Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
| Tony Award for Best Scenic Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Scenic Design |
| Location | United States New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Eugene Lee for Wicked (2004) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for outstanding set design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1947. In 1960, 1961, and since 2005, the category was divided into Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.
Winners and nominees[]
indicates the winner
1940s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 1st Tony Awards | ||
| David Folkes | Henry VIII | |
| 1948 2nd Tony Awards | ||
| Horace Armistead | The Medium | |
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | ||
| Jo Mielziner | Anne of the Thousand Days, Death of a Salesman, Sleepy Hollow, South Pacific and Summer and Smoke |
1950s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 4th Tony Awards | ||
| Jo Mielziner | The Innocents | |
| 1951 5th Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | The Country Girl, The Rose Tattoo and Season in the Sun | |
| 1952 6th Tony Awards | ||
| Jo Mielziner | The King and I | |
| 1953 7th Tony Awards | ||
| Raoul Penè Du Bois | Wonderful Town | |
| 1954 8th Tony Awards | ||
| Peter Larkin | Ondine and The Teahouse of the August Moon | |
| 1955 9th Tony Awards | ||
| Oliver Messel | House of Flowers | |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | ||
| Peter Larkin | Inherit the Wind and No Time for Sergeants | |
| Boris Aronson | The Diary of Anne Frank, Bus Stop, Once Upon a Tailor and A View from the Bridge | |
| Ben Edwards | The Ponder Heart, Someone Waiting and The Honeys | |
| Jo Mielziner | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lark, Middle of the Night and Pipe Dream | |
| Raymond Sovey | The Great Sebastians | |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | ||
| Oliver Smith | My Fair Lady | |
| Boris Aronson | A Hole in the Head and Small War on Murray Hill | |
| Ben Edwards | The Waltz of the Toreadors | |
| George Jenkins | The Happiest Millionaire and Too Late the Phalarope | |
| Donald Oenslager | Major Barbara | |
| Oliver Smith | A Clearing in the Woods, Candide, Auntie Mame, Eugenia and Visit to a Small Planet | |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards | ||
| Oliver Smith | West Side Story | |
| Boris Aronson | Orpheus Descending, A Hole in the Head and The Rope Dancers | |
| Ben Edwards | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | |
| Peter Larkin | Blue Denim, Compulsion, Good as Gold and Miss Isobel | |
| Jo Mielziner | Look Homeward, Angel, Miss Lonelyhearts, The Square Root of Wonderful, Oh, Captain! and The Day the Money Stopped | |
| Oliver Smith | Brigadoon, Carousel, Jamaica, Nude with Violin and Time Remembered | |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | ||
| Donald Oenslager | A Majority of One | |
| Boris Aronson | J.B. | |
| David R. Ballou | The Legend of Lizzie | |
| Ben Edwards | Jane Eyre | |
| Oliver Messel | Rashomon | |
| Teo Otto | The Visit |
1960s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 – 1961 | N/A | |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | ||
| Will Steven Armstrong | Carnival! | |
| David Hays | No Strings | |
| Oliver Smith | The Gay Life | |
| Rouben Ter-Arutunian | A Passage to India | |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | ||
| Sean Kenny | Oliver! | |
| Will Steven Armstrong | Tchin-Tchin | |
| Anthony Powell | The School for Scandal | |
| Franco Zeffirelli | The Lady of the Camellias | |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | ||
| Oliver Smith | Hello, Dolly! | |
| Raoul Penè Du Bois | The Student Gypsy | |
| Ben Edwards | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | |
| David Hays | Marco Millions | |
| 1965 19th Tony Awards | ||
| Oliver Smith | Baker Street, Luv and The Odd Couple | |
| Boris Aronson | Fiddler on the Roof and Incident at Vichy | |
