THE OUTSIDERS's Danya Taymor Wins Tony Award For Best Direction of a Musical
Taymor beat out fellow nominees Danya Taymor for The Outsiders, Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Greif for Hell's Kitchen, and Leigh Silverman for Suffs
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