Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best Direction of a Musical |
Location | Australia |
Presented by | Live Performance Australia |
Currently held by | Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw for The Book of Mormon (2017) |
Website | HelpmannAwards.com.au |
The Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.[1] This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour
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2000s
Year | Director(s) | Production |
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2001 (1st) | ||
Gale Edwards | The Boy from Oz | |
Nigel Jamieson | The Theft of Sita | |
Richard Wherrett | Shout! The Legend of the Wild One | |
Simon Phillips | Company | |
2002 (2nd) | ||
Gale Edwards | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
David Atkins | Singin' in the Rain | |
Phyllida Lloyd | Mamma Mia! | |
Graeme Murphy | Tivoli | |
2003 (3rd) | ||
B.T. McNicholl, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall | Cabaret | |
Graham Gill and Sam Mendes | Oliver! | |
James Powell | The Witches of Eastwick | |
Nadia Tass | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | |
2004 (4th) | ||
Julie Taymor | The Lion King | |
Dean Bryant | The Last Five Years | |
Ben Elton | We Will Rock You | |
Jack O'Brien (Originating Director). Recreated by Matt August | The Full Monty | |
2005 (5th) | ||
Susan Stroman | The Producers | |
Stuart Maunder | H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury | |
Simon Phillips | Urinetown | |
Robert Wilson | The Black Rider | |
2006 (6th) | ||
Simon Phillips | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
Stuart Maunder | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva | |
Robyn Nevin | Summer Rain | |
Gary Young | Menopause The Musical | |
2007 (7th) | ||
Neil Armfield | Keating! | |
Laurence Connor | Miss Saigon | |
Craig llott | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Simon Phillips | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | |
2008 (8th) | ||
Stephen Daldry in association with Julian Webber | Billy Elliot the Musical | |
Gale Edwards | Company | |
Michael Grandage and Jamie Lloyd | Guys and Dolls | |
Roger Hodgman | Little Me | |
2009 (9th) | ||
Lisa Leguillou | Wicked | |
Geordie Brookman | Metro Street | |
Neil Gooding | Gutenberg! The Musical! | |
Stuart Maunder | My Fair Lady |
2010s
Year | Director(s) | Production |
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2010 (10th) | ||
Jonathan Biggins | Avenue Q | |
Des McAnuff | Jersey Boys | |
Rosemary Myers | The Wizard of Oz | |
Simon Phillips | The Drowsy Chaperone | |
2011 (11th) | ||
Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne | Mary Poppins | |
David Atkins | Hairspray | |
Des McAnuff | Dr Zhivago | |
Simon Phillips | Love Never Dies | |
2012 (12th) | ||
Roger Hodgman | Grey Gardens | |
Michael Bennett | A Chorus Line | |
Kristin Hanggi | Rock of Ages | |
Simon Phillips | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
2013 (13th) | ||
Jerry Mitchell | Legally Blonde | |
Simon Phillips | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | |
Jerry Zaks | The Addams Family | |
Bartlett Sher | South Pacific | |
2014 (14th) | ||
Dean Bryant | Sweet Charity | |
Baz Luhrmann | Strictly Ballroom The Musical | |
Christopher Renshaw | The King and I | |
Rosemary Myers | Pinocchio | |
2015 (15th) | ||
John Tiffany | Once | |
Dean Bryant | Anything Goes | |
Laurence Connor and James Powell | Les Misérables | |
Stuart Maunder AM | Into the Woods | |
2016 (16th) | ||
Matthew Warchus | Matilda the Musical | |
Roger Hodgman | Fiddler on the Roof | |
Simon Phillips | Ladies in Black | |
Dean Bryant | Little Shop of Horrors | |
2017 (17th) | ||
Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw | The Book of Mormon | |
Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady | |
Jerry Mitchell | Kinky Boots | |
Casey Nicholaw | Aladdin | |
2018 (18th) | ||
Marc Bruni | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | |
Simon Phillips | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical | |
Dean Bryant | Assassins | |
Simon Phillips | Muriel's Wedding | |
2019 (19th)[4] | ||
Francesca Zambello | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story | |
Luke Joslin | In the Heights | |
Jack O'Brien | Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | |
Hal Prince | Evita |
See also
References
- ^ "About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Nominees". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
- The official Helpmann Awards website
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Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- Gale Edwards (2001)
- Gale Edwards (2002)
- B.T. McNicholl & Sam Mendes (2003)
- Julie Taymor (2004)
- Susan Stroman (2005)
- Simon Phillips (2006)
- Neil Armfield (2007)
- Stephen Daldry (with Julian Webber) (2008)
- Lisa Leguillou (2009)
- Jonathan Biggins (2010)
- Richard Eyre & Matthew Bourne (2011)
- Roger Hodgman (2012)
- Jerry Mitchell (2013)
- Dean Bryant (2014)
- John Tiffany (2015)
- Matthew Warchus (2016)
- Trey Parker & Casey Nicholaw (2017)
- Marc Bruni (2018)
- Francesca Zambello (2019)