Broadway choreography

Who choreographed Canterbury Tales?

Sammy Bayes was credited for the choreography recognized by the Tony Award.

1 nominationFirst honored 1969

Choreography awards for Canterbury Tales

YearAwardChoreographerResult
1969Tony AwardSammy BayesNominated

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

Canterbury Tales is a British musical based on Chaucer's fourteenth-century collection of stories published under the same title. The show was first given in Oxford in 1964 and subsequently presented in the West End, on Broadway and in Australia and Continental Europe. It was conceived by the actor and director Martin Starkie and co-written with Nevill Coghill, whose modern-English translation of Chaucer's original had been published in 1951. The music was by John Hawkins and Richard Hill.

The first London production ran for 2,082 performances – at the time, one of the longest runs in West End history. There have been a few revivals since the original productions. A sequel, presented in 1979, failed.

From the Wikipedia article “Canterbury Tales (musical)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).