Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director

Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Awarded for	Best Director (musical or play)
Location	New York City
Presented by	Outer Critics Circle
Status	Retired
Website	OuterCritics.org

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director was an annual award given to the best director of a new musical or play on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. The award was given out since the 1976-1977 season, but was split into musical and play categories in 1993.

Michael Blakemore won the award more than any other director, with two wins. He is tied with Tommy Tune, Jerry Zaks and Lloyd Richards with two nominations each, before the category was split in 1993.

Award winners

1970s

  indicates the winner.

Year	Director	Production	Ref.
1977
	Andrei Serban	The Cherry Orchard	[1]
Gordon Davidson	The Shadow Box
1978
	Melvin Bernhardt	Da	[2]
1979
	Jack Hofsiss	The Elephant Man	[3]

1980s

Year	Director	Production	Ref.
1980
	Tommy Tune	A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine	[4]
1981 [5]
	Geraldine Fitzgerald	Long Day's Journey Into Night and Mass Appeal	[6]
1982
	Athol Fugard	"Master Harold"...and the Boys	[7]
1983
	Robert Allan Ackerman	Extremities	[8]
1984
	Michael Blakemore	Noises Off	[9]
1985
	John Malkovich	Balm in Gilead	[10]
1986
	John Tillinger	Corpse!, Loot and The Perfect Party	[11]
1987
	John Tillinger	Corpse!, Loot and The Perfect Party	[12]
1988 (tie)
	Jerry Zaks	Anything Goes and Wenceslas Square	[13]
Ron Lagomarsino	Driving Miss Daisy , Laughing Wild and Only You
1989	No award given.

1990s

Year	Director	Production	Ref.
1990
	Michael Blakemore	City of Angels and Lettice and Lovage	[14]
	Tommy Tune	Grand Hotel
	Frank Galati	The Grapes of Wrath
	Lloyd Richards	The Piano Lesson
1991
	Gene Saks	Lost in Yonkers	[15]
	Richard Jones	La Bete
	Scott Ellis	And The World Goes Round
	Nicholas Hytner	Miss Saigon
	Jerry Zaks	Six Degrees of Separation
1992
	Patrick Mason	Dancing at Lughnasa	[16]
	Daniel J. Sullivan	Conversations with My Father
	Harold Prince	Grandchild of Kings
	David Petrarea	Marvin's Room
	Lloyd Richards	Two Trains Running

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Michael Blakemore

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Tommy Tune
• Michael Blakemore
• Jerry Zaks
• Lloyd Richards

References

1. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1977". BroadwayWorld.
2. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1978". BroadwayWorld.
3. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1979". BroadwayWorld.
4. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1981". BroadwayWorld.
5. As "Lucille Lortel Award for New Director".
6. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1981". BroadwayWorld.
7. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1982". BroadwayWorld.
8. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1983". BroadwayWorld.
9. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1984". BroadwayWorld.
10. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1985". BroadwayWorld.
11. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1986". BroadwayWorld.
12. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1986". BroadwayWorld.
13. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1988". BroadwayWorld.
14. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1990". BroadwayWorld.
15. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1991". BroadwayWorld.
16. "Outer Critics Circle Awards 1991". BroadwayWorld.