Sure. And if Kelli O’Hara had won for light in the piazza or South Pacific she wouldn’t have won for King and I
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I am asking if the tony committee saw south pacific as groundbreaking. And the direction of the R&H was getting old and tired by the time My Fair Lady happened .
What can utterly ridiculous consideration, even when grammatically correct.
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These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
If he hadn't directed South Pacific and King & I, LCT/Sher wouldn't have done MFL. It's been reported that there was sort of a bidding war between multiple teams for the rights.
But to rephrase your question... if The King & I or My Fair Lady had been the first of the large-scale LCT/Sher revivals, would he have won Best Director? Very likely. South Pacific had the magical quality of being the very first time we saw him reinvent a classic on a grand scale, right on the heels of the well-respected Light in the Piazza.