |title=1982 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' 
| [[Tommy Tune]]
|-
| ''[[Dreamgirls (musical)|Dreamgirls]]''
| [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[The First (musical)|The First]]''
| [[Martin Charnin]]
|-
| ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''
| [[Tony Tanner]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1983'''<br />{{small|([[37th Tony Awards|37th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1983/category/any/show/any/ |title=1983 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' 
| [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| ''[[Merlin (musical)|Merlin]]''
| [[Ivan Reitman]]
|-
| ''[[My One and Only (musical)|My One and Only]]''
| [[Tommy Tune]] and [[Thommie Walsh]]
|-
| ''[[Show Boat]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (theatre director)|Michael Kahn]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1984'''<br />{{small|([[38th Tony Awards|38th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1984/category/any/show/any/ |title=1984 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' 
| [[Arthur Laurents]]
|-
| ''[[Baby (musical)|Baby]]''
| [[Richard Maltby Jr.]]
|-
| ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]''
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| ''[[The Tap Dance Kid]]''
| [[Vivian Matalon]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1985'''<br />{{small|([[39th Tony Awards|39th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1985/category/any/show/any/ |title=1985 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Big River (musical)|Big River]]'' 
| [[Des McAnuff]]
|-
| ''[[Grind (musical)|Grind]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[The King and I]]''
| [[Mitch Leigh]]
|-
| ''[[Quilters (musical)|Quilters]]''
| Barbara Damashek
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1986'''<br />{{small|([[40th Tony Awards|40th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1986/category/any/show/any/ |title=1986 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Drood|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'' 
| [[Wilford Leach]]
|-
| ''[[Big Deal (musical)|Big Deal]]''
| [[Bob Fosse]]
|-
| ''[[Song and Dance]]''
| [[Richard Maltby Jr.]]
|-
| ''[[Tango Argentino (musical)|Tango Argentino]]''
| [[Héctor Orezzoli]] and [[Claudio Segovia]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1987'''<br />{{small|([[41st Tony Awards|41st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1987/category/any/show/any/ |title=1987 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' 
| [[John Caird (director)|John Caird]] and [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| ''[[Me and My Girl]]''
| [[Mike Ockrent]]
|-
| ''[[The Mikado]]''
| [[Brian Macdonald (choreographer)|Brian Macdonald]]
|-
| ''[[Starlight Express]]''
| [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1988'''<br />{{small|([[42nd Tony Awards|42nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1988/category/any/show/any/ |title=1988 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[Anything Goes]]''
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
|-
| ''[[Into the Woods]]''
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| ''[[Sarafina! (musical)|Sarafina!]]''
| [[Mbongeni Ngema]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1989'''<br />{{small|([[43rd Tony Awards|43rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1989/category/any/show/any/ |title=1989 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]]'' 
| [[Jerome Robbins]]
|-
| ''[[Black and Blue (musical)|Black and Blue]]''
| [[Héctor Orezzoli]] and [[Claudio Segovia]]
|-
| ''[[Starmites]]''
| [[Larry Carpenter]]
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Club (musical)|Welcome to the Club]]''
| Peter Mark Schifter
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1990'''<br />{{small|([[44th Tony Awards|44th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1990/category/any/show/any/ |title=1990 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]''
| [[Tommy Tune]]
|-
| ''[[Aspects of Love]]''
| [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'' 
| [[Michael Blakemore]]
|-
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
| [[Susan H. Schulman]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1991'''<br />{{small|([[45th Tony Awards|45th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1991/category/any/show/any/ |title=1991 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Will Rogers Follies]]'' 
| [[Tommy Tune]]
|-
| ''[[Miss Saigon]]''
| [[Nicholas Hytner]]
|-
| ''[[Once on This Island]]''
| [[Graciela Daniele]]
|-
| ''Those Were the Days''
| [[Eleanor Reissa]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1992'''<br />{{small|([[46th Tony Awards|46th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1992/category/any/show/any/ |title=1992 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' 
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
|-
| ''[[Crazy for You (musical)|Crazy for You]]'' 
| [[Mike Ockrent]]
|-
| ''[[Falsettos]]''
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| ''[[Jelly's Last Jam]]''
| [[George C. Wolfe]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1993'''<br />{{small|([[47th Tony Awards|47th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1993/category/any/show/any/ |title=1993 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Who's Tommy]]''
| [[Des McAnuff]]
|-
| ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]''
| [[Bill Kenwright]] and Bob Tomson
|-
| ''[[The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl]]''
