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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="جورج أبوت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جورج أبوت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%89%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6_%CE%86%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84" title="Τζωρτζ Άμποτ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζωρτζ Άμποτ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="جورج ابوت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جورج ابوت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="George Abbott" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%27_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98" title="ג'ורג' אבוט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ורג' אבוט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF_%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ჯორჯ ებოტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" 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Abbott</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Abbott.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbott in 1928"><img alt="Abbott in 1928" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/George_Abbott.jpg/220px-George_Abbott.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/George_Abbott.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="484" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Abbott in 1928</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">George Francis Abbott<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1887-06-25</span>)</span>June 25, 1887<br /><a href="/wiki/Forestville,_New_York" title="Forestville, New York">Forestville, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">January 31, 1995<span style="display:none">(1995-01-31)</span> (aged 107)<br /><a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida" title="Miami Beach, Florida">Miami Beach, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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director</li><li>playwright</li><li>screenwriter</li><li>film producer</li><li>film director</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Rochester" title="University of Rochester">University of Rochester</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1913–1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Director_of_a_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical">Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director</a> (1983)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a> (1960)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical">Tony Award Best Direction</a> (1960, 1963)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Tony Award Best Musical</a> (1955, 1956, 1960)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" title="Special Tony Award">Special Tony Award</a> (1987)</li><li><a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> (1990)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Edna Levis</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1914; died 1930)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Sinclair" title="Mary Sinclair">Mary Sinclair</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1946; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1951)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Joy Valderrama<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Francis Abbott</b> (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received numerous honors including six <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-George_Abbott_Biography_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Abbott_Biography-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-History,_1982_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History,_1982-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Doing_the_Honours_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doing_the_Honours-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Theatre_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="American Theatre Hall of Fame">American Theatre Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>Starting as an actor he later became known for producing numerous <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> productions such as <i><a href="/wiki/Pal_Joey_(musical)" title="Pal Joey (musical)">Pal Joey</a></i> (1940), <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_(musical)" title="On the Town (musical)">On the Town</a></i> (1944), <i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Madam" title="Call Me Madam">Call Me Madam</a></i> (1950), <i><a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Town" title="Wonderful Town">Wonderful Town</a></i> (1953), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pajama_Game" title="The Pajama Game">The Pajama Game</a></i> (1954), <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees" title="Damn Yankees">Damn Yankees</a></i> (1955), <i><a href="/wiki/New_Girl_in_Town" title="New Girl in Town">New Girl in Town</a></i> (1957), <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Mattress" title="Once Upon a Mattress">Once Upon a Mattress</a></i> (1959), <i><a href="/wiki/Fiorello!" title="Fiorello!">Fiorello!</a></i> (book, 1959), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum" title="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</a></i> (1962), <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(play)" title="Broadway (play)">Broadway</a></i> (1987), <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees" title="Damn Yankees">Damn Yankees</a></i> (1994). </p><p>Abbot also acted in numerous films in the 1920s and 1930s. He received an <a href="/wiki/3rd_Academy_Awards" title="3rd Academy Awards">Academy Award for Best Writing</a> nomination for <i><a href="/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1930_film)" title="All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)">All Quiet on the Western Front</a></i> (1930). He later directed the movie musicals adaptations of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pajama_Game_(film)" title="The Pajama Game (film)">The Pajama Game</a></i> (1957), and <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(1958_film)" title="Damn Yankees (1958 film)">Damn Yankees</a></i> (1958). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott was born in <a href="/wiki/Forestville,_New_York" title="Forestville, New York">Forestville, New York</a>, to George Burwell Abbott (May 1858 <a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Erie County, New York</a> – February 4, 1942 <a href="/wiki/Hamburg,_New_York" title="Hamburg, New York">Hamburg, New York</a>) and Hannah May McLaury (1869 – June 20, 1940 <a href="/wiki/Hamburg,_New_York" title="Hamburg, New York">Hamburg, New York</a>). He later moved to the city of <a href="/wiki/Salamanca,_New_York" title="Salamanca, New York">Salamanca</a>, which twice elected his father mayor. In 1898, his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne,_Wyoming" title="Cheyenne, Wyoming">Cheyenne, Wyoming</a>, where he attended <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_United_States_military_academies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of defunct United States military academies">Kearney Military Academy</a>. Within a few years, his family returned to New York, and he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Hamburg_High_School_(Hamburg,_New_York)" title="Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)">Hamburg High School</a> in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monitor_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monitor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1911 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rochester" title="University of Rochester">University of Rochester</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-monitor_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monitor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he wrote his first play, <i>Perfectly Harmless</i>, for the University Dramatic Club. Abbott then attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, to take a course in playwriting from <a href="/wiki/George_Pierce_Baker" title="George Pierce Baker">George Pierce Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-monitor_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monitor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Baker's tutelage, he wrote <i>The Head of the Family</i>, which was performed at the Harvard Dramatic Club in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-Masterworks_Broadway_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterworks_Broadway-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then worked for a year as "author, gofer, and actor" at the <a href="/wiki/Bijou_Theatre_(Boston)" title="Bijou Theatre (Boston)">Bijou Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, where his play <i>The Man in the Manhole</i> won a contest.