Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design | |
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Awarded for | Best Lighting Design |
Location | United States New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Bradley King for Hadestown (2019) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for outstanding lighting design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1970. Since 2005, the category was divided into Lighting Design in a Play and Lighting Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.
Winners and nominees[]
indicates the winner
1970s[]
Year | Designer | Production |
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1970 24th Tony Awards | ||
Jo Mielziner | Child's Play | |
Tharon Musser | Applause | |
Thomas R. Skelton | Indians | |
1971 25th Tony Awards | ||
R.H. Poindexter | Paul Sill's Story Theatre | |
Robert Ornbo | Company | |
William Ritman | Sleuth | |
1972 26th Tony Awards | ||
Tharon Musser | Follies | |
Martin Aronstein | Ain't Supposed To Die a Natural Death | |
John Bury | Old Times | |
Jules Fisher | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
1973 27th Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | Pippin | |
Martin Aronstein | Much Ado About Nothing | |
Ian Calderon | That Championship Season | |
Tharon Musser | A Little Night Music | |
1974 28th Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | Ulysses in Nighttown | |
Martin Aronstein | Boom Boom Room | |
Ken Billington | The Visit | |
Ben Edwards | A Moon for the Misbegotten | |
Tharon Musser | The Good Doctor | |
1975 29th Tony Awards | ||
Neil Peter Jampolis | Sherlock Holmes | |
Abe Feder | Goodtime Charley | |
Chip Monk | The Rocky Horror Show | |
Andy Phillips | Equus | |
Thomas R. Skelton | All God's Chillun Got Wings | |
James Tilton | Seascape | |
1976 30th Tony Awards | ||
Tharon Musser | A Chorus Line | |
Ian Calderon | Trelawny of the Wells | |
Jules Fisher | Chicago | |
Tharon Musser | Pacific Overtures | |
1977 31st Tony Awards | ||
Jennifer Tipton | The Cherry Orchard | |
John Bury | No Man's Land | |
Pat Collins | Threepenny Opera | |
Neil Peter Jampolis | The Innocents | |
1978 32nd Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | Dancin' | |
Ken Billington | Working | |
Jules Fisher | Beatlemania | |
Tharon Musser | The Act | |
1979 33rd Tony Awards | ||
Roger Morgan | The Crucifer of Blood | |
Ken Billington | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Beverly Emmons | The Elephant Man | |
Tharon Musser | Ballroom |
1980s[]
Year | Designer | Production |
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1980 34th Tony Awards | ||
David Hersey | Evita | |
Beverly Emmons | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine | |
Craig Miller | Barnum | |
Dennis Parichy | Talley's Folly | |
1981 35th Tony Awards | ||
John Bury | Amadeus | |
Tharon Musser | 42nd Street | |
Dennis Parichy | Fifth of July | |
Jennifer Tipton | Sophisticated Ladies | |
1982 36th Tony Awards | ||
Tharon Musser | Dreamgirls | |
Martin Aronstein | Medea | |
David Hersey | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
Marcia Madeira | Nine | |
1983 37th Tony Awards | ||
David Hersey | Cats | |
Ken Billington | Foxfire | |
Robert Bryan | All's Well That Ends Well | |
Allen Lee Hughes | K2 | |
1984 38th Tony Awards | ||
Richard Nelson | Sunday in the Park with George | |
Ken Billington | End of the World | |
Jules Fisher | La Cage aux Folles | |
Marc B. Weiss | A Moon for the Misbegotten | |
1985 39th Tony Awards | ||
Richard Riddell | Big River | |
Terry Hands | Cyrano de Bergerac | |
Much Ado About Nothing | ||
Allen Lee Hughes | Strange Interlude | |
1986 40th Tony Awards | ||
Pat Collins | I'm Not Rappaport | |
Jules Fisher | Song and Dance | |
Paul Gallo | The House of Blue Leaves | |
Thomas R. Skelton | The Iceman Cometh | |
1987 41st Tony Awards | ||
David Hersey | Les Misérables | |
Martin Aronstein | Wild Honey | |
Beverly Emmons and Chris Parry | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
David Hersey | Starlight Express | |
1988 42nd Tony Awards | ||
Andrew Bridge | The Phantom of the Opera | |
Paul Gallo | Anything Goes | |
Richard Nelson | Into the Woods | |
Andy Phillips | M. Butterfly | |
1989 43rd Tony Awards | ||
Jennifer Tipton | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | |
Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman | Black and Blue | |
Brian Nason | Metamorphoses | |
Nancy Schertler | Largely New York |
1990s[]
Year | Designer | Production |
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1990 44th Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | Grand Hotel | |
Paul Gallo | City of Angels | |
Neil Peter Jampolis and Paul Pyant | Orpheus Descending | |
Kevin Rigdon | The Grapes of Wrath | |
1991 45th Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | The Will Rogers Follies | |
David Hersey | Miss Saigon | |
Allen Lee Hughes | Once on This Island | |
Jennifer Tipton | La Bête | |
1992 46th Tony Awards | ||
Jules Fisher | Jelly's Last Jam | |
Paul Gallo | Crazy for You | |
Guys and Dolls | ||
Richard Pilbrow | Four Baboons Adoring the Sun | |
1993 47th Tony Awards | ||
Chris Parry | The Who's Tommy | |
Howell Binkley | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
Jules Fisher | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | |
Dennis Parichy | Redwood Curtain | |
1994 48th Tony Awards | ||
Rick Fisher | An Inspector Calls | |
Beverly Emmons | Passion | |
Jules Fisher | Angels in America: Perestroika | |
Natasha Katz | Beauty and the Beast | |
1995 49th Tony Awards | ||
Andrew Bridge | Sunset Boulevard | |
Beverly Emmons | The Heiress | |
Mark Henderson | Indiscretions | |
Paul Pyant | Arcadia | |
1996 50th Tony Awards | ||
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk | |
Christopher Akerlind | Seven Guitars | |
Blake Burba | Rent | |
Nigel Levings | The King and I | |
1997 51st Tony Awards | ||
Ken Billington | Chicago | |
Beverly Emmons | Jekyll and Hyde | |
Donald Holder | Juan Darién | |
Richard Pilbrow | The Life | |
1998 52nd Tony Awards | ||
Donald Holder | The Lion King | |
Paul Anderson | The Chairs | |
Mike Baldassari and Peggy Eisenhauer | Cabaret | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Ragtime | |
1999 53rd Tony Awards | ||
Andrew Bridge | Fosse | |
Mark Henderson | The Iceman Cometh | |
Natasha Katz | Twelfth Night | |
Chris Parry | Not About Nightingales |
2000s[]
Year | Award Type | Designer | Production |
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2000 54th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design | Natasha Katz | Aida | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Marie Christine | ||
The Wild Party | |||
Peter Kaczorowski | Kiss Me, Kate | ||
2001 55th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | The Producers | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Jane Eyre | ||
Paul Gallo | 42nd Street | ||
Kenneth Posner | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | ||
2002 56th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design | Brian MacDevitt | Into the Woods | |
David Hersey | Oklahoma! | ||
Natasha Katz | Sweet Smell of Success | ||
Paul Gallo | The Crucible' | ||
2003 57th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design | Nigel Levings | La bohème | |
Donald Holder | Movin' Out | ||
Brian MacDevitt | Nine | ||
Kenneth Posner | Hairspray | ||
2004 58th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design | Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Assassins | |
Brian MacDevitt | Fiddler on the Roof | ||
Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 | |||
Kenneth Posner | Wicked | ||
2005 59th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Brian MacDevitt | The Pillowman | |
Pat Collins | Doubt: A Parable | ||
Donald Holder | A Streetcar Named Desire | ||
Gem of the Ocean | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Christopher Akerlind | The Light in the Piazza | |
Mark Henderson | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | ||
Kenneth Posner | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | ||
Hugh Vanstone | Monty Python's Spamalot | ||
2006 60th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Mark Henderson | The History Boys | |
Christopher Akerlind | Awake and Sing! | ||
Paul Gallo | Three Days of Rain | ||
Mark Henderson | Faith Healer | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Howell Binkley | Jersey Boys | |
Ken Billington and Brian Monahan | The Drowsy Chaperone | ||
Natasha Katz | Tarzan | ||
Brian MacDevitt | The Color Purple | ||
2007 61st Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Natasha Katz, Brian MacDevitt and Kenneth Posner | The Coast of Utopia | |
Paule Constable | Coram Boy | ||
Brian MacDevitt | Inherit the Wind | ||
Jason Taylor | Journey's End | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Kevin Adams | Spring Awakening | |
Christopher Akerlind | 110 in the Shade | ||
Howard Harrison | Mary Poppins | ||
Peter Kaczorowski | Grey Gardens | ||
2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Kevin Adams | The 39 Steps | |
Howard Harrison | Macbeth | ||
Donald Holder | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | ||
Ann G. Wrightson | August: Osage County | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Donald Holder | South Pacific | |
Ken Billington | Sunday in the Park with George | ||
Howell Binkley | In the Heights | ||
Natasha Katz | The Little Mermaid | ||
2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Brian MacDevitt | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | |
David Hersey | Equus | ||
David Lander | 33 Variations | ||
Hugh Vanstone | Mary Stuart | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot the Musical | |
Kevin Adams | Hair | ||
Next to Normal | |||
Howell Binkley | West Side Story |
2010s[]
Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
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2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | |||
Neil Austin | Red | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Neil Austin | Hamlet | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Mark Henderson | ENRON | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Brian MacDevitt | Fences | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Kevin Adams | American Idiot | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Donald Holder | Ragtime | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Nick Richings | La Cage aux Folles | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Robert Wierzel | Fela! | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2011 65th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Paule Constable | War Horse | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
David Lander | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Kenneth Posner | The Merchant of Venice | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Mimi Jordan Sherin | Jerusalem | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Brian MacDevitt | The Book of Mormon | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Ken Billington | The Scottsboro Boys | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Howell Binkley | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Peter Kaczorowski | Anything Goes | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2012 66th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Jeff Croiter | Peter and the Starcatcher | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Peter Kaczorowski | The Road to Mecca | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Brian MacDevitt | Death of a Salesman | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Kenneth Posner | Other Desert Cities | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Natasha Katz | Once | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Christopher Akerlind | Porgy and Bess | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Natasha Katz | Follies | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Hugh Vanstone | Ghost the Musical | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2013 67th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Lucky Guy | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Donald Holder | Golden Boy | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jennifer Tipton | The Testament of Mary | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Japhy Weideman | The Nance | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Hugh Vanstone | Matilda the Musical | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Kenneth Posner | Kinky Boots | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Pippin | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | ||
