Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical

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Helpmann Award for
Best Direction of a Musical
Awarded forBest Direction of a Musical
LocationAustralia
Presented byLive 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.

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Winners and nominees

   Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour

2000s

YearDirector(s)Production
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

YearDirector(s)Production
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 MyersPinocchio
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

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