| Sean Kenny | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd | |
| Beni Montresor | Do I Hear a Waltz? | |
| 1966 20th Tony Awards | ||
| Howard Bay | Man of La Mancha | |
| William and Jean Eckart | Mame | |
| David Hays | Drat! The Cat! | |
| Robert Randolph | Anya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity | |
| 1967 21st Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | Cabaret | |
| John Bury | The Homecoming | |
| Oliver Smith | I Do! I Do! | |
| Alan Tagg | Black Comedy | |
| 1968 22nd Tony Awards | ||
| Desmond Heeley | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | |
| Boris Aronson | The Price | |
| Robert Randolph | Golden Rainbow | |
| Peter Wexler | The Happy Time | |
| 1969 23rd Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | Zorba | |
| Derek Cousins | Canterbury Tales | |
| Jo Mielziner | 1776 | |
| Oliver Smith | Dear World | |
1970s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 24th Tony Awards | ||
| Jo Mielziner | Child's Play | |
| Howard Bay | Cry for Us All | |
| Ming Cho Lee | Billy | |
| Robert Randolph | Applause | |
| 1971 25th Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | Company | |
| John Bury | The Rothschilds | |
| Sally Jacobs | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Jo Mielziner | Father's Day | |
| 1972 26th Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | Follies | |
| John Bury | Old Times | |
| Kert Lundell | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | |
| Robin Wagner | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| 1973 27th Tony Awards | ||
| Tony Walton | Pippin | |
| Boris Aronson | A Little Night Music | |
| David Jenkins | The Changing Room | |
| Santo Loquasto | That Championship Season | |
| 1974 28th Tony Awards | ||
| Eugene Lee and Franne Lee | Candide | |
| John Conklin | The Au Pair Man | |
| Santo Loquasto | What the Wine-Sellers Buy | |
| Oliver Smith | Gigi | |
| Ed Wittstein | Ulysses in Nighttown | |
| 1975 29th Tony Awards | ||
| Carl Toms | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Scott Johnson | Dance With Me | |
| Tanya Moiseiwitsch | The Misanthrope | |
| William Ritman | God's Favorite | |
| Rouben Ter-Arutunian | Goodtime Charley | |
| Robin Wagner | Mack and Mabel | |
| 1976 30th Tony Awards | ||
| Boris Aronson | Pacific Overtures | |
| Ben Edwards | A Matter of Gravity | |
| David Mitchell | Trelawny of the 'Wells' | |
| Tony Walton | Chicago | |
| 1977 31st Tony Awards | ||
| David Mitchell | Annie | |
| Santo Loquasto | American Buffalo and The Cherry Orchard | |
| Robert Randolph | Porgy and Bess | |
| 1978 32nd Tony Awards | ||
| Robin Wagner | On the Twentieth Century | |
| Zack Brown | The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| Edward Gorey | Dracula | |
| David Mitchell | Working | |
| 1979 33rd Tony Awards | ||
| Eugene Lee | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| Karl Eigsti | Knockout | |
| David Jenkins | The Elephant Man | |
| John Wulp | The Crucifer of Blood |
1980s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 34th Tony Awards | ||
| John Lee Beatty | Talley's Folly | |
| David Mitchell | Barnum | |
| Tazeena Firth and Timothy O'Brien | Evita | |
| Tony Walton | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | |
| 1981 35th Tony Awards | ||
| John Bury | Amadeus | |
| John Lee Beatty | Fifth of July | |
| Santo Loquasto | The Suicide | |
| David Mitchell | Can-Can | |
| 1982 36th Tony Awards | ||
| Dermot Hayes and John Napier | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
| Ben Edwards | Medea | |
| Lawrence Miller | Nine | |
| Robin Wagner | Dreamgirls | |
| 1983 37th Tony Awards | ||
| Ming Cho Lee | K2 | |
| John Gunter | All's Well That Ends Well | |
| David Mitchell | Foxfire | |
| John Napier | Cats | |
| 1984 38th Tony Awards | ||
| Tony Straiges | Sunday in the Park with George | |
| Clarke Dunham | End of the World | |
| Peter Larkin | The Rink | |
| Tony Walton | The Real Thing | |
| 1985 39th Tony Awards | ||
| Heidi Landesman | Big River | |