| [[Michael Kidd]]
|-
| ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1994'''<br />{{small|([[48th Tony Awards|48th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1994/category/any/show/any/ |title=1994 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' 
| [[Nicholas Hytner]]
|-
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Robert Jess Roth
|-
| ''[[Passion (musical)|Passion]]'' 
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| ''[[She Loves Me]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1995'''<br />{{small|([[49th Tony Awards|49th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1995/category/any/show/any/ |title=1995 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Show Boat]]'' 
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]''
| [[Des McAnuff]]
|-
| ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' 
| [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| ''[[Smokey Joe's Cafe (revue)|Smokey Joe's Cafe]]''
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1996'''<br />{{small|([[50th Tony Awards|50th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1996/category/any/show/any/ |title=1996 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk]]''
| [[George C. Wolfe]]
|-
| ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
|-
| ''[[The King and I]]''
| [[Christopher Renshaw]]
|-
| ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' 
| [[Michael Greif]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1997'''<br />{{small|([[51st Tony Awards|51st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1997/category/any/show/any/ |title=1997 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' 
| [[Walter Bobbie]]
|-
| ''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass (score)|Juan Darién]]''
| [[Julie Taymor]]
|-
| ''[[The Life (musical)|The Life]]''
| [[Michael Blakemore]]
|-
| ''[[Steel Pier (musical)|Steel Pier]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1998'''<br />{{small|([[52nd Tony Awards|52nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1998/category/any/show/any/ |title=1998 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' 
| [[Julie Taymor]]
|-
| ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' 
| [[Rob Marshall]] and [[Sam Mendes]]
|-
| ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
| [[Frank Galati]]
|-
| ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1999'''<br />{{small|([[53rd Tony Awards|53rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1999/category/any/show/any/ |title=1999 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Swan Lake (Bourne)|Swan Lake]]''
| [[Matthew Bourne]]
|-
| ''[[Fosse (musical)|Fosse]]'' 
| [[Richard Maltby Jr.]] and [[Ann Reinking]]
|-
| ''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]''
| [[Harold Prince]]
|-
| ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]''
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2000'''<br />{{small|([[54th Tony Awards|54th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2000/category/any/show/any/ |title=2000 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' 
| [[Michael Blakemore]]
|-
| ''[[Contact (musical)|Contact]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| [[Susan Stroman]]
|-
| ''[[The Music Man]]''
|-
| ''[[Swing!]]''
| [[Lynne Taylor-Corbett]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2001'''<br />{{small|([[55th Tony Awards|55th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2001/category/any/show/any/ |title=2001 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'' 
| [[Susan Stroman]]
|-
| ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' 
| [[Mark Bramble]]
|-
| ''[[The Full Monty (musical)|The Full Monty]]''
| [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
|-
| ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''
| [[Christopher Ashley]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2002'''<br />{{small|([[56th Tony Awards|56th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2002/category/any/show/any/ |title=2002 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Urinetown]]''
| [[John Rando]]
|-
| ''[[Into the Woods]]'' 
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
| [[Trevor Nunn]]
|-
| ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)|Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'' 
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2003'''<br />{{small|([[57th Tony Awards|57th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2003/category/any/show/any/ |title=2003 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'' 
| [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
|-
| ''[[La bohème]]''
| [[Baz Luhrmann]]
|-
| ''[[Movin' Out (musical)|Movin' Out]]''
| [[Twyla Tharp]]
|-
| ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' 
| [[David Leveaux]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2004'''<br />{{small|([[58th Tony Awards|58th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2004/category/any/show/any/ |title=2004 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' 
| [[Joe Mantello]]
|-
| ''[[Avenue Q]]'' 
| [[Jason Moore (director)|Jason Moore]]
|-
| ''[[Caroline, or Change]]''
| [[George C. Wolfe]]
|-
| ''[[Wonderful Town]]''
| [[Kathleen Marshall]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2005'''<br />{{small|([[59th Tony Awards|59th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2005/category/any/show/any/ |title=2005 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Spamalot|Monty Python's Spamalot]]'' 
| [[Mike Nichols]]
|-
| ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]]''