<sup id="cite_ref-monitor_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monitor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg/220px-Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg/330px-Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg/440px-Abbott-Dunning-1928.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>George Abbott and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunning" title="Philip Dunning">Philip Dunning</a> (1928)</figcaption></figure> <p>Abbott started acting on Broadway in 1913, debuting in <i>The Misleading Lady</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pbs_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While acting in several plays in New York City, he began to write; his first successful play was <i>The Fall Guy</i> (1925).<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pbs_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbott acquired a reputation as an astute "show doctor". He frequently was called upon to supervise changes when a show was having difficulties in tryouts or previews prior to its Broadway opening.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first hit was <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(play)" title="Broadway (play)">Broadway</a></i>, written and directed in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunning" title="Philip Dunning">Philip Dunning</a>, whose play Abbott "rejiggered".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It opened on September 16, 1926, at the <a href="/wiki/Broadhurst_Theatre" title="Broadhurst Theatre">Broadhurst Theatre</a> and ran for 603 performances. Other successes followed, and it was a rare year that did not have an Abbott production on Broadway.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He also worked in Hollywood as a film writer and director<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while continuing with his theatre work. </p><p>Among those who worked with Abbott early in their careers are <a href="/wiki/Desi_Arnaz" title="Desi Arnaz">Desi Arnaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/June_Havoc" title="June Havoc">June Havoc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jules_Styne" class="mw-redirect" title="Jules Styne">Jules Styne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He introduced the "fast-paced, tightly integrated style that influenced" performers and especially directors such as <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fosse" title="Bob Fosse">Bob Fosse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hal_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Hal Prince">Hal Prince</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pbs_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbs-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Autobiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1963, he published his autobiography, <i>Mister Abbott</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott was married to Edna Lewis from 1914 to her death in 1930; they had one child. Actress <a href="/wiki/Mary_Sinclair" title="Mary Sinclair">Mary Sinclair</a> was his second wife. Their marriage lasted from 1946 until their 1951 divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-people_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a long romance with actress <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Stapleton" title="Maureen Stapleton">Maureen Stapleton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Masterworks_Broadway_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterworks_Broadway-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1968 to 1978. She was 43 and he was 81 when they began their affair, then ten years later Abbott left her for a younger woman.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His third wife was Joy Valderrama. They were married from 1983 until his death in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-people_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-berger_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbott was a vigorous man who remained active past his 100th birthday by golfing and dancing. He died from complications of a stroke on January 31, 1995, at his home on <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Island" title="Sunset Island">Sunset Island</a> off <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Beach">Miami Beach</a>, Florida, at age 107. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> obituary read, "Mrs. Abbott said that a week and a half before his death he was dictating revisions to the second act of <i>Pajama Game</i> with a revival in mind, in addition to working on a revival of <i>Damn Yankees</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-berger_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the age of 106, he walked down the aisle on opening night of the <i>Damn Yankees</i> revival and received a standing ovation. He was heard saying to his companion, 'There must be somebody important here.'" Just thirteen days before his 107th birthday, Abbott made an appearance at the <a href="/wiki/48th_Tony_Awards" title="48th Tony Awards">48th Tony Awards</a>, coming onstage with fellow <i>Damn Yankees</i> alumni <a href="/wiki/Gwen_Verdon" title="Gwen Verdon">Gwen Verdon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean_Stapleton" title="Jean Stapleton">Jean Stapleton</a> at the end of the opening number, a medley performed by the nominees for Best Revival of A Musical, which included <i>Grease</i>, <i>She Loves Me</i>, <i>Carousel</i>, and his own <i>Damn Yankees</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-berger_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was cremated at <a href="/wiki/Woodlawn_Park_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodlawn Park Cemetery">Woodlawn Park Cemetery</a> in Miami and the ashes were taken by his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his wife, who died in 2020 at 88, Abbott was survived by a sister, Isabel Juergens, who died a year later at the age of 102; two granddaughters, Amy Clark Davidson and Susan Clark Hansley; a grandson, George Clark, and six great-grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-berger_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, the <a href="/wiki/54th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="54th Street (Manhattan)">54th Street</a> Theatre was rechristened the <a href="/wiki/George_Abbott_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="George Abbott Theatre">George Abbott Theatre</a> in his honor. The building was demolished in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Masterworks_Broadway_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterworks_Broadway-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New York City's <a href="/wiki/George_Abbott_Way" title="George Abbott Way">George Abbott Way</a>, the section of West 45th Street northwest of <a href="/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a>, is also named after him. </p><p>He received New York City's <a href="/wiki/Handel_Medallion" title="Handel Medallion">Handel Medallion</a> in 1976, honorary doctorates from the Universities of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rochester" title="University of Rochester">Rochester</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">Miami</a>, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kennedy_Centre_Honors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kennedy Centre Honors (page does not exist)">Kennedy Centre Honors</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-George_Abbott_Biography_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George_Abbott_Biography-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-History,_1982_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History,_1982-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Doing_the_Honours_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doing_the_Honours-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also