Eric Simonson (born June 27, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American writer and director in theatre, film and opera.
 He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, and the author of plays "Lombardi", "Fake", "Honest", "Magic/Bird" and "Bronx Bombers".
 He won the 2005 Academy Award for his short documentary "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin", and was nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Direction of a Musical" in 1993 for "The Song of Jacob Zulu".
The Tony Award for Best Director was one of the original 11 awards given in 1947 when the Tony Awards originated.
 The award was presented until 1960 when it was split into two categories: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
Mark Bramble (born December 7, 1950) is an American theatre director, author, and producer.
 He has been nominated for the Tony Award three times, for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for "Barnum" and "42nd Street" (1981) and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, "42nd Street" (2001).
Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play.
 Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play.
 Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
Chinglish is a play by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang.
 It is a comedy about an American businessman desperate to launch a new enterprise in China, which opened on Broadway in 2011 with direction by Leigh Silverman.
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play has been given since 1960.
 Before 1960 there was only one award for both play direction and musical direction, then in 1960 the award was split into two categories: "Dramatic" and "Musical".
 In 1976 the Dramatic category was renamed to Play.
 For pre-1960 direction awards please reference Tony Award for Best Director.
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is a German-born American stage and television director, and actor.
 He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing "The House of Blue Leaves", "Lend Me a Tenor", and "Six Degrees of Separation" and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for "Guys and Dolls".
Leigh Silverman is an American director for the stage, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway.
 She was nominated for the 2014 Tony Award, Best Direction of a Musical for the musical "Violet" and the 2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play for the play "From Up Here".
The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall.
 It starred magician Doug Henning.
 Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978.
 Henning was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and director Grover Dale was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.
Violet is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts.
 It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed.
 The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical.

Question: Leigh Silverman was nominated for the 2014 Tony Award, Best Direction for a musical based on which short story ?
Answer: The Ugliest Pilgrim