Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
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.
| Tony Award for Best Lighting Design | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 6 Wins
- 5 Wins
- 4 Wins
- 3 Wins
- 2 Wins
Multiple nominations
- 24 Nominations
- 13 Nominations
- 12 Nominations
- 11 Nominations
- 9 Nominations
- 8 Nominations
- 7 Nominations
- 6 Nominations
- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- Neil Austin
- Neil Peter Jampolis
- Hugh Vanstone
- 3 Nominations
- 2 Nominations
- John Bury
- Ian Calderon
- Jane Cox
- Howard Harrison
- Bradley King
- Peter Mumford
- Richard Nelson
- Justin Townsend
See also
External links
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