inducted into the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Theatre_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="American Theatre Hall of Fame">American Theatre Hall of Fame</a>. In 1990, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage">Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: <i>Playbill</i> <sup id="cite_ref-vault_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vault-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1915: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Yeomen_of_the_Guard" title="The Yeomen of the Guard">The Yeomen of the Guard</a></i> (actor)</li> <li>1918: <i>Daddies</i> (actor)</li> <li>1920: <i>The Broken Wing</i> (actor)</li> <li>1923: <i>Zander the Great</i> (actor)</li> <li>1924: <i>Hell-Bent Fer Heaven</i> (actor)</li> <li>1925: <i>The Fall Guy</i> (playwright)</li> <li>1926: <i>Love 'em and Leave 'em </i> (playwright, director)</li> <li>1926: <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(play)" title="Chicago (play)">Chicago</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1926: <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(play)" title="Broadway (play)">Broadway</a></i> (playwright, director)</li> <li>1928: <i>Gentlemen of the Press</i> (director)</li> <li>1932: <i>Lilly Turner</i> (playwright, director, producer)</li> <li>1932: <i><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Century_(play)" title="Twentieth Century (play)">Twentieth Century</a></i> (director, producer)</li> <li>1934: <i><a href="/wiki/Small_Miracle" title="Small Miracle">Small Miracle</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1935: <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Men_on_a_Horse" title="Three Men on a Horse">Three Men on a Horse</a></i> (playwright, director)</li> <li>1935: <i><a href="/wiki/Jumbo_(musical)" title="Jumbo (musical)">Jumbo</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1936: <i><a href="/wiki/On_Your_Toes" title="On Your Toes">On Your Toes</a></i> (book)</li> <li>1937: <i><a href="/wiki/Room_Service_(play)" title="Room Service (play)">Room Service</a></i> (director, producer)</li> <li>1937: <i>Brown Sugar</i> (director, producer)</li> <li>1938: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Syracuse" title="The Boys from Syracuse">The Boys from Syracuse</a></i> (book, director, producer)</li> <li>1939: <i><a href="/wiki/Too_Many_Girls_(musical)" title="Too Many Girls (musical)">Too Many Girls</a></i> (director, producer)</li> <li>1940: <i><a href="/wiki/Pal_Joey_(musical)" title="Pal Joey (musical)">Pal Joey</a></i> (director, producer)</li> <li>1940: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Unconquered_(1940_play)" title="The Unconquered (1940 play)">The Unconquered</a></i> (producer, director)</li> <li>1941: <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Foot_Forward_(musical)" title="Best Foot Forward (musical)">Best Foot Forward</a></i> (producer, director)</li> <li>1943: <i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_and_Tell_(play)" title="Kiss and Tell (play)">Kiss and Tell (play)</a> (producer, director)</i></li> <li>1944: <i>A Highland Fling</i> (play) (producer, director)</li> <li>1944: <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_(musical)" title="On the Town (musical)">On the Town</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1945: <i><a href="/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Baby" title="Billion Dollar Baby">Billion Dollar Baby</a></i> (musical) (director)</li> <li>1947: <i><a href="/wiki/High_Button_Shoes" title="High Button Shoes">High Button Shoes</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1948: <i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_Charley%3F" title="Where's Charley?">Where's Charley?</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1949: <i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Gibbons%27_Boys" title="Mrs. Gibbons' Boys">Mrs. Gibbons' Boys</a></i> (producer, director)</li> <li>1950: <i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Madam" title="Call Me Madam">Call Me Madam</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1951: <i><a href="/wiki/A_Tree_Grows_in_Brooklyn_(musical)" title="A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (musical)">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</a></i> (book, director, producer)</li> <li>1953: <i><a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Town" title="Wonderful Town">Wonderful Town</a></i> (director) <i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Juliet" title="Me and Juliet">Me and Juliet</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1954: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pajama_Game" title="The Pajama Game">The Pajama Game</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1955: <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees" title="Damn Yankees">Damn Yankees</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1957: <i><a href="/wiki/New_Girl_in_Town" title="New Girl in Town">New Girl in Town</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1959: <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Mattress" title="Once Upon a Mattress">Once Upon a Mattress</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1959: <i><a href="/wiki/Fiorello!" title="Fiorello!">Fiorello!</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1960: <i><a href="/wiki/Tenderloin_(musical)" title="Tenderloin (musical)">Tenderloin</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1961: <i><a href="/wiki/Take_Her,_She%27s_Mine" title="Take Her, She's Mine">Take Her, She's Mine</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1962: <i><a href="/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum" title="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1962: <i><a href="/wiki/Never_Too_Late_(play)" title="Never Too Late (play)">Never Too Late</a></i> (director)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1964: <i><a href="/wiki/Fade_Out_%E2%80%93_Fade_In" title="Fade Out – Fade In">Fade Out – Fade In</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1965: <i><a href="/wiki/Flora,_The_Red_Menace" class="mw-redirect" title="Flora, The Red Menace">Flora, The Red Menace</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1965: <i><a href="/wiki/Anya_(musical)" title="Anya (musical)">Anya</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1967: <i><a href="/wiki/How_Now,_Dow_Jones" title="How Now, Dow Jones">How Now, Dow Jones</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1968: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Education_of_H*Y*M*A*N_K*A*P*L*A*N" title="The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N">The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1969: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fig_Leaves_Are_Falling" title="The Fig Leaves Are Falling">The Fig Leaves Are Falling</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1970: <i><a href="/wiki/Norman,_Is_That_You%3F" title="Norman, Is That You?">Norman, Is That You?</a></i> (director)</li> <li>1976: <i><a href="/wiki/Music_Is" title="Music Is">Music Is</a></i> (book, director)</li> <li>1987: <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(play)" title="Broadway (play)">Broadway</a></i> (revival, book, director)</li> <li>1994: <i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees" title="Damn Yankees">Damn Yankees</a></i> (revival, book, consultant, script revisions)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmography">Filmography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Credit </th></tr> <tr> <td>1918</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Impostor_(1918_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Impostor (1918 film) (page does not exist)">The Imposter</a></i></td> <td>Writer, actor (Lem) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1926</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_%27Em_and_Leave_%27Em_(film)" title="Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (film)">Love 'Em and Leave 'Em</a></i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1927</td> <td><i>Hills of Peril</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>A Holy Terror</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Walls_(film)" title="Four Walls (film)">Four Walls</a></i></td> <td>Playwright, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coquette_(film)" title="Coquette (film)">Coquette</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnival_Man" title="The Carnival Man">The Carnival Man</a></i></td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(1929_film)" title="Broadway (1929 film)">Broadway</a></i></td> <td>Playwright, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i>The Bishop's Candlesticks</i></td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Bring_That_Up%3F" title="Why Bring That Up?">Why Bring That Up?