2008 Tony Awards Broadcast Honored with Director's Guild Nomination

Glenn Weiss and the directing team of the 62nd Annual Tony Awards, were honored with a Director's Guild nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Musical Variety category.

In addition to Mr. Weiss, nominated members of his directing team include Associate Directors Gregg Gelfand, Robin Abrams, and Ricky Kirshner; as well as Stage Managers Garry W. Hood, Peter Epstein, Lynn Finkel, Arthur Lewis, Rose Riggins, Lauren Class-Schneider, Andrew Feigin, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Cindi Owgang, Jeff Pearl and Anthony Mirante.

This is Mr. Weiss' sixth DGA nomination. He won the Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety in 2007 for The 61st Annual Tony Awards; and was previously nominated in this category in 2006, 2005, 2002 and 2001 for the 60th, 59th, 56th and 55th Annual Tony Awards.

The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, June 7th from 8:00 - 11:00 PM (ET/PT time delay). The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing.