Sentence examples for best direction of a from inspiring English sources

It will be directed by John Doyle, who won the 2006 Tony for best direction of a musical for "Sweeney Todd," and is scheduled to begin previews in early October, with an opening night to be announced.

*+ "METAMORPHOSES" (Tony winner for best direction of a play).

She is also favored to win for best direction of a musical.

The play's director, Daniel Sullivan, also won a Tony for best direction of a play.

* "URINETOWN" (winner of Tonys for best direction of a musical, best book and best original score).

"The Producers" swept everything from best direction of a musical to best costumes and best orchestrations.

In 2005, Sher (pronounced sheer) was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his exquisitely designed, fluidly staged production at the Beaumont of Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel's "Light in the Piazza".

The following year, Sher received another Tony nomination, this time for Best Direction of a Play for his innovative revival of Clifford Odets's "Awake and Sing!" Also for Lincoln Center Theater, it starred Mark Ruffalo and Lauren Ambrose.

He directed and choreographed the 2006 Broadway revival of Company for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and which received the Tony that year for Best Revival of a Musical, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

He also directed and designed the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, a production that moved from London's West End to Broadway and for which Doyle received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and a Drama Desk Award.

As Hilton Als writes in this week's issue, "Fun Home," based on the cartoonist Alison Bechdel's heartrending graphic memoir, is an intimate portrait of difference, beautifully staged in the round by Sam Gold, who is nominated for Best Direction of a Musical.