</a></i></td> <td>Director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saturday_Night_Kid" title="The Saturday Night Kid">The Saturday Night Kid</a></i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Love 'Em and Leave 'Em</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i>Night Parade</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Ringside</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Half_Way_to_Heaven_(1929_film)" title="Half Way to Heaven (1929 film)">Half Way to Heaven</a></i></td> <td>Director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td><i>El Dios del mar</i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1930_film)" title="All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)">All Quiet on the Western Front</a></i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fall_Guy_(1930_film)" title="The Fall Guy (1930 film)">The Fall Guy</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manslaughter_(1930_film)" title="Manslaughter (1930 film)">Manslaughter</a></i></td> <td>Director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_God" title="The Sea God">The Sea God</a></i></td> <td>Director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Leap_into_the_Void" title="The Leap into the Void">The Leap into the Void</a></i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Heaven_(1931_film)" title="Stolen Heaven (1931 film)">Stolen Heaven</a></i></td> <td>Director; writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incorrigible_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Incorrigible (film)">The Incorrigible</a></i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Manslaughter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i>Sombras del circo</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Halfway to Heaven</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i>À mi-chemin du ciel</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Halfway to Heaven</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_a_Secretary" title="Secrets of a Secretary">Secrets of a Secretary</a></i></td> <td>Director, writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Sin" title="My Sin">My Sin</a></i></td> <td>Director; writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cheat_(1931_film)" title="The Cheat (1931 film)">The Cheat</a></i></td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932</td> <td><i>Halvvägs till himlen</i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Those_We_Love" title="Those We Love">Those We Love</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Turner" title="Lilly Turner">Lilly Turner</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heat_Lightning_(film)" title="Heat Lightning (film)">Heat Lightning</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934</td> <td><i>Straight Is the Way</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Four Walls</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Men_on_a_Horse_(film)" title="Three Men on a Horse (film)">Three Men on a Horse</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td><i>Broadway</i></td> <td>Writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/On_Your_Toes#Film_adaptation" title="On Your Toes">On Your Toes</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Many_Girls_(musical)#Film_version" title="Too Many Girls (musical)">Too Many Girls</a></i></td> <td>Director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Syracuse_(film)" title="The Boys from Syracuse (film)">The Boys from Syracuse</a></i></td> <td>Playwright, director </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td><i>Highway West</i></td> <td>Playwright, <i>Heat Lightning</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(1942_film)" title="Broadway (1942 film)">Broadway</a></i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947</td> <td><i>Beat the Band</i></td> <td>Playwright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pajama_Game_(film)" title="The Pajama Game (film)">The Pajama Game</a></i></td> <td>Writer, director, producer<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Damn Yankees (film)">Damn Yankees</a></i></td> <td>Writer, director, producer </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Abbott&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source: <i>Playbill</i><sup id="cite_ref-vault_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vault-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Awards</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1955 Tony Award for Best Musical – <i>The Pajama Game</i></li> <li>1956 Tony Award for Best Musical – <i>Damn Yankees</i></li> <li>1960 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama" title="Pulitzer Prize for Drama">Pulitzer Prize for Drama</a> – <i>Fiorello!</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1960 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – <i>Fiorello!</i></li> <li>1960 Tony Award for Best Musical – <i>Fiorello!</i></li> <li>1963 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – <i>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</i></li> <li>1976 Special Tony Award: The Lawrence Langer award</li> <li>1983 <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> for Outstanding Director of a Musical – <i>On Your Toes</i></li> <li>1987 Special <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> on the occasion of his 100th birthday</li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Nominations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1930 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> for Best Achievement in Writing – <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i><sup id="cite_ref-Masterworks_Broadway_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masterworks_Broadway-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1958 <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a> Award for Best Written American Musical – <i>Damn Yankees</i></li> <li>1958 Tony Award for Best Musical – <i>New Girl in Town</i></li> <li>1958 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical – <i>The Pajama Game</i></li> <li>1959 <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a> Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – <i>Damn Yankees</i></li> <li>1963 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – <i>Never Too Late</i></li> <li>1968 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – <i>How Now, Dow Jones</i></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Masterson">Peter Masterson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Leach" title="Wilford Leach">Wilford Leach</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1982)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Abbott</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1984)</li> <li>No Award (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Leach" title="Wilford Leach">Wilford Leach</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ockrent" title="Mike Ockrent">Mike Ockrent</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Ellis" title="Scott Ellis">Scott Ellis</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zaks" title="Jerry Zaks">Jerry Zaks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_McAnuff" title="Des McAnuff">Des McAnuff</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Renshaw" title="Christopher Renshaw">Christopher Renshaw</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Bobbie" title="Walter Bobbie">Walter Bobbie</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Taymor" title="Julie Taymor">Julie Taymor</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bourne" title="Matthew Bourne">Matthew Bourne</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Blakemore" title="Michael Blakemore">Michael Blakemore</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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(director)">Michael Mayer</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Nicholaw" title="Casey Nicholaw">Casey Nicholaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tiffany" title="John Tiffany">John Tiffany</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Paulus" title="Diane Paulus">Diane