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | ||
2014 68th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Natasha Katz | The Glass Menagerie | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Paule Constable | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jane Cox | Machinal | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Japhy Weideman | Of Mice and Men | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Kevin Adams | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Christopher Akerlind | Rocky the Musical | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Howell Binkley | After Midnight | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Donald Holder | The Bridges of Madison County | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2015 69th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Paule Constable | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Paule Constable and David Plater | Wolf Hall Parts One & Two | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Natasha Katz | Skylight | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Japhy Weideman | Airline Highway | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Natasha Katz | An American in Paris | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Donald Holder | The King and I | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Ben Stanton | Fun Home | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Japhy Weideman | The Visit | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2016 70th Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Natasha Katz | Long Day's Journey into Night | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Justin Townsend | The Humans | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jan Versweyveld | A View from the Bridge | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
The Crucible | Best Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Howell Binkley | Hamilton | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Shuffle Along | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Justin Townsend | American Psycho | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2017 71st Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Christopher Akerlind | Indecent | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jane Cox | Jitney | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Donald Holder | Oslo | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jennifer Tipton | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Bradley King | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Howell Binkley | Come from Away | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Natasha Katz | Hello, Dolly! | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Japhy Weideman | Dear Evan Hansen | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2018 72nd Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Neil Austin | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Paule Constable | Angels in America | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | The Iceman Cometh | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Paul Russell | Farinelli and the King | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Ben Stanton | Junk | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Tyler Micoleau | The Band's Visit | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Kevin Adams | SpongeBob SquarePants | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Once on This Island | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Donald Holder | My Fair Lady | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Brian MacDevitt | Carousel | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
2019 73rd Tony Awards |
Lighting Design for a Play | ||
Neil Austin | Ink | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Peter Mumford | The Ferryman | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jennifer Tipton | To Kill a Mockingbird | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden | Network | Best Lighting Design for a Play | |
Lighting Design for a Musical | |||
Bradley King | Hadestown | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Kevin Adams | The Cher Show | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Howell Binkley | Ain’t Too Proud | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Peter Mumford | King Kong | Best Lighting Design for a Musical | |
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini | Beetlejuice | Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Award records[]
Multiple wins[]
- 9 Wins
- Jules Fisher
- 6 Wins
- Natasha Katz
- 5 Wins
- 4 Wins
- Kevin Adams
- 3 Wins
- Neil Austin
- Andrew Bridge
- Peggy Eisenhauer
- David Hersey
- 2 Wins
- Christopher Akerlind
- Paule Constable
- Pat Collins
- Donald Holder
- Tharon Musser
- Kenneth Posner
- Jennifer Tipton
- Howell Binkley
- Bradley King
Multiple nominations[]
- 24 Nominations
- Jules Fisher
- 13 Nominations
- 12 Nominations
- 11 Nominations
- 9 Nominations
- Ken Billington
- Howell Binkley
- Peggy Eisenhauer
- Tharon Musser
- 8 Nominations
- Kevin Adams
- Natasha Katz
- 7 Nominations
- David Hersey
- 6 Nominations
- Paule Constable
- 5 Nominations
- Christopher Akerlind
- Martin Aronstein
- Peter Kaczorowski
- Jennifer Tipton
- 4 Nominations
- Neil Austin
- Neil Peter Jampolis
- Hugh Vanstone
- 3 Nominations
- Andrew Bridge
- Pat Collins
- Mark Henderson
- Thomas R. Skelton
- Ben Stanton
- Jan Versweyveld
- 2 Nominations
- John Bury
- Ian Calderon
- Jane Cox
- Howard Harrison
- Bradley King
- Peter Mumford
- Richard Nelson
- Justin Townsend
See also[]
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
External links[]
Categories:
- Tony Awards
- Stage lighting
- Awards established in 1970
- 1970 establishments in the United States