| [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
|-
| ''[[The Light in the Piazza (musical)|The Light in the Piazza]]''
| [[Bartlett Sher]]
|-
| ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''
| [[James Lapine]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2006'''<br />{{small|([[60th Tony Awards|60th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2006/category/any/show/any/ |title=2006 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
| [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]]
|-
| ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]''
| [[Casey Nicholaw]]
|-
| ''[[Jersey Boys]]'' 
| [[Des McAnuff]]
|-
| ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' 
| [[Kathleen Marshall]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2007'''<br />{{small|([[61st Tony Awards|61st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2007/category/any/show/any/ |title=2007 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]'' 
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
|-
| ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' 
| [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]]
|-
| ''[[Curtains (musical)|Curtains]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| ''[[Grey Gardens (musical)|Grey Gardens]]''
| [[Michael Greif]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2008'''<br />{{small|([[62nd Tony Awards|62nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2008/category/any/show/any/ |title=2008 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' 
| [[Bartlett Sher]]
|-
| ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]''
| [[Arthur Laurents]]
|-
| ''[[In the Heights]]'' 
| [[Thomas Kail]]
|-
| ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]''
| [[Sam Buntrock]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2009'''<br />{{small|([[63rd Tony Awards|63rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2009/category/any/show/any/ |title=2009 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Billy Elliot the Musical]]'' 
| [[Stephen Daldry]]
|-
| ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' 
| [[Diane Paulus]]
|-
| ''[[Next to Normal]]''
| [[Michael Greif]]
|-
| ''[[Rock of Ages (musical)|Rock of Ages]]''
| [[Kristin Hanggi]]
|-
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2010'''<br />{{small|([[64th Tony Awards|64th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2010/category/any/show/any/ |title=2010 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' 
| [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]]
|-
| ''[[Fela!]]''
| [[Bill T. Jones]]
|-
| ''[[Memphis (musical)|Memphis]]'' 
| [[Christopher Ashley]]
|-
| ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''
| [[Marcia Milgrom Dodge]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2011'''<br />{{small|([[65th Tony Awards|65th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2011/category/any/show/any/ |title=2011 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|''The Book of Mormon'']]'' 
| [[Casey Nicholaw]] and [[Trey Parker]]
|-
| ''[[Anything Goes]]'' 
| [[Kathleen Marshall]]
|-
| ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]''
| [[Rob Ashford]]
|-
| ''[[The Scottsboro Boys (musical)|''The Scottsboro Boys'']]''
| [[Susan Stroman]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2012'''<br />{{small|([[66th Tony Awards|66th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2012/category/any/show/any/ |title=2012 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Once (musical)|''Once'']]'' 
| [[John Tiffany]]
|-
| ''[[Newsies (musical)|''Newsies'']]''
| [[Jeff Calhoun (choreographer)|Jeff Calhoun]]
|-
| ''[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (musical)|''Nice Work If You Can Get It'']]''
| [[Kathleen Marshall]]
|-
| ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' 
| [[Diane Paulus]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2013'''<br />{{small|([[67th Tony Awards|67th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2013-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2013 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'' 
| [[Diane Paulus]]
|-
| ''[[Kinky Boots (musical)|''Kinky Boots'']]'' 
| [[Jerry Mitchell]]
|-
| ''[[Matilda the Musical]]''
| [[Matthew Warchus]]
|-
| ''[[Drood|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2014'''<br />{{small|([[68th Tony Awards|68th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/the-2014-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2014 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder]]'' 
| [[Darko Tresnjak]]
|-
| ''[[After Midnight (musical)|''After Midnight'']]''
| [[Warren Carlyle]]
|-
| ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]] ''
| [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
|-
| ''[[Violet (musical)|Violet]]''
| [[Leigh Silverman]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2015'''<br />{{small|([[69th Tony Awards|69th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/awards/tony-nominations-2015-full-list-tony-award-nominees-1201480979/ |title=Tony Nominations 2015: Full List |date=April 28, 2015 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Variety |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Fun Home (musical)|''Fun Home'']]'' 
| [[Sam Gold]]
|-
| ''[[An American in Paris (musical)|''An American in Paris'']]''
| [[Christopher Wheeldon]]
|-
| ''[[The King and I]]'' 
| [[Bartlett Sher]]
|-
| ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]''
| [[John Rando]]
|-
| ''[[Something Rotten!]]''
