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A. J. Antoon

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Director 1944–1992

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.

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  • EBB: Chita didn’t like playing it with an understudy, and I didn’t blame her. Everything in the show was put on both of them very carefully. A. J. Antoon had turned in a brilliant job directing.ebooks/Lawrence, Greg/Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb.txt
  • _ directed by Ron Field (replacing A. J. Antoon) choreographed by Ron Field (replacing Miguel Godreau) produced by Joseph Kipness and Patty Grubman in association _ with Jerome Minskoff with Donald Scardino (replacing Robby Benson), Pamela Blair, Millicent Martin, Gary Morgan, Bob Gunton, Gordon J. Weiss,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON By Jason Miller; Director. A. J. Antoon; Setting, Santo Loquasto; Costumes. Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting, Ian Calderontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING By William Shakespeare; Director, A. J. Antoon; Music, Pcr Link; Dances, Donald Saddler; Musical Director, Henry "Bootsie" Normandtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • THE DANCE OF DEATH By August Strindberg; Adapted by A. J. Antoon from the Elizabeth Sprigge translation; Director, A. J. Antoon; Setting, Santo Loquasto; Costumes, Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting, Ian Calderon; Associate Producer, Bernard Gerstentheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • By Susan Miller; Director, A. J. Antoon; Scenery and Costumes, Robert Yodice; Lighting, Arden Fingerhut; Music Composed by Ken Guilmartin; Wardrobe, Rebecca Blankenship, General Man-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

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