Sher made his Broadway debut in 2005 when his production of "The Light in the Piazza" which had originated at the Intiman Playhouse premiered at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Sher received Tony Award nominations for "The Light in the Piazza" and a 2006 revival of "Awake and Sing!", winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the 2008 Broadway revival of "South Pacific". He received another Tony nomination for the 2009 revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone". In 2010 Sher directed a musical production of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" based on the 1988 film by Pedro Almodóvar. The show opened November 4, 2010 on Broadway in a Lincoln Center Theater production. The musical was criticized by Ben Brantley of "The New York Times" as being distracted, gimmicky and overdesigned. A previously announced revival of "Funny Girl" that Sher was expected to direct with a Broadway opening in February 2012 was ultimately postponed.