| [[Casey Nicholaw]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2016'''<br />{{small|([[70th Tony Awards|70th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2016-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2016 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Hamilton (musical)|''Hamilton'']]'' 
| [[Thomas Kail]]
|-
| ''[[The Color Purple (musical)|The Color Purple]]'' 
| [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]]
|-
| ''[[She Loves Me]]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
| ''[[Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed]]''
| [[George C. Wolfe]]
|-
| ''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]''
| [[Michael Arden]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2017'''<br />{{small|([[71st Tony Awards|71st]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2017-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2017 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Come from Away]]''
| [[Christopher Ashley]]
|-
| ''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]'' 
| [[Michael Greif]]
|-
| ''[[Groundhog Day (musical)|''Groundhog Day'']]''
| [[Matthew Warchus]]
|-
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' 
| [[Jerry Zaks]]
|-
| ''[[Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812]]''
| [[Rachel Chavkin]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" | '''2018'''<br />{{small|([[72nd Tony Awards|72nd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2018-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2018 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[The Band's Visit (musical)|''The Band's Visit'']]'' 
| [[David Cromer]]
|-
| ''[[Mean Girls (musical)|''Mean Girls'']]''
| [[Casey Nicholaw]]
|-
| ''[[My Fair Lady]]''
| [[Bartlett Sher]]
|-
| ''[[Once on This Island]]'' 
| [[Michael Arden]]
|-
| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|''SpongeBob SquarePants'']]''
| [[Tina Landau]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" | '''2019'''<br />{{small|([[73rd Tony Awards|73rd]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2019-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2019 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Hadestown]]'' 
| [[Rachel Chavkin]]
|-
| ''[[Ain't Too Proud]]''
| [[Des McAnuff]]
|-
| ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' 
| [[Daniel Fish]]
|-
| ''[[The Prom (musical)|The Prom]]''
| [[Casey Nicholaw]]
|-
| ''[[Tootsie (musical)|''Tootsie'']]''
| [[Scott Ellis]]
|-
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:55%;"| Production
! style="width:40%;"| Director
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''2020'''<br />{{small|([[74th Tony Awards|74th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2020-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2020 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|''Moulin Rouge!'']]'' 
| [[Alex Timbers]]
|-
| ''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|''Jagged Little Pill'']]''
| [[Diane Paulus]]
|-
| ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina]]''
| [[Phyllida Lloyd]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2022'''<br />{{small|([[75th Tony Awards|75th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2022-tony-awards-nominations/ |title=2022 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style = "background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' 
| [[Marianne Elliott]]
|-
| ''[[Girl from the North Country (musical)|Girl from the North Country]]''
| [[Conor McPherson]]
|-
| ''[[MJ (musical)|MJ]]''
| [[Christopher Wheeldon]]
|-
| ''[[Six (musical)|Six]]''
| [[Lucy Moss]] and Jamie Armitage
|-
| ''[[A Strange Loop]]'' 
| [[Stephen Brackett]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2023'''<br />{{small|([[76th Tony Awards|76th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2023-tony-awards-nominees/ |title=2023 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 2, 2023 |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style = "background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]'' 
| [[Michael Arden]]
|-
| ''[[Into the Woods]]''
| Lear deBessonet
|-
| ''[[Kimberly Akimbo (musical)|Kimberly Akimbo]]'' 
| Jessica Stone
|-
| ''[[Shucked]]''
| [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
|-
| ''[[Some Like It Hot (musical)|Some Like It Hot]]''
| [[Casey Nicholaw]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2024'''<br />{{small|([[77th Tony Awards|77th]])}}<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/theater/tony-awards-nominations.html |title=2024 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 30, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>
|- style = "background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Outsiders (musical)|The Outsiders]]''
| [[Danya Taymor]]
|-
|''[[Hell's Kitchen (musical)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
|[[Michael Greif]]
|-
| ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''
| [[Maria Friedman]]
|-
|''[[Suffs]]''
| [[Leigh Silverman]]
|-
|''[[Water for Elephants (musical)|Water for Elephants]]''
| Jessica Stone
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2025'''<br />{{small|([[78th Tony Awards|78th]])}}
|- style = "background:#B0C4DE"
|''[[Maybe Happy Ending]]''
| [[Michael Arden]]
|-
| ''[[Buena Vista Social Club (musical)|Buena Vista Social Club]]''
| [[Saheem Ali]]
|-
|''[[Dead Outlaw]]''
| [[David Cromer]]
|-
| ''[[Death Becomes Her (musical)|Death Becomes Her]]''
| [[Christopher Gattelli]]
|-
|''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]''
| [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]
|-
|}

