Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play


The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 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. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play. For pre-1960 direction awards please reference Tony Award for Best Director.

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Award records

Multiple wins

; 6 Wins
; 3 Wins
; 2 Wins
; 10 Nominations
; 8 Nominations
; 6 Nominations
; 5 Nominations
; 4 Nominations
; 3 Nominations
; 2 Nominations
Only 6 women have won this award: