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

1970s

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| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1970<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jo Mielziner

| Child's Play

|-

| Tharon Musser

| Applause

|-

| Thomas R. Skelton

| Indians

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| rowspan="4" align="center"| 1971<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| R.H. Poindexter

| Paul Sill's Story Theatre

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| Robert Ornbo

| Company

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| William Ritman

| Sleuth

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1972<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tharon Musser

| Follies

|-

| Martin Aronstein

| Ain't Supposed To Die a Natural Death

|-

| John Bury

| Old Times

|-

| Jules Fisher

| Jesus Christ Superstar

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1973<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jules Fisher

| Pippin

|-

| Martin Aronstein

| Much Ado About Nothing

|-

| Ian Calderon

| That Championship Season

|-

| Tharon Musser

| A Little Night Music

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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1974<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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

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| rowspan="7" align="center"| 1975<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Neil Peter Jampolis

| Sherlock Holmes

|-

| Abe Feder

| Goodtime Charley

|-

| Chip Monck

| The Rocky Horror Show

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| Andy Phillips

| Equus

|-

| Thomas R. Skelton

| All God's Chillun Got Wings

|-

| James Tilton

| Seascape

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1976<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tharon Musser

| A Chorus Line

|-

| Ian Calderon

| Trelawny of the Wells

|-

| Jules Fisher

| Chicago

|-

| Tharon Musser

| Pacific Overtures

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1977<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jennifer Tipton

| The Cherry Orchard

|-

| John Bury

| No Man's Land

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| Pat Collins

| Threepenny Opera

|-

| Neil Peter Jampolis

| The Innocents

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1978<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jules Fisher

| Dancin

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| Ken Billington

| Working

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| Jules Fisher

| Beatlemania

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| Tharon Musser

| The Act

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1979<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Roger Morgan

| The Crucifer of Blood

|-

| Ken Billington

| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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| Beverly Emmons

| The Elephant Man

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| Tharon Musser

| Ballroom

|}

1980s

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1980<br>

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| David Hersey

| Evita

|-

| Beverly Emmons

| A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine

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| Craig Miller

| Barnum

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| Dennis Parichy

| Talley's Folly

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1981<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| John Bury

| Amadeus

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| Tharon Musser

| 42nd Street

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| Dennis Parichy

| Fifth of July

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| Jennifer Tipton

| Sophisticated Ladies

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1982<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Tharon Musser

| Dreamgirls

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| Martin Aronstein

| Medea

|-

| David Hersey

| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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| Marcia Madeira

| Nine

|-

| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1983<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| David Hersey

| Cats

|-

| Ken Billington

| Foxfire

|-

| Robert Bryan

| All's Well That Ends Well

|-

| Allen Lee Hughes

| K2

|-

| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1984<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| 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

|-

| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1985<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Richard Riddell

| Big River

|-

| rowspan="2"| Terry Hands

| Cyrano de Bergerac

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| Much Ado About Nothing

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| Allen Lee Hughes

| Strange Interlude

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1986<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Pat Collins

| I'm Not Rappaport

|-

| Jules Fisher

| Song and Dance

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| Paul Gallo

| The House of Blue Leaves

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| Thomas R. Skelton

| The Iceman Cometh

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1987<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| David Hersey

| Les Misérables

|-

| Martin Aronstein

| Wild Honey

|-

| Beverly Emmons and Chris Parry

| Les Liaisons Dangereuses

|-

| David Hersey

| Starlight Express

|-

| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1988<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Andrew Bridge

| The Phantom of the Opera

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| Paul Gallo

| Anything Goes

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| Richard Nelson

| Into the Woods

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| Andy Phillips

| M. Butterfly

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1989<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jennifer Tipton

| Jerome Robbins' Broadway

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| Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman

| Black and Blue

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| Brian Nason

| Metamorphoses

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| Nancy Schertler

| Largely New York

|}

1990s

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1990<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jules Fisher

| Grand Hotel

|-

| Paul Gallo

| City of Angels

|-

| Neil Peter Jampolis and Paul Pyant

| Orpheus Descending

|-

| Kevin Rigdon

| The Grapes of Wrath

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1991<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jules Fisher

| The Will Rogers Follies

|-

| David Hersey

| Miss Saigon

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| Allen Lee Hughes

| Once on This Island

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| Jennifer Tipton

| La Bête

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1992<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Jules Fisher

| Jelly's Last Jam

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| rowspan="2"| Paul Gallo

| Crazy for You

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| Guys and Dolls

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| Richard Pilbrow

| Four Baboons Adoring the Sun

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1993<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Chris Parry

| The Who's Tommy

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| Howell Binkley

| Kiss of the Spider Woman

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| Jules Fisher

| Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

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| Dennis Parichy

| Redwood Curtain

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1994<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Rick Fisher

| An Inspector Calls

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| Beverly Emmons

| Passion

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| Jules Fisher

| Angels in America: Perestroika

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| Natasha Katz

| Beauty and the Beast

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1995<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Andrew Bridge

| Sunset Boulevard

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| Beverly Emmons

| The Heiress

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| Mark Henderson

| Indiscretions

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| Paul Pyant

| Arcadia

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1996<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

| Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

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| Christopher Akerlind

| Seven Guitars

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| Blake Burba

| Rent

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| Nigel Levings

| The King and I

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1997<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Ken Billington

| Chicago

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| Beverly Emmons

| Jekyll and Hyde

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| Donald Holder

| Juan Darién

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| Richard Pilbrow

| The Life

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1998<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Donald Holder

| The Lion King

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| Paul Anderson

| The Chairs

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| Mike Baldassari and Peggy Eisenhauer

| Cabaret

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| Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

| Ragtime

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1999<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| Andrew Bridge

| Fosse

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| Mark Henderson

| The Iceman Cometh

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| Natasha Katz

| Twelfth Night

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| Chris Parry

| Not About Nightingales

|}

2000s

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2000<br>

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| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design

| Natasha Katz

| Aida

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| rowspan="2"| Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

| Marie Christine

|-

| The Wild Party

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| Peter Kaczorowski

| Kiss Me, Kate

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2001<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design

| Peter Kaczorowski

| The Producers

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| Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

| Jane Eyre

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|Paul Gallo

| 42nd Street

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| Kenneth Posner

| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2002<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design

| Brian MacDevitt

| Into the Woods

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| David Hersey

| Oklahoma!

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| Natasha Katz

| Sweet Smell of Success

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| Paul Gallo

| The Crucible

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2003<br>

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| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design

| Nigel Levings

| La bohème

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| Donald Holder

| Movin' Out

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| Brian MacDevitt

| Nine

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| Kenneth Posner

| Hairspray

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| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2004<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design

| Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

| Assassins

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| rowspan="2"| Brian MacDevitt

| Fiddler on the Roof

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| Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2

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| Kenneth Posner

| Wicked

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| rowspan="9" align="center" |2005<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Brian MacDevitt

|The Pillowman

|-

|Pat Collins

|Doubt: A Parable

|-

| rowspan="2" |Donald Holder

|A Streetcar Named Desire

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|Gem of the Ocean

|-

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Christopher Akerlind

|The Light in the Piazza

|-

|Mark Henderson

|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

|-

|Kenneth Posner

|Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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|Hugh Vanstone

|Monty Python's Spamalot

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| rowspan="9" align="center" |2006<br>

|-

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Mark Henderson

|The History Boys

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|Christopher Akerlind

|Awake and Sing!

|-

|Paul Gallo

|Three Days of Rain

|-

|Mark Henderson

|Faith Healer

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Howell Binkley

|Jersey Boys

|-

|Ken Billington and Brian Monahan

|The Drowsy Chaperone

|-

|Natasha Katz

|Tarzan

|-

|Brian MacDevitt

|The Color Purple

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center" |2007<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Kevin Adams

|Spring Awakening

|-

|Christopher Akerlind

|110 in the Shade

|-

|Howard Harrison

|Mary Poppins

|-

|Peter Kaczorowski

|Grey Gardens

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2008<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Kevin Adams

|The 39 Steps

|-

|Howard Harrison

|Macbeth

|-

|Donald Holder

|Les Liaisons Dangereuses

|-

|Ann G. Wrightson

|August: Osage County

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>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

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center" |2009<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Brian MacDevitt

|Joe Turner's Come and Gone

|-

|David Hersey

|Equus

|-

|David Lander

|33 Variations

|-

|Hugh Vanstone

|Mary Stuart

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Rick Fisher

|Billy Elliot the Musical

|-

| rowspan="2" |Kevin Adams

|Hair

|-

|Next to Normal

|-

|Howell Binkley

|West Side Story

|}

2010s

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| rowspan="9" align="center"|2010<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Neil Austin

|Red

|-

|Neil Austin

|Hamlet

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|Mark Henderson

|ENRON

|-

|Brian MacDevitt

|Fences

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Kevin Adams

|American Idiot

|-

|Donald Holder

|Ragtime

|-

|Nick Richings

|La Cage aux Folles

|-

|Robert Wierzel

|Fela!

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2011<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2012<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;"|Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Natasha Katz

|Once

|-

|Christopher Akerlind

|Porgy and Bess

|-

|Natasha Katz

|Follies

|-

|Hugh Vanstone

|Ghost the Musical

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2013<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

|Lucky Guy

|-

|Donald Holder

|Golden Boy

|-

|Jennifer Tipton

|The Testament of Mary

|-

|Japhy Weideman

|The Nance

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Hugh Vanstone

|Matilda the Musical

|-

| rowspan="3" |Kenneth Posner

|Kinky Boots

|-

|Pippin

|-

|Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2014<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Natasha Katz

|The Glass Menagerie

|-

|Paule Constable

|The Cripple of Inishmaan

|-

|Jane Cox

|Machinal

|-

|Japhy Weideman

|Of Mice and Men

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2015<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Natasha Katz

|An American in Paris

|-

|Donald Holder

|The King and I

|-

|Ben Stanton

|Fun Home

|-

|Japhy Weideman

|The Visit

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center" |2016<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Natasha Katz

|Long Day's Journey into Night

|-

|Justin Townsend

|The Humans

|-

| rowspan="2" |Jan Versweyveld

|A View from the Bridge

|-

|The Crucible

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Howell Binkley

|Hamilton

|-

|Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher

|Shuffle Along

|-

|Ben Stanton

|Spring Awakening

|-

|Justin Townsend

|American Psycho

|-

| rowspan="9" align="center"|2017<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Christopher Akerlind

|Indecent

|-

|Jane Cox

|Jitney

|-

|Donald Holder

|Oslo

|-

|Jennifer Tipton

|A Doll's House, Part 2

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="4" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|-

| rowspan="11" align="center"|2018<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|-

| rowspan="11" align="center"|2019<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" |Lighting Design <br>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

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| rowspan="9" align="center"|2021<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>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

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="3" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

|Justin Townsend

|Moulin Rouge!

|-

|Bruno Poet

|Tina

|-

|Justin Townsend

|Jagged Little Pill

|-

| rowspan="12" align="center" |2022<br>

|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa; padding-left:20px;" | Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

|Jon Clark

|The Lehman Trilogy

|-

|Joshua Carr

|Hangmen

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|Jiyoun Chang

|For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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|Jane Cox

|Macbeth

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|Yi Zhao

|The Skin of Our Teeth

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|Natasha Katz

|MJ the Musical

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| Neil Austin

|Company

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|Tim Deiling

|Six

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|Donald Holder

|Paradise Square

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|Bradley King

|Flying Over Sunset

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|Jen Schriever

|A Strange Loop

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| rowspan="8" style="background:#f8f9fa; |Best Lighting Design <br>for a Play

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|Life of Pi

|Tim Lutkin

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|A Christmas Carol

|Ben Stanton

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|Death of a Salesman

|Jen Schriever

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|A Doll's House

|Jon Clark

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|Fat Ham

|Bradley King

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|Leopoldstadt

|Neil Austin

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|Prima Facie

|Natasha Chivers

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| rowspan="6" style="background:#f8f9fa; |Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

| rowspan="2" |Natasha Katz

|Some Like It Hot

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|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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|Howard Hudson

|& Juliet

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|Lap Chi Chu

|Lerner & Loewe's Camelot

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|Ken Billington

|New York, New York

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|Heather Gilbert

|Parade

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! rowspan="11" |2024

| rowspan="5" style="background:#f8f9fa;|Best Lighting Design for a Play

|Jane Cox

|Appropriate

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|Isabella Byrd

|An Enemy of the People

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|Natasha Katz

|Grey House

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|Amith Chandrashaker

|Prayer for the French Republic

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|Jiyoun Chang

|Stereophonic

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| rowspan="6" style="background:#f8f9fa; " |Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

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|Hana S. Kim and Brian MacDevitt

|The Outsiders

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|Isabella Byrd

|Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

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|Natasha Katz

|Hell's Kitchen

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|Brandon Stirling Baker

|Illinoise

|-

|David Bengali and Bradley King

|Water for Elephants

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| rowspan="12" |2025

| rowspan="6" style="background:#f8f9fa;|Best Lighting Design for a Play

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|Stranger Things: The First Shadow

|Jon Clark

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|Good Night, and Good Luck

|Heather Gilbert and David Bengali

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|The Hills of California

|Natasha Chivers

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|John Proctor Is the Villain

|Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski

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|The Picture of Dorian Gray

|Nick Schlieper

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| rowspan="10" style="background:#f8f9fa; |Best Lighting Design <br>for a Musical

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|Sunset Boulevard

| Jack Knowles

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|Buena Vista Social Club

| Tyler Micoleau

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|Death Becomes Her

|Justin Townsend

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| Floyd Collins

| Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski

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| Maybe Happy Ending

| Ben Stanton

|-

|}

Award records

Multiple wins

; 9 Wins

  • Jules Fisher

;; 8 Wins

  • Natasha Katz

;; 5 Wins

  • Brian MacDevitt

; 4 Wins

  • Kevin Adams

; 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

  • Jules Fisher

;; 20 Nominations

  • Natasha Katz

;; 14 Nominations

  • Donald Holder

;;

;; 12 Nominations

  • Brian MacDevitt

;;

;; 11 Nominations

  • Kenneth Posner

;; 9 Nominations

  • Ken Billington
  • Howell Binkley
  • Peggy Eisenhauer
  • Tharon Musser

;; 8 Nominations

  • Paul Gallo
  • Kevin Adams

;; 7 Nominations

  • David Hersey

;; 6 Nominations

  • Paule Constable
  • Neil Austin

;; 5 Nominations

  • Christopher Akerlind
  • Martin Aronstein
  • Peter Kaczorowski
  • Jennifer Tipton
  • Hugh Vanstone
  • Ben Stanton
  • Bradley King

; 4 Nominations

  • Neil Peter Jampolis
  • Justin Townsend
  • Allen Lee Hughes
  • Jane Cox

; 3 Nominations

  • Andrew Bridge
  • Pat Collins
  • Mark Henderson
  • Thomas R. Skelton
  • Jan Versweyveld
  • Jane Cox

; 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
  • Tony Awards Official site
  • Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing
  • Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com