Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 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.

Multiple wins

 * 8 Wins
 * Harold Prince


 * 3 Wins
 * Gower Champion
 * Tommy Tune


 * 2 Wins
 * George Abbott
 * Michael Bennett
 * Wilford Leach
 * Des McAnuff
 * Trevor Nunn
 * Jerome Robbins

Multiple nominations

 * 16 Nominations
 * Harold Prince


 * 8 Nominations
 * Gower Champion


 * 7 Nominations
 * Scott Ellis


 * 6 Nominations
 * Bob Fosse
 * James Lapine
 * Casey Nicholaw
 * Trevor Nunn
 * Tommy Tune


 * 5 Nominations
 * Michael Bennett
 * Michael Greif
 * Des McAnuff
 * Jack O'Brien
 * Jerry Zaks


 * 4 Nominations
 * Richard Maltby Jr.
 * Kathleen Marshall
 * Michael Mayer
 * Diane Paulus
 * Bartlett Sher
 * Susan Stroman
 * George C. Wolfe


 * 3 Nominations
 * George Abbott
 * Michael Arden
 * Christopher Ashley
 * Michael Blakemore
 * John Doyle
 * Michael Kidd
 * Arthur Laurents
 * Robert Moore
 * Jerome Robbins
 * Gene Saks
 * Burt Shevelove


 * 2 Nominations
 * Vinnette Carroll
 * Martin Charnin
 * Rachel Chavkin
 * Cy Feuer
 * Nicholas Hytner
 * Thomas Kail
 * Joe Layton
 * Wilford Leach
 * Joshua Logan
 * Mike Nichols
 * Mike Ockrent
 * Hector Orezzoli
 * John Rando
 * Claudio Segovia
 * Leigh Silverman
 * Jessica Stone
 * Julie Taymor
 * Matthew Warchus
 * Christopher Wheeldon

Female winners and nominees
Out of 26 women nominated for 40 musicals, only 6 women have won this award for 6 musicals:

Bold represents winner