Awards & Winners

Michael Bennett

Date of Birth 08-April-1943
Place of Birth Buffalo
(United States of America, New York, Erie County, Area code 716)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Michael DeFiglia, Michael Bennett DiFiglia
Profession Choreographer, Writer, Theatre Director, Dancer
Michael Bennett was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Pulitzer Prize–winning musical A Chorus Line. Bennett, under the aegis of producer Joseph Papp, created A Chorus Line based on a workshop process which he pioneered. He also directed and co-choreographed Dreamgirls with Michael Peters.

Awards by Michael Bennett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Michael Bennett.

1984


Drama Desk Special Award
(For the 3,389th performance of A Chorus Line)

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Third Street

1982


Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : Dreamgirls

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Choreography Dreamgirls
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Musical Dreamgirls

1979


Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Ballroom

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical Ballroom
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Ballroom
Tony Award for Best Musical Ballroom

1976


Obie Award for Special Citations
Honored for : A Chorus Line
(The Creators of A Chorus Line)
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : A Chorus Line
Outer Critics Circle Special Award
Honored for : A Chorus Line

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography A Chorus Line
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical A Chorus Line
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical A Chorus Line
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography A Chorus Line

1974


Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : Seesaw

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Seesaw
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Seesaw
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Seesaw

1972


Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Honored for : Follies
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Honored for : Follies

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Follies
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Follies

1971


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director
Honored for : Follies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Honored for : Follies

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography Follies
Tony Award for Best Choreography Company
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director Follies

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Coco

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Promises, Promises

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography Henry, Sweet Henry

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Choreography A Joyful Noise