Tony Watch 2015: Award for Director in a Play

This is the first year where the director categories have been expanded to five nominees. Luckily, as with many of the award categories for plays this year, there is a strong front runner, so the extra nominee shouldn't cause too much difficulty. The nominees are:

Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2)
Marianne Elliot (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God)
Scott Ellis (You Can't Take It With You)
Stephen Daldry (Skylight)

Marianne Elliot is the clear front-runner in this category. Curious Incident, which most think will dominate at the Tonys this year, will likely snag its director the award. The two potential challengers are Jeremy Herrin, who might snag a couple votes for the sheer magnitude of his show, and Moritz von Stuelpnagel, whose production was much smaller, but still enormously popular with critics.

Tony Odds:

Marianne Elliot (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time): 88%
Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2): 5%
Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God): 4%
Scott Ellis (You Can't Take It With You): 2%
Stephen Daldry (Skylight): 1%