| Clarke Dunham | Grind | |
| Ralph Koltai | Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Voytek and Michael Levine | Strange Interlude | |
| 1986 40th Tony Awards | ||
| Tony Walton | The House of Blue Leaves | |
| Ben Edwards | The Iceman Cometh | |
| David Mitchell | The Boys in Winter | |
| Beni Montresor | The Marriage of Figaro | |
| 1987 41st Tony Awards | ||
| John Napier | Les Misérables | |
| Bob Crowley | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Me and My Girl | ||
| Tony Walton | The Front Page | |
| 1988 42nd Tony Awards | ||
| Maria Björnson | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| Eiko Ishioka | M. Butterfly | |
| Tony Straiges | Into the Woods | |
| Tony Walton | Anything Goes | |
| 1989 43rd Tony Awards | ||
| Santo Loquasto | Cafe Crown | |
| Thomas Lynch | The Heidi Chronicles | |
| Héctor Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia | Black and Blue | |
| Tony Walton | Lend Me a Tenor |
1990s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 44th Tony Awards | ||
| Robin Wagner | City of Angels | |
| Alexandra Byrne | Some Americans Abroad | |
| Kevin Rigdon | The Grapes of Wrath | |
| Tony Walton | Grand Hotel | |
| 1991 45th Tony Awards | ||
| Heidi Landesman | The Secret Garden | |
| Richard Hudson | La Bête | |
| John Napier | Miss Saigon | |
| Tony Walton | The Will Rogers Follies | |
| 1992 46th Tony Awards | ||
| Tony Walton | Guys and Dolls | |
| John Lee Beatty | A Small Family Business | |
| Joe Vaněk | Dancing at Lughnasa | |
| Robert Wagner | Jelly's Last Jam | |
| 1993 47th Tony Awards | ||
| John Arnone | The Who's Tommy | |
| John Lee Beatty | Redwood Curtain | |
| Jerome Sirlin | Kiss of the Spiderwoman | |
| Robin Wagner | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | |
| 1994 48th Tony Awards | ||
| Bob Crowley | Carousel | |
| Peter J. Davidson | Medea | |
| Ian MacNeil | An Inspector Calls | |
| Tony Walton | She Loves Me | |
| 1995 49th Tony Awards | ||
| John Napier | Sunset Boulevard | |
| John Lee Beatty | The Heiress | |
| Stephen Brimson Lewis | Indiscretions | |
| Mark Thompson | Arcadia | |
| 1996 50th Tony Awards | ||
| Brian Thomson | The King and I | |
| John Lee Beatty | A Delicate Balance | |
| Scott Bradley | Seven Guitars | |
| Anthony Ward | A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| 1997 51st Tony Awards | ||
| Stewart Laing | Titanic | |
| John Lee Beatty | The Little Foxes | |
| G.W. Mercier and Julie Taymor | Juan Darién | |
| Tony Walton | Steel Pier | |
| 1998 52nd Tony Awards | ||
| Richard Hudson | The Lion King | |
| Bob Crowley | The Capeman | |
| Eugene Lee | Ragtime | |
| Quay Brothers | The Chairs | |
| 1999 53rd Tony Awards | ||
| Richard Hoover | Not About Nightingales | |
| Bob Crowley | The Iceman Cometh | |
| Twelfth Night | ||
| Ricardo Hernández | Parade |
2000s[]
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 54th Tony Awards | ||
| Bob Crowley | Aida | |
| Thomas Lynch | The Music Man | |
| Robin Wagner | Kiss Me, Kate | |
| Tony Walton | Uncle Vanya | |
| 2001 55th Tony Awards | ||
| Robin Wagner | The Producers | |
| Bob Crowley | The Invention of Love | |
| Heidi Ettinger | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | |
| Douglas W. Schmidt | 42nd Street | |
| 2002 56th Tony Awards | ||
| Tim Hatley | Private Lives | |
| John Lee Beatty | Morning's at Seven | |
| Daniel Ostling | Metamorphoses | |
| Douglas W. Schmidt | Into the Woods | |
| 2003 57th Tony Awards | ||
| Catherine Martin | La bohème | |
| John Lee Beatty | Dinner at Eight | |
| Santo Loquasto | Long Day's Journey into Night | |
| David Rockwell | Hairspray | |
| 2004 58th Tony Awards | ||
| Eugene Lee | Wicked | |
| Robert Brill | Assassins | |
| Ralph Funicello | Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 | |
| Tom Pye | Fiddler on the Roof |
See also[]
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design
External links[]
Categories:
- Tony Awards
- Awards established in 1947
- 1947 establishments in New York City
- Awards disestablished in 2004