Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director
American theatre award
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director was introduced in 1955 to honor directors, with no distinction between work in plays or musicals. From 1968, multiple awards were presented for each season. In 1975 the category was retired and replaced by two awards: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical.
Awarded forOutstanding Director
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Director |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 1955 |
| Final award | 1974 |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
Award winners
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and bold indicates the winner.
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Jack Landau | The Clandestine Marriage / The White Devil | [1] |
| 1956 | José Quintero | The Iceman Cometh | [2] |
| 1957-1958 | N/A | ||
| 1959 | William Ball | Ivanov | [3] |
1960s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-1964 | N/A | ||
| 1965 | Ulu Grosbard | A View from the Bridge | [4] |
| 1966 | N/A | ||
| 1967 | Joseph Hardy | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | [5] |
| 1968 | Robert Moore | The Boys in the Band | [6] |
| Tom O'Horgan | Tom Paine | ||
| 1969 | Tom O'Horgan | Futz | [7] |
| Neal Kenyon | Dames at Sea | ||
| Alan Arkin | Little Murders | ||
| Michael Schultz | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? | ||
| Gordon Davidson | In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer | ||
| Edwin Sherin | The Great White Hope | ||
1970s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Jerzy Grotowski | The Apocalypse | [8] |
| Alan Arkin | The White House Murder Case | ||
| Ron Field | Applause | ||
| Joseph Hardy | Child's Play | ||
| Harold Prince | Company | ||
| 1971 | Robert Wilson | Deafman Glance | [9] |
| Andre Gregory | Alice in Wonderland | ||
| Peter Brook | A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||
| Michael Bennett and Harold Prince | Follies | ||
| Tom O'Horgan | Lenny | ||
| Paul Sills | Ovid's Metamorphoses and Paul Sills' Story Theatre | ||
| 1972 | Mel Shapiro | Older People | [10] |
| Andrei Șerban | Medea | ||
| Peter Hall | Old Times | ||
| Jeff Bleckner | Sticks and Bones | ||
| A. J. Antoon | That Championship Season | ||
| Mel Shapiro | Two Gentlemen of Verona | ||
| 1973 | Victor Garcia | Yerma | [11] |
| Joseph Chaikin and Roberta Sklar | The Mutation Show | ||
| Harold Prince | A Little Night Music | ||
| Bob Fosse | Pippin | ||
| Michael Rudman | The Changing Room | ||
| Harold Prince | The Great God Brown | ||
| 1974 | José Quintero | A Moon for the Misbegotten | [12] |
| Harold Prince | Candide | ||
| The Visit | |||
| Frank Dunlop | [[Scapino (play}|]] | ||
| Marvin Felix Camillo | Short Eyes | ||