==Multiple wins==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
;8 Wins
* [[Harold Prince]]

;3 Wins
* [[Gower Champion]]
* [[Tommy Tune]]

{{col-break}}

;2 Wins
* [[George Abbott]]
* [[Michael Arden]]
* [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
* [[Wilford Leach]]
* [[Des McAnuff]]
* [[Trevor Nunn]]
* [[Jerome Robbins]]

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==Multiple nominations==
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;16 Nominations
* [[Harold Prince]]

;8 Nominations
* [[Gower Champion]]

;7 Nominations
* [[Scott Ellis]]

;6 Nominations
* [[Bob Fosse]]
* [[James Lapine]]
* [[Casey Nicholaw]]
* [[Trevor Nunn]]
* [[Tommy Tune]]

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;5 Nominations
* [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]]
* [[Michael Greif]]
* [[Des McAnuff]]
* [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]
* [[Jerry Zaks]]

;4 Nominations
* [[Michael Arden]]
* [[Richard Maltby Jr.]]
* [[Kathleen Marshall]]
* [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]]
* [[Diane Paulus]]
* [[Bartlett Sher]]
* [[Susan Stroman]]
* [[George C. Wolfe]]

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;3 Nominations
* [[George Abbott]]
* [[Christopher Ashley]]
* [[Michael Blakemore]]
* [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]]
* [[Michael Kidd]]
* [[Arthur Laurents]]
* [[Robert Moore (director)|Robert Moore]]
* [[Jerome Robbins]]
* [[Gene Saks]]
* [[Burt Shevelove]]

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;2 Nominations
* [[Vinnette Carroll]]
* [[Martin Charnin]]
* [[Rachel Chavkin]]
* [[David Cromer]]
* [[Cy Feuer]]
* [[Nicholas Hytner]]
* [[Thomas Kail]]
* [[Joe Layton]]
* [[Wilford Leach]]
* [[Joshua Logan]]
* [[Mike Nichols]]
* [[Mike Ockrent]]
* Hector Orezzoli
* [[John Rando]]
* Claudio Segovia
* [[Leigh Silverman]]
* Jessica Stone
* [[Julie Taymor]]
* [[Matthew Warchus]]
* [[Christopher Wheeldon]]
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==Female winners and nominees==
Out of 26 women nominated for 40 musicals, only 6 women have won this award for 6 musicals:<ref>Clement, Olivia. [http://www.playbill.com/article/can-you-name-the-9-trailblazing-women-who-won-tony-awards-for-directing# "Can You Name the 9 Trailblazing Women Who Won Tony Awards for Directing?"] Playbill, September 28, 2017</ref>

