Awards & Winners

A. J. Antoon

Date of Birth 07-December-1944
Place of Birth Methuen
(Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Alfred Joseph Antoon, Jr., Alfred Joseph Antoon
Profession Theatre Director
A. J. Antoon was an American theatre director. He attended the Yale School of Drama. Beginning in 1971, Antoon directed numerous plays at the New York Shakespeare Festival over a period of nearly 20 years. In 1973, Antoon became one of the few directors to have been nominated for two Tony Awards in the same category in the same year. In addition to winning the Tony Award with one of his nominations, Antoon was also the winner of a Drama Desk Award, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and an Obie Award. His career lasted until 1991; he died less than a year later from AIDS-related lymphoma.

Awards by A. J. Antoon

Check all the awards nominated and won by A. J. Antoon.

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical The Rink

1980


Obie Award for Direction
Honored for : The Art of Dining

1973


Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Honored for : That Championship Season

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play That Championship Season
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play Much Ado About Nothing

1972


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director
Honored for : That Championship Season

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director That Championship Season