A. J. Antoon (December 7, 1944 – January 22, 1992) 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.
December 7, 1944, Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
Died
January 22, 1992, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Profession
Miscellaneous Crew
Education
Yale School of Drama, Boston College
Parents
Josephine Antoon, Alfred J. Antoon
Siblings
Michael J. Antoon, Marsha A. Roy, Jessica M. Leavitt
Awards
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director, Obie Award for Direction
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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Won Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for "That Championship Season." He was also nominated in the same category the same year for Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." This was the first of only four times in Tony history that a director has had two nominations in the same category in the same year. The others: as Best Director (Play), Mike Nichols in 1977; and as Best Director (Musical), Trevor Nunn in 1987 and Susan Stroman in 2000. Only Nunn, like Antoon, won for one of the two nominations.
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Born at 1:55pm-EWT
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
TV Movie director: stage production
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 27th Annual Tony Awards
1973
TV Special
Himself - Winner
Known for movies
Much Ado About Nothing 1973 as Miscellaneous Crew
The 27th Annual Tony Awards 1973 as Himself - Winner
A WONDERFUL Director & Great Guy!! I Knew A.J., But I Knew His Mom & Brother Better, and Knew How Proud His Loving Mother, & His Entire Family, Friends & We in the Community in Methuen & Lawrence, Mass., Were of Him!!!
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A WONDERFUL Director & Great Guy!! I Knew A.J., But I Knew His Mom & Brother Better, and Knew How Proud His Loving Mother, & His Entire Family, Friends & We in the Community in Methuen & Lawrence, Mass., Were of Him!!!