Paulus</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darko_Tresnjak" title="Darko Tresnjak">Darko Tresnjak</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kail" title="Thomas Kail">Thomas Kail</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doyle_(director)" title="John Doyle (director)">John Doyle</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bartlett_Sher" title="Bartlett Sher">Bartlett Sher</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Chavkin" title="Rachel Chavkin">Rachel Chavkin</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Cromer" title="David Cromer">David Cromer</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Landau" title="Tina Landau">Tina Landau</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Chavkin" title="Rachel 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style="width:1%">1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cagney" title="James Cagney">James Cagney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_de_Mille" title="Agnes de Mille">Agnes de Mille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leontyne_Price" title="Leontyne Price">Leontyne Price</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a></li> <li><a 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Dunham">Katherine Dunham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Thomson" title="Virgil Thomson">Virgil Thomson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gian_Carlo_Menotti" title="Gian Carlo Menotti">Gian Carlo Menotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merce_Cunningham" title="Merce Cunningham">Merce Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Dunne" title="Irene Dunne">Irene Dunne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Loewe" title="Frederick Loewe">Frederick Loewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_Tudor" title="Antony Tudor">Antony Tudor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Milstein" title="Nathan Milstein">Nathan Milstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alwin_Nikolais" title="Alwin Nikolais">Alwin Nikolais</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td 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Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Danilova" title="Alexandra Danilova">Alexandra Danilova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Schuman" title="William Schuman">William Schuman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1970s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1980s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1990s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2000s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2010s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2020s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_(1990s)420" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template talk:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Special:EditPage/Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_(1990s)420" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts recipients</a> (1990s)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merce_Cunningham" title="Merce Cunningham">Merce Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_Johns" title="Jasper Johns">Jasper Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence" title="Jacob Lawrence">Jacob Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">Riley "B.B." King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_Kreeger" title="David Lloyd Kreeger">David Lloyd Kreeger</a></li> <li>Harris & Carroll Sterling Masterson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McHarg" title="Ian McHarg">Ian McHarg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth" title="BellSouth">Southeastern Bell Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Abravanel" title="Maurice Abravanel">Maurice Abravanel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Belluschi" title="Pietro Belluschi">Pietro Belluschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_Brown_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carter Brown III">John Carter Brown III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_%22Honi%22_Coles" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles "Honi" Coles">Charles "Honi" Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crosby_(conductor)" title="John Crosby (conductor)">John Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn" title="Richard Diebenkorn">Richard Diebenkorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Philip_Hanes" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Philip Hanes">R. Philip Hanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Carlisle" title="Kitty Carlisle">Kitty Carlisle Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Primus" title="Pearl Primus">Pearl Primus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texaco" title="Texaco">Texaco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Houser" title="Allan Houser">Allan Houser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Saudek" title="Robert Saudek">Robert Saudek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Venturi" title="Robert Venturi">Robert Venturi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown" title="Denise Scott Brown">Denise Scott Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Acheson_Wallace" title="Lila Acheson Wallace">Lila Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Annenberg" title="Walter Annenberg">Walter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonore_Annenberg" title="Leonore Annenberg">Leonore Annenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cabell "Cab" Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Lomax_Hawes" title="Bess Lomax Hawes">Bess Lomax Hawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kunitz" title="Stanley Kunitz">Stanley Kunitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Merrill" title="Robert Merrill">Robert Merrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg" title="Robert Rauschenberg">Robert Rauschenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Styron" title="William Styron">William Styron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)" title="Paul Taylor (choreographer)">Paul Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_DeLay" title="Dorothy DeLay">Dorothy DeLay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Hawkins" title="Erick Hawkins">Erick Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Filene_Shouse" title="Catherine Filene Shouse">Catherine Filene Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Thiebaud" title="Wayne Thiebaud">Wayne Thiebaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wilbur" title="Richard Wilbur">Richard Wilbur</a></li> <li>Young Audiences</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Licia_Albanese" title="Licia Albanese">Licia Albanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gerald_Cantor" title="B. Gerald Cantor">B. Gerald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iris_Cantor" title="Iris Cantor">Iris Cantor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Diamond_(composer)" title="David Diamond (composer)">David Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ingo_Freed" title="James Ingo Freed">James Ingo Freed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer)" title="Arthur Mitchell (dancer)">Arthur Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li>Urban Gateways</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Caldwell" title="Sarah Caldwell">Sarah Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Callahan_(photographer)" title="Harry Callahan (photographer)">Harry Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelda_Fichandler" title="Zelda Fichandler">Zelda Fichandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalo_Guerrero" title="Lalo Guerrero">Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Lewitzky" title="Bella Lewitzky">Bella Lewitzky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Vera List">Vera List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sendak" title="Maurice Sendak">Maurice Sendak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boys_Choir_of_Harlem" title="Boys Choir of Harlem">Boys Choir of Harlem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois" title="Louise Bourgeois">Louise Bourgeois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Gund" title="Agnes Gund">Agnes Gund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiley" title="Dan Kiley">Daniel Urban Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Levine" title="James Levine">James Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Villella" title="Edward Villella">Edward Villella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDowell_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDowell Colony">MacDowell Colony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_d%27Amboise_(dancer)" title="Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)">Jacques d'Amboise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Domino" title="Fats Domino">Antoine "Fats" Domino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" title="Ramblin' Jack Elliott">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gehry" title="Frank Gehry">Frank Gehry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Handman" title="Barbara Handman">Barbara Handman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Martin" title="Agnes Martin">Agnes Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Peters" title="Roberta Peters">Roberta Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Lee_Corporation" title="Sara Lee Corporation">Sara Lee Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre_Company" title="Steppenwolf Theatre Company">Steppenwolf Theatre Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Verdon" title="Gwen Verdon">Gwen Verdon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Diamond" title="Irene Diamond">Irene Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Graves" title="Michael Graves">Michael Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odetta" title="Odetta">Odetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_LeNoire" title="Rosetta LeNoire">Rosetta LeNoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Lichtenstein" title="Harvey Lichtenstein">Harvey Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza" title="Lydia Mendoza">Lydia Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Segal_(artist)" title="George Segal (artist)">George Segal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Tallchief" title="Maria Tallchief">Maria Tallchief</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_National_Medal_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1980s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_2000s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_2010s" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 2010s">2010s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama:_Authors37" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Lynch_Williams" title="Jesse Lynch Williams">Jesse Lynch Williams</a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a> (1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zona_Gale" title="Zona Gale">Zona Gale</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a> (1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Davis" title="Owen Davis">Owen Davis</a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatcher_Hughes" title="Hatcher Hughes">Hatcher Hughes</a> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Howard" title="Sidney Howard">Sidney Howard</a> (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kelly_(playwright)" title="George Kelly (playwright)">George Kelly</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(playwright)" title="Paul Green (playwright)">Paul Green</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Rice" title="Elmer Rice">Elmer Rice</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Connelly" title="Marc Connelly">Marc Connelly</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Glaspell" title="Susan Glaspell">Susan Glaspell</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morrie_Ryskind" title="Morrie Ryskind">Morrie Ryskind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ira_Gershwin" title="Ira Gershwin">Ira Gershwin</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Anderson" title="Maxwell Anderson">Maxwell Anderson</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Kingsley" title="Sidney Kingsley">Sidney Kingsley</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Akins" title="Zoe Akins">Zoe Akins</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood" title="Robert E. Sherwood">Robert E. Sherwood</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Hart" title="Moss Hart">Moss Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton_Wilder" title="Thornton Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood" title="Robert E. Sherwood">Robert E. Sherwood</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Saroyan" title="William Saroyan">William Saroyan</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood" title="Robert E. Sherwood">Robert E. Sherwood</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton_Wilder" title="Thornton Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Chase_(playwright)" title="Mary Chase (playwright)">Mary Chase</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russel_Crouse" title="Russel Crouse">Russel Crouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lindsay" title="Howard Lindsay">Howard Lindsay</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Logan" title="Joshua Logan">Joshua Logan</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kramm" title="Joseph Kramm">Joseph Kramm</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Inge" title="William Inge">William Inge</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_(dramatist)" title="John Patrick (dramatist)">John Patrick</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketti_Frings" title="Ketti Frings">Ketti Frings</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish" title="Archibald MacLeish">Archibald MacLeish</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Weidman" title="Jerome Weidman">Jerome Weidman</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Abbott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bock" title="Jerry Bock">Jerry Bock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad_Mosel" title="Tad Mosel">Tad Mosel</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Loesser" title="Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abe_Burrows" title="Abe Burrows">Abe Burrows</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_D._Gilroy" title="Frank D. Gilroy">Frank D. Gilroy</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Sackler" title="Howard Sackler">Howard Sackler</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordone" title="Charles Gordone">Charles Gordone</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Zindel" title="Paul Zindel">Paul Zindel</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Miller_(playwright)" title="Jason Miller (playwright)">Jason Miller</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bennett_(theater)" title="Michael Bennett (theater)">Michael Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Dante" title="Nicholas Dante">Nicholas Dante</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Kirkwood_Jr." title="James Kirkwood Jr.">James Kirkwood Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kleban" title="Edward Kleban">Edward Kleban</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cristofer" title="Michael Cristofer">Michael Cristofer</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Coburn" title="Donald L. Coburn">Donald L. Coburn</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Shepard" title="Sam Shepard">Sam Shepard</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanford_Wilson" title="Lanford Wilson">Lanford Wilson</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Henley" title="Beth Henley">Beth Henley</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fuller" title="Charles Fuller">Charles Fuller</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Norman" title="Marsha Norman">Marsha Norman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Uhry" title="Alfred Uhry">Alfred Uhry</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein" title="Wendy Wasserstein">Wendy Wasserstein</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Schenkkan" title="Robert Schenkkan">Robert Schenkkan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Kushner" title="Tony Kushner">Tony Kushner</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Vogel" title="Paula Vogel">Paula Vogel</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Edson" title="Margaret Edson">Margaret Edson</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Margulies" title="Donald Margulies">Donald Margulies</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Auburn" title="David Auburn">David