Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Awarded for	Best Lighting Design
Location	United States New York City
Country	United States of America
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher for Assassins (2004)
Official 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
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
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
	Terry Hands	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
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
	Paul Gallo	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	Designer	Production
2000 54th Tony Awards
	Natasha Katz	Aida
	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher	Marie Christine
	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher	The Wild Party
	Peter Kaczorowski	Kiss Me, Kate
2001 55th Tony Awards
	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
	Brian MacDevitt	Into the Woods
	David Hersey	Oklahoma!
	Natasha Katz	Sweet Smell of Success
	Paul Gallo	The Crucible'
2003 57th Tony Awards
	Nigel Levings	La bohème
	Donald Holder	Movin' Out
	Brian MacDevitt	Nine
	Kenneth Posner	Hairspray
2004 58th Tony Awards
	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher	Assassins
	Brian MacDevitt	Fiddler on the Roof
	Brian MacDevitt	Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
	Kenneth Posner	Wicked

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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

1970–1975

1976–2000

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)

2001–04

Peter Kaczorowski (2001)
Brian MacDevitt (2002)
Nigel Levings (2003)
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (2004)

2005–present
Play

Brian MacDevitt (2005)
Mark Henderson (2006)
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner, and Natasha Katz (2007)
Kevin Adams (2008)
Brian MacDevitt (2009)
Neil Austin (2010)
Paule Constable (2011)
Jeff Croiter (2012)
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (2013)
Natasha Katz (2014)
Paule Constable (2015)
Natasha Katz (2016)

2005–present
Musical

Christopher Akerlind (2005)
Howell Binkley (2006)
Kevin Adams (2007)
Donald Holder (2008)
Rick Fisher (2009)
Kevin Adams (2010)
Brian MacDevitt (2011)
Natasha Katz (2012)
Hugh Vanstone (2013)
Kevin Adams (2014)
Natasha Katz (2015)
Howell Binkley (2016)

Complete list
(1970–1975)
(1976–2000)
(2001–2004)
(2005–2025 (Play))
(2005–2025 (Musical))

Tony Awards

American Theatre Wing The Broadway League List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

Play	Best Play Best Direction of a Play Best Leading Actor in a Play Best Leading Actress in a Play Best Featured Actor in a Play Best Featured Actress in a Play Best Costume Design in a Play Best Lighting Design in a Play Best Revival of a Play Best Scenic Design in a Play

Musical	Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Leading Actor in a Musical Best Leading Actress in a Musical Best Featured Actor in a Musical Best Featured Actress in a Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Choreography Best Costume Design in a Musical Best Lighting Design in a Musical Best Orchestrations Best Original Score Best Revival of a Musical Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Special (non-competitive)	Regional Theatre Tony Award Special Tony Award Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Isabelle Stevenson Award

Retired	Best Author Best Conductor and Musical Director Best Costume Design Best Director Best Lighting Design Best Newcomer Best Revival Best Scenic Design Best Sound Design Best Special Theatrical Event Best Stage Technician

Ceremonies	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

Winners and nominees

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

See also

External links