# Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical

The Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a musical award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

| Year | Director(s) | Production |
| 2001 (1st) |
| 2001 (1st) | Gale Edwards | The Boy from Oz |
| 2001 (1st) | Nigel Jamieson | The Theft of Sita |
| 2001 (1st) | Richard Wherrett | Shout! The Legend of the Wild One |
| 2001 (1st) | Simon Phillips | Company |
| 2002 (2nd) |
| 2002 (2nd) | Gale Edwards | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2002 (2nd) | David Atkins | Singin' in the Rain |
| 2002 (2nd) | Phyllida Lloyd | Mamma Mia! |
| 2002 (2nd) | Graeme Murphy | Tivoli |
| 2003 (3rd) |
| 2003 (3rd) | B.T. McNicholl, Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall | Cabaret |
| 2003 (3rd) | Graham Gill and Sam Mendes | Oliver! |
| 2003 (3rd) | James Powell | The Witches of Eastwick |
| 2003 (3rd) | Nadia Tass | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 2004 (4th) |
| 2004 (4th) | Julie Taymor | The Lion King |
| 2004 (4th) | Dean Bryant | The Last Five Years |
| 2004 (4th) | Ben Elton | We Will Rock You |
| 2004 (4th) | Jack O'Brien (Originating Director). Recreated by Matt August | The Full Monty |
| 2005 (5th) |
| 2005 (5th) | Susan Stroman | The Producers |
| 2005 (5th) | Stuart Maunder | H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury |
| 2005 (5th) | Simon Phillips | Urinetown |
| 2005 (5th) | Robert Wilson | The Black Rider |
| 2006 (6th) |
| 2006 (6th) | Simon Phillips | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| 2006 (6th) | Stuart Maunder | Dusty – The Original Pop Diva |
| 2006 (6th) | Robyn Nevin | Summer Rain |
| 2006 (6th) | Gary Young | Menopause The Musical |
| 2007 (7th) |
| 2007 (7th) | Neil Armfield | Keating! |
| 2007 (7th) | Laurence Connor | Miss Saigon |
| 2007 (7th) | Craig llott | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| 2007 (7th) | Simon Phillips | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
| 2008 (8th) |
| 2008 (8th) | Stephen Daldry in association with Julian Webber | Billy Elliot the Musical |
| 2008 (8th) | Gale Edwards | Company |
| 2008 (8th) | Michael Grandage and Jamie Lloyd | Guys and Dolls |
| 2008 (8th) | Roger Hodgman | Little Me |
| 2009 (9th) |
| 2009 (9th) | Lisa Leguillou | Wicked |
| 2009 (9th) | Geordie Brookman | Metro Street |
| 2009 (9th) | Neil Gooding | Gutenberg! The Musical! |
| 2009 (9th) | Stuart Maunder | My Fair Lady |

### 2010s

| Year | Director(s) | Production |
| 2010 (10th) |
| 2010 (10th) | Jonathan Biggins | Avenue Q |
| 2010 (10th) | Des McAnuff | Jersey Boys |
| 2010 (10th) | Rosemary Myers | The Wizard of Oz |
| 2010 (10th) | Simon Phillips | The Drowsy Chaperone |
| 2011 (11th) |
| 2011 (11th) | Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne | Mary Poppins |
| 2011 (11th) | David Atkins | Hairspray |
| 2011 (11th) | Des McAnuff | Dr Zhivago |
| 2011 (11th) | Simon Phillips | Love Never Dies |
| 2012 (12th) |
| 2012 (12th) | Roger Hodgman | Grey Gardens |
| 2012 (12th) | Michael Bennett | A Chorus Line |
| 2012 (12th) | Kristin Hanggi | Rock of Ages |
| 2012 (12th) | Simon Phillips | An Officer and a Gentleman |
| 2013 (13th) |
| 2013 (13th) | Jerry Mitchell | Legally Blonde |
| 2013 (13th) | Simon Phillips | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| 2013 (13th) | Jerry Zaks | The Addams Family |
| 2013 (13th) | Bartlett Sher | South Pacific |
| 2014 (14th) |
| 2014 (14th) | Dean Bryant | Sweet Charity |
| 2014 (14th) | Baz Luhrmann | Strictly Ballroom The Musical |
| 2014 (14th) | Christopher Renshaw | The King and I |
| 2014 (14th) | Rosemary Myers | Pinocchio |
| 2015 (15th) |
| 2015 (15th) | John Tiffany | Once |
| 2015 (15th) | Dean Bryant | Anything Goes |
| 2015 (15th) | Laurence Connor and James Powell | Les Misérables |
| 2015 (15th) | Stuart Maunder AM | Into the Woods |
| 2016 (16th) |
| 2016 (16th) | Matthew Warchus | Matilda the Musical |
| 2016 (16th) | Roger Hodgman | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 2016 (16th) | Simon Phillips | Ladies in Black |
| 2016 (16th) | Dean Bryant | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2017 (17th) |
| 2017 (17th) | Trey Parker and Casey Nicholaw | The Book of Mormon |
| 2017 (17th) | Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady |
| 2017 (17th) | Jerry Mitchell | Kinky Boots |
| 2017 (17th) | Casey Nicholaw | Aladdin |
| 2018 (18th) |
| 2018 (18th) | Marc Bruni | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical |
| 2018 (18th) | Simon Phillips | Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical |
| 2018 (18th) | Dean Bryant | Assassins |
| 2018 (18th) | Simon Phillips | Muriel's Wedding |
| 2019 (19th) |
| 2019 (19th) | Francesca Zambello | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story |
| 2019 (19th) | Luke Joslin | In the Heights |
| 2019 (19th) | Jack O'Brien | Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 2019 (19th) | Hal Prince | Evita |