Auburn</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan-Lori_Parks" title="Suzan-Lori Parks">Suzan-Lori Parks</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilo_Cruz" title="Nilo Cruz">Nilo Cruz</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Wright" title="Doug Wright">Doug Wright</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Shanley" title="John Patrick Shanley">John Patrick Shanley</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay-Abaire" title="David Lindsay-Abaire">David Lindsay-Abaire</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Letts" title="Tracy Letts">Tracy Letts</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Nottage" title="Lynn Nottage">Lynn Nottage</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kitt_(musician)" title="Tom Kitt (musician)">Tom Kitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Yorkey" title="Brian Yorkey">Brian Yorkey</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Norris_(playwright)" title="Bruce Norris (playwright)">Bruce Norris</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiara_Alegr%C3%ADa_Hudes" title="Quiara Alegría Hudes">Quiara Alegría Hudes</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayad_Akhtar" title="Ayad Akhtar">Ayad Akhtar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Baker" title="Annie Baker">Annie Baker</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Adly_Guirgis" title="Stephen Adly Guirgis">Stephen Adly Guirgis</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Nottage" title="Lynn Nottage">Lynn Nottage</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyna_Majok" title="Martyna Majok">Martyna Majok</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Sibblies_Drury" title="Jackie Sibblies Drury">Jackie Sibblies Drury</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Jackson" title="Michael R. Jackson">Michael R. Jackson</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katori_Hall" title="Katori Hall">Katori Hall</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ijames" title="James Ijames">James Ijames</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaz_Toossi" title="Sanaz Toossi">Sanaz Toossi</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eboni_Booth" title="Eboni Booth">Eboni Booth</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/60px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/90px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png/120px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="1110" /></a></span><br /><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png/60px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png/90px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png/120px-Pulitzer_Medal_-_reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1101" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Special_Tony_Award58" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Special_Tony_Award" title="Template:Special Tony Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Special_Tony_Award" title="Template talk:Special Tony Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Special_Tony_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Special Tony Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Special_Tony_Award58" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" title="Special Tony Award">Special Tony Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1947–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dora_Chamberlain" title="Dora Chamberlain">Dora Chamberlain</a> / Ira and Rita Katzenberg / <a href="/wiki/Jules_Leventhal" title="Jules Leventhal">Jules Leventhal</a> / <a href="/wiki/Burns_Mantle" title="Burns Mantle">Burns Mantle</a> / P. A. MacDonald / <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Sardi_Sr." title="Vincent Sardi Sr.">Vincent Sardi Sr.</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vera Allen / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Beisman" title="Paul Beisman">Paul Beisman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joe_E._Brown" title="Joe E. Brown">Joe E. Brown</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" title="The Importance of Being Earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Dowling" title="Robert W. Dowling">Robert W. Dowling</a> / Experimental Theatre Inc. / Rosalind Gilder / <a href="/wiki/June_Lockhart" title="June Lockhart">June Lockhart</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Pierce_(backstage_doorman)" title="George Pierce (backstage doorman)">George Pierce</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> / Philip Faversham / <a href="/wiki/Brock_Pemberton" title="Brock Pemberton">Brock Pemberton</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ruth Green (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kook" title="Edward Kook">Edward Kook</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Lillie" title="Beatrice Lillie">Beatrice Lillie</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Proscenium Productions (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Fourth Street Chekov Theatre / <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">City Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="New York Public Library for the Performing Arts">The New York Public Library Theatre Collection</a> / The Shakespearewrights / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Shakespeare_Theatre" title="American Shakespeare Theatre">American Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Barrault" title="Jean-Louis Barrault">Jean-Louis Barrault</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hammerstein" title="Willie Hammerstein">William Hammerstein</a> / Joseph Harbuck / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Shyre" title="Paul Shyre">Paul Shyre</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Heims_Beck" title="Louise Heims Beck">Mrs. Martin Beck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russel_Crouse" title="Russel Crouse">Russel Crouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lindsay" title="Howard Lindsay">Howard Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> / Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/La_Plume_de_Ma_Tante" title="La Plume de Ma Tante">La Plume de Ma Tante</a></i> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III" title="John D. Rockefeller III">John D. Rockefeller III</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Atkinson" title="Brooks Atkinson">Brooks Atkinson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" title="Franco Zeffirelli">Franco Zeffirelli</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._McNeil_Lowry" title="W. McNeil Lowry">W. McNeil Lowry</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Miller" title="Gilbert Miller">Gilbert Miller</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Smith_(designer)" title="Oliver Smith (designer)">Oliver Smith</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Menken" title="Helen Menken">Helen Menken</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">APA-Phoenix Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier" title="Maurice Chevalier">Maurice Chevalier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich" title="Marlene Dietrich">Marlene Dietrich</a> / <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> / <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">The National Theatre Company of Great Britain</a> / The <a href="/wiki/Negro_Ensemble_Company" title="Negro Ensemble Company">Negro Ensemble Company</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ingram Ash / <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Norton" title="Elliot Norton">Elliot Norton</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Playbill" title="Playbill">Playbill</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Roger_L._Stevens" title="Roger L. Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Merman" title="Ethel Merman">Ethel Merman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a>-American Theatre Society (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">John Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Shubert_Organization" title="The Shubert Organization">Shubert Organization</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/A_Moon_for_the_Misbegotten" title="A Moon for the Misbegotten">A Moon for the Misbegotten</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / Harold Friedlander / <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Development_Fund" title="Theatre Development Fund">Theatre Development Fund</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_F._Wharton_(lawyer)" title="John F. Wharton (lawyer)">John F. Wharton</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre" title="Circle in the Square Theatre">Circle in the Square Theatre</a> / Thomas H. Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Mathilde_Pincus" title="Mathilde Pincus">Mathilde Pincus</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Crawford" title="Cheryl Crawford">Cheryl Crawford</a> / Equity Liberty Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf" title="National Theatre of the Deaf">National Theatre of the Deaf</a> / <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stan_Dragoti" title="Stan Dragoti">Stan Dragoti</a> and Charles Moss (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Walter F. Diehl / <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theater_Center" title="Eugene O'Neill Theater Center">Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Richard Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> / Hobe Morrison (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Warner Communications</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Feller" title="Peter Feller">Peter Feller</a> / <i>La Tragedie de Carmen</i> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Council_on_the_Arts" title="New York State Council on the Arts">New York State Council on the Arts</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mason" title="Jackie Mason">Jackie Mason</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music" title="Brooklyn Academy of Music">Brooklyn Academy of Music</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1990–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma!" title="Oklahoma!">Oklahoma!</a></i> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Harvey Sabinson (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_B._Jacobs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard B. Jacobs">Bernard B. Jacobs</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Edward E. Colton / Ben Edwards (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> / Isabelle Stevenson (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage#2000–2009" title="Dame Edna Everage">Dame Edna: The Royal Tour</a></i> / T. Edward Hambleton (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gemignani" title="Paul Gemignani">Paul Gemignani</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> / Robert Whitehead (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cy_Feuer" title="Cy Feuer">Cy Feuer</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway</i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_M._Nederlander" title="James M. Nederlander">James M. Nederlander</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jones_(stage_actress)" title="Sarah Jones (stage actress)">Sarah Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No award</i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marian_Seldes" title="Marian Seldes">Marian Seldes</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> / Philip J. Smith (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gersten" title="Bernard Gersten">Bernard Gersten</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a> / Paul Libin (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Greenwood" title="Jane Greenwood">Jane Greenwood</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. Mason</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Miles Wilkin (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Leguizamo" title="John Leguizamo">John Leguizamo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marin_Mazzie" title="Marin Mazzie">Marin Mazzie</a> / <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Tilders" title="Sonny Tilders">Sonny Tilders</a> and Creature Technology Company / Jason Michael Webb / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wheeler_(musician)" title="Harold Wheeler (musician)">Harold Wheeler</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">The Broadway Advocacy Coalition / <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/American_Utopia_(film)" title="American Utopia (film)">American Utopia</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_Love_Supreme" title="Freestyle Love Supreme">Freestyle Love Supreme</a> / <a href="/wiki/Graciela_Daniele" title="Graciela Daniele">Graciela Daniele</a> (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_C._Nicola" title="James C. Nicola">James C. Nicola</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Grey" title="Joel Grey">Joel Grey</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Edelman" title="Alex Edelman">Alex Edelman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Abe_Jacob" title="Abe Jacob">Abe Jacob</a> / Nikiya Mathis / <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Brien_(director)" title="Jack O'Brien (director)">Jack O'Brien</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_C._Wolfe" title="George C. Wolfe">George C. 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Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Field" title="Ron Field">Ron Field</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bennett_(theater)" title="Michael Bennett (theater)">Michael Bennett</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Fosse" title="Bob Fosse">Bob Fosse</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Holder" title="Geoffrey Holder">Geoffrey Holder</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bennett_(theater)" title="Michael Bennett (theater)">Michael Bennett</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Saks" title="Gene Saks">Gene Saks</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Maltby_Jr." title="Richard Maltby Jr.">Richard Maltby Jr.</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Leach" title="Wilford Leach">Wilford Leach</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Nunn" title="Trevor Nunn">Trevor Nunn</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_McAnuff" title="Des McAnuff">Des McAnuff</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Leach" title="Wilford Leach">Wilford Leach</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Nunn" title="Trevor Nunn">Trevor Nunn</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Caird_(director)" title="John Caird (director)">John Caird</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zaks" title="Jerry Zaks">Jerry Zaks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_McAnuff" title="Des McAnuff">Des McAnuff</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Hytner" title="Nicholas Hytner">Nicholas Hytner</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Wolfe" title="George C. Wolfe">George C. Wolfe</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Bobbie" title="Walter Bobbie">Walter Bobbie</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Taymor" title="Julie Taymor">Julie Taymor</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bourne" title="Matthew Bourne">Matthew Bourne</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Blakemore" title="Michael Blakemore">Michael Blakemore</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Stroman" title="Susan Stroman">Susan Stroman</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rando" title="John Rando">John Rando</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Brien_(director)" title="Jack O'Brien (director)">Jack O'Brien</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantello" title="Joe Mantello">Joe Mantello</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Doyle_(director)" title="John Doyle (director)">John Doyle</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mayer_(director)" title="Michael Mayer (director)">Michael Mayer</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett_Sher" title="Bartlett Sher">Bartlett Sher</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Daldry" title="Stephen Daldry">Stephen Daldry</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Johnson_(dramatist)" title="Terry Johnson (dramatist)">Terry Johnson</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Nicholaw" title="Casey Nicholaw">Casey Nicholaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tiffany" title="John Tiffany">John Tiffany</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Paulus" title="Diane Paulus">Diane Paulus</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darko_Tresnjak" title="Darko Tresnjak">Darko Tresnjak</a> (2014)</li> <li><a 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