FUN HOME's Sam Gold Wins Tony for Best Direction Musical

Sam Gold has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for FUN HOME.

Sam Gold recent theater credits include The Flick [Off-Broadway], The Mystery of Love and Sex [Off-Broadway, 2015] The Real Thing [Broadway, 2014], The Village Bike [Off-Broadway, 2014], The Realistic Joneses [Broadway, 2014], Fun Home [Off-Broadway, 2013], The Cradle Will Rock[Off-Broadway},The Flick [Off-Broadway, 2013], Picnic[Broadway, 2013],Look Back in Anger [Off-Broadway, 2012], Seminar [Broadway, 2011]

He is a Roundabout Associate Artist, NYTW Usual Suspect, Drama League Directing Fellow, recipient of the Princess Grace Award and the Garson Kanin/Marian Seldes Theatre Hall of Fame Fellowship, and a graduate of the Juilliard Directing Program.

Fun Home, the highly-anticipated, Award-winning American musical, opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street) on April 19th. The show features music by four-time Tony Award nominee Jeanine Tesori, a book and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Lisa Kron and direction by Drama Desk nominee Sam Gold.

Pronounced "a beautiful, heartbreaker of a musical" by the New York Times, Fun Home is the groundbreaking new Broadway musical based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir. Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family - her mother, brothers and volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father - that connect with her in surprising new ways. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

The cast of Fun Home includes Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris, three-time Tony Award nomineeJudy Kuhn,Beth Malone, Obie Award-winner Sydney Lucas, Emily Skeggs, Roberta Colindrez, Zell Steele Morrow, Joel Perez,Oscar Williams, Lauren Patten, Gabriella Pizzolo, Marrick Smith, Jim Stanek, and Nicole Van Giesen.

Fun Home opened to rave reviews at The Public Theater in October 2013, and was quickly extended four times due to popular demand. It was named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, and received the OBIE, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Off Broadway Alliance Awards in the 2013-2014 season.

Photo credit: Walter McBride