'''Bold''' represents winner
{| class="wikitable" style="width:46%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:30%;"| Director
! style="width:55%;"| Nominated musical(s)
|+
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Joan Littlewood]]
|''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' (1965)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Vinnette Justine Carroll|Vinnette Caroll]]
|''[[Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope]]'' (1973)<br>''[[Your Arms Too Short to Box with God]]'' (1977)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Elizabeth Swados]]
|''[[Runaways (musical)|Runaways]]'' (1978)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| Barbara Damashek
|''[[Quilters (musical)|Quilters]]'' (1985)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Susan H. Schulman]]
|''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' revival (1990)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Graciela Daniele]]
|''[[Once on This Island|Once on this Island]]'' (1991)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Eleanor Reissa]]
|''Those Were the Days'' (1992)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Julie Taymor]]'''
|''[[Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass|Juan Darién]]'' (1997)<br>'''[[The Lion King (musical)|''The Lion King'']] (1998)<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-lion-king-new-amsterdam-theatre-vault-0000008729# ''The Lion King''] Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017</ref>'''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Ann Reinking]]
|''[[Fosse (musical)|Fosse]]'' (1999)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Susan Stroman]]'''
| ''[[Contact (musical)|Contact]]'' (2000)<br>''[[The Music Man]]'' revival (2000)<br>'''[[The Producers (musical)|''The Producers'']] (2001)<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-producers-st-james-theatre-vault-0000004170# ''The Producers''] Playbill, retrieved September 27, 2017</ref>'''<br>''[[The Scottsboro Boys (musical)|The Scottsboro Boys]]'' (2012)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Lynne Taylor-Corbett]]
|''[[Swing!]]'' (2000)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Twyla Tharp]]
|''[[Movin' Out (musical)|Movin' Out]]'' (2003)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Kathleen Marshall]]
|''[[Wonderful Town]]'' revival (2004)<br>''[[The Pajama Game]]'' revival (2006)<br>''[[Anything Goes]]'' revival (2011)<br>''[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (musical)|Nice Work If You Can Get it]]'' (2012)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Kristin Hanggi]]
|''[[Rock of Ages (musical)|Rock of Ages]]'' (2009)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Diane Paulus]]'''
|''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' revival (2009)<br>''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' revival (2012)<br>'''''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'' revival (2013)'''<ref>Gioia, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/article/third-times-the-charm-diane-paulus-receives-first-tony-award-with-her-third-tony-winning-revival-com-206372# "Third Time's the Charm: Diane Paulus Receives First Tony Award With Her Third Tony-Winning Revival"] Playbill, June 10, 2013</ref><br>''[[Jagged Little Pill (musical)|Jagged Little Pill]]'' (2020)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Marcia Milgrom Dodge]]
|''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]'' revival (2010)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Leigh Silverman]]
|''[[Violet (musical)|Violet]]'' (2014)<br>''[[Suffs]]'' (2024)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Rachel Chavkin]]'''
|''[[Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812]]'' (2017)<br>'''''[[Hadestown]]'' (2019)'''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Tina Landau]]
|''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' (2018)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Phyllida Lloyd]]
| ''[[Tina (musical)|Tina: The Tina Turner Musical]]'' (2020)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Marianne Elliott]]'''
| '''''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' revival (2022)'''
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Lucy Moss]] 
| ''[[Six (musical)|Six]]'' (2022)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| Jessica Stone
| ''[[Kimberly Akimbo (musical)|Kimberly Akimbo]]'' (2023)<br>''[[Water for Elephants (musical)|Water for Elephants]]'' (2024)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| Lear deBessonet
| ''[[Into the Woods]]'' revival (2023)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| [[Maria Friedman]]
| ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|Merrily We Roll Along]]'' revival (2024)
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"| '''[[Danya Taymor]]'''
| '''''[[The Outsiders (musical)|The Outsiders]]'' (2024)'''
|}

==See also==
* [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play]]
* [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
* [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director]]
* [[List of Tony Award-nominated productions]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html Tony Awards Official site]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/advSearchAwards.php Tony Award for Direction of a Musical, Internet Broadway Database]
* [http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawards.cfm Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com]

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