Best Director Tonys

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 9:05am

With Tony nominations coming about one week from tomorrow, I'm curious to ask who you guys think deserves a nomination for Best Direction of a Play and/or a Musical. But first, Let me list all of the eligible candidates.

Best Direction of a Play:
Tim Carroll-Twelfth Night (or Richard III)
Sam Gold-The Realistic Joneses
Michael Grandage-The Cripple of Inishmaan
Doug Hughes-Outside Mullingar
Sheryl Kaller-Mothers & Sons
James Lapine-Act One
Kenny Leon-A Raisin in the Sun
David Leveaux-Romeo & Juliet
Joe Mantello-Casa Valentina
Sean Mathias-Waiting for Godot (or No Man's Land
Ethan McSweeney-A Time to Kill
Mike Nichols-Betrayal
Jack O'Brien-Macbeth
Lindsay Posner-The Winslow Boy
Lonny Price-Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Bill Rauch-All the Way
Anna D. Shapiro-Of Mice & Men
Eric Simonson-Bronx Bombers
Molly Smith-The Velocity of Autumn
Daniel Sullivan-The Snow Geese
John Tiffany-The Glass Menagerie
Lyndsey Turner-Machinal

Best Direction of a Musical:
Bill Berry-First Date
Marc Bruni-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Warren Carlyle-After Midnight
Laurence Connor & James Powell-Les Miserables
Michael Greif-If/Then
Randy Johnson-A Night with Janis Joplin
Michael Mayer-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Casey Nicholaw-Aladdin
Bartlett Sher-The Bridges of Madison County
Leigh Silverman-Violet
Susan Stroman-Bullets Over Broadway (or Big Fish)
Alex Timbers-Rocky
Darko Tresnjak-A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Daniel S. Wise-Soul Doctor

So which of these directors do you think deserves a nomination for this year's Tony Awards? If there is someone on this list that you think doesn't deserve a nomination at all, please keep it to yourself!

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 2:29pm

My feelings about it are below.

Best Director of a Play:
LOCKS:
John Tiffany-The Glass Menagerie (My winner. Can't speak to all)
LIKELY:
Bill Rauch-All the Way
Michael Grandage-The Cripple of Inishmaan
Joe Mantello-Casa Valentina
POSSIBLE:
Lonny Price-Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Anna D. Shapiro-Of Mice & Men
SPOILERS:
Kenny Leon-A Raisin in the Sun
Lindsay Posner-The Winslow Boy

Best Direction of a Musical:
LIKELY:
Michael Mayer-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Casey Nicholaw-Aladdin
Leigh Silverman-Violet (My winner, though I can't speak to all)
Darko Tresnjak-A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Warren Carlyle-After Midnight
SPOILERS:
Bartlett Sher-The Bridges of Madison County
Susan Stroman-Bullets Over Broadway (or Big Fish)
Alex Timbers-Rocky



Updated On: 4/21/14 at 02:29 PM

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 2:36pm

I think Warren Carlyle or Michael Mayer might be considered the likeliest winners with regards to best director of a musical with Darko Tresjnak a very real possibility. (And think all three are locks to be nominated with the other two slots going to Casey Nicholaw and Susan Stroman.)

John Tiffany for The Glass Menagerie is probably the winner in the play category.

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 2:42pm

I suspect James Lapine will be nominated for Act One. It's a huge, sprawling production and he's someone very well loved in the Broadway community.

I also would be very surprised if Stroman doesn't get nominated for Bullets. Again, the Tony voters love her (I mean, they even nominated her for Big) and there seems to be enough strong supporters of the show for it to make a splash.

Of course, all this could be turned upside down if the Tony committee shocks us all and makes Cabaret eligible, in which case this could very well be their chance to reward Mendes and Marshall with their first Tonys.

Updated On: 4/21/14 at 02:42 PM

[theatreguy]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 2:44pm

For plays, I think John Tiffany, Tim Carroll and Lyndsey Turner all have a great chance at a nomination and I think one of them will be the winner. Then there's Bill Rauch, Kenny Leon, Michael Grandage and Joe Mantello duking it out for that last slot.