Joan Littlewood: Joan Littlewood. Director: Sparrows Can't Sing. Joan Littlewood was the very first woman to be nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. In 1961, she received the groundbreaking nomination for "The Hostage". Four years later, Joan would break ground again, as the very first woman to be nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. She received the second nomination for the 1965...
Known For: Sparrows Can't Sing (Director), Oh! What a Lovely War (Additional Crew(Theatre Workshop production)), Pierrots (Director), Unternehmen Ölzweig (Director)