The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

#1

The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:30pm

Qualifications:
1. Each director must have directed at LEAST 4 Broadway productions past the year 1989.
2. Age does not matter

Today (Until May 3 at 9:30 PM), each voter may add up to 2 directors to the list. Users can only submit their choices ONCE per day. Once we have our list, each director will have 5 points. Each day, voters can SUBTRACT (not add) one point from ONE director (each user will only do this once a day). The last director left will be deemed the best director of our generation.

I'll start with five directors.

Jerry Zaks
Joe Mantello
Michael Grief
Harold Prince
Jack O'Brien

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#2

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:49pm

First of all, Prince is not of this generation. Second, you severely limit the scope by making one of the qualifications "Broadway."

With that in mind, my suggestions are:

My additions are Matthew Warchus, Anne Bogart, Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Martin, Bartlett Sher, Susan Stroman.

#3

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:53pm

^ Really? Harold Prince is not this generation? Harold Prince didn't direct LoveMusik, Show Boat, Parade, Candide, and Hollywood Arms?

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#4

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:54pm

here we go again

Jerry Zaks
Joe Mantello
Michael Grief
Harold Prince
Jack O'Brien
Doug Jones
George C. Wolfe

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#5

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:59pm

Doug Jones does not qualify

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"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#6

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:04pm

Ack, I'm sorry I meant Doug HUGHES

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You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor

"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl

"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott

#7

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:11pm

I was going to put Joe Mantello. As a joke. But I see he's already here seriously.

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#8

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:23pm

Ill add Michael Greif and James Lapine into the mix.

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#9

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:23pm

^ Weather or not you like him, he has had an impact on the productions of our generation. I personally disliked his work in Wicked, but I did quite like his work in Assassins.

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"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#10

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:25pm

List so far

Jerry Zaks
Joe Mantello
Michael Grief
Harold Prince
Jack O'Brien
Doug Hughes
George C. Wolfe
James Lapine (Great Choice)

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"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#11

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:33pm

Michael Mayer

#12

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:33pm

And why have you ignored YankeeFan's suggestions? All of them are better choices than several on your list.

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#13

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 1:52pm

whoever mentioned Nicholas Martin --- NO.

#14

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 2:30pm

Why are you trying to copy PG2's competition?

as we can see by WickedFan's sad attempts, It never works.

And besides... I'm not sure you can totally judge the "Greatest Director" -- too many variables. a lot of it depends on the material, the amount of artistic freedom/control, the rest of his or her staff, etc. f

#15

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 2:42pm

You might want to throw Mike Nichols in there.

#16

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 2:57pm

I think, by far, Simon McBurney.

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#17

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 9:03pm

Bart Sher

#18

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 10:12pm

Jerry Zaks
Joe Mantello
Michael Grief
Harold Prince
Jack O'Brien
Doug Hughes
George C. Wolfe
James Lapine
Michael Mayer
Bart Sher

Smaxie, make sure you read my rules carefully. YankeeFan named too many, only two are allowed. Out of the new names mentioned Michael Mayer and Bart are the only ones that qualify.

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"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#19

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 10:41pm

Then, according to your rules, you should change the title of the thread to "The Greatest BROADWAY Director of our Generation".

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#20

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 10:46pm

I call discrimination on the OP. Probably hasn't even heard of half the people I posted.

#21

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 11:19pm

Weather?

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#22

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 11:26pm

Diane Paulus. She completely hid all of the flaws in Hair with her directing of the revival.

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#23

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/2/09 at 11:35pm

What about ROBERT LONGBOTTOM? I liked what he did with Side Show, and loved what he did with The Scarlet Pimpernel SP2.0 - 4.0!

#24

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/3/09 at 1:23am

John Doyle.

#25

re: The Greatest Director of OUR Generation

Posted: 5/3/09 at 2:59am

Wait i'm confused, why didn't yankeesfan' suggestion of Susan Stroman count if you counted the others?