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 | Natasha Katz for MJ the Musical (2022) |
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
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year | Award Type | Designer | Production |
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2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Red | |
Neil Austin | Hamlet | ||
Mark Henderson | ENRON | ||
Brian MacDevitt | Fences | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical | Kevin Adams | American Idiot | |
Donald Holder | Ragtime | ||
Nick Richings | La Cage aux Folles | ||
Robert Wierzel | Fela! | ||
2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play | Paule Constable | War Horse | |
David Lander | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | ||
Kenneth Posner | The Merchant of Venice | ||
Mimi Jordan Sherin | Jerusalem | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Brian MacDevitt | The Book of Mormon | |
Ken Billington | The Scottsboro Boys | ||
Howell Binkley | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | ||
Peter Kaczorowski | Anything Goes | ||
2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Jeff Croiter | Peter and the Starcatcher | |
Peter Kaczorowski | The Road to Mecca | ||
Brian MacDevitt | Death of a Salesman | ||
Kenneth Posner | Other Desert Cities | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | Once | |
Christopher Akerlind | Porgy and Bess | ||
Natasha Katz | Follies | ||
Hugh Vanstone | Ghost the Musical | ||
2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Lucky Guy | |
Donald Holder | Golden Boy | ||
Jennifer Tipton | The Testament of Mary | ||
Japhy Weideman | The Nance | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Hugh Vanstone | Matilda the Musical | |
Kenneth Posner | Kinky Boots | ||
Pippin | |||
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | |||
2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Natasha Katz | The Glass Menagerie | |
Paule Constable | The Cripple of Inishmaan | ||
Jane Cox | Machinal | ||
Japhy Weideman | Of Mice and Men | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Kevin Adams | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
Christopher Akerlind | Rocky the Musical | ||
Howell Binkley | After Midnight | ||
Donald Holder | The Bridges of Madison County | ||
2015 69th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Paule Constable | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | |
Paule Constable and David Plater | Wolf Hall Parts One & Two | ||
Natasha Katz | Skylight | ||
Japhy Weideman | Airline Highway | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | An American in Paris | |
Donald Holder | The King and I | ||
Ben Stanton | Fun Home | ||
Japhy Weideman | The Visit | ||
2016 70th Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Natasha Katz | Long Day's Journey into Night | |
Justin Townsend | The Humans | ||
Jan Versweyveld | A View from the Bridge | ||
The Crucible | |||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Howell Binkley | Hamilton | |
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Shuffle Along | ||
Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening | ||
Justin Townsend | American Psycho | ||
2017 71st Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Christopher Akerlind | Indecent | |
Jane Cox | Jitney | ||
Donald Holder | Oslo | ||
Jennifer Tipton | A Doll's House, Part 2 | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | |
Howell Binkley | Come from Away | ||
Natasha Katz | Hello, Dolly! | ||
Japhy Weideman | Dear Evan Hansen | ||
2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | |
Paule Constable | Angels in America | ||
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | The Iceman Cometh | ||
Paul Russell | Farinelli and the King | ||
Ben Stanton | Junk | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Tyler Micoleau | The Band's Visit | |
Kevin Adams | SpongeBob SquarePants | ||
Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher | Once on This Island | ||
Donald Holder | My Fair Lady | ||
Brian MacDevitt | Carousel | ||
2019 73rd Tony Awards | |||
Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Ink | |
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | ||
Peter Mumford | The Ferryman | ||
Jennifer Tipton | To Kill a Mockingbird | ||
Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden | Network | ||
Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King | Hadestown | |
Kevin Adams | The Cher Show | ||
Howell Binkley | Ain’t Too Proud | ||
Peter Mumford | King Kong | ||
Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini | Beetlejuice |
2020s
Year | Award Type | Designer | Production |
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2021 74th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play | Hugh Vanstone | A Christmas Carol | |
Jiyoun Chang | Slave Play | ||
Jon Clark | The Inheritance | ||
Heather Gilbert | The Sound Inside | ||
Allen Lee Hughes | A Soldier's Play | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical | Justin Townsend | Moulin Rouge! | |
Bruno Poet | Tina | ||
Justin Townsend | Jagged Little Pill | ||
2022 75th Tony Awards | |||
Best Lighting Design for a Play | Jon Clark | The Lehman Trilogy | |
Joshua Carr | Hangmen | ||
Jiyoun Chang | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | ||
Jane Cox | Macbeth | ||
Yi Zhao | The Skin of Our Teeth | ||
Best Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | MJ the Musical | |
Neil Austin | Company | ||
Tim Deiling | Six | ||
Donald Holder | Paradise Square | ||
Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset | ||
Jen Schriever | A Strange Loop |
Award records
Multiple wins
- 9 Wins
- 8 Wins
- 5 Wins
- 4 Wins
- 3 Wins
- Neil Austin
- Andrew Bridge
- Peggy Eisenhauer
- David Hersey
- Tharon Musser
- 2 Wins
- Christopher Akerlind
- Howell Binkley
- Paule Constable
- Donald Holder
- Bradley King
- Jennifer Tipton
- Hugh Vanstone
Multiple nominations
- 24 Nominations
- 15 Nominations
- 14 Nominations
- 12 Nominations
- 11 Nominations
- 9 Nominations
- 8 Nominations
- 7 Nominations
- 6 Nominations
- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- Neil Peter Jampolis
- Justin Townsend
- Allen Lee Hughes
- 3 Nominations
- Andrew Bridge
- Pat Collins
- Mark Henderson
- Thomas R. Skelton
- Ben Stanton
- Jan Versweyveld
- Jane Cox
- Bradley King
- 2 Nominations
- John Bury
- Ian Calderon
- Howard Harrison
- Peter Mumford
- Richard Nelson
- Jiyoun Chang
- Jon Clark
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
- List of Tony Award-nominated productions
External links
- Tony Awards Official site
- Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
- Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com
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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Jo Mielziner (1970)
- R.H. Poindexter (1971)
- Tharon Musser (1972)
- Jules Fisher (1973)
- Jules Fisher (1974)
- Neil Peter Jampolis (1975)
- Tharon Musser (1976)
- Jennifer Tipton (1977)
- Jules Fisher (1978)
- Roger Morgan (1979)
- David Hersey (1980)
- John Bury (1981)
- Tharon Musser (1982)
- David Hersey (1983)
- Richard Nelson (1984)
- Richard Riddell (1985)
- Pat Collins (1986)
- David Hersey (1987)
- Andrew Bridge (1988)
- Jennifer Tipton (1989)
- Jules Fisher (1990)
- Jules Fisher (1991)
- Jules Fisher (1992)
- Chris Parry (1993)
- Rick Fisher (1994)
- Andrew Bridge (1995)
- Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (1996)
- Ken Billington (1997)
- Donald Holder (1998)
- Andrew Bridge (1999)
- Natasha Katz (2000)
- Peter Kaczorowski (2001)
- Brian MacDevitt (2002)
- Nigel Levings (2003)
- Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (2004)