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. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
Winners and nominees
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2000s Year Director(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 Year Director(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 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)Francesca ZambelloHanda Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side StoryLuke JoslinIn the HeightsJack O'BrienRoald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryHal PrinceEvita
See also Helpmann Awards
References
External links The official Helpmann Awards website