The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 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. In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play.

Winners and nominees

1960s

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

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