Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

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.

Tony Award for
Best Scenic Design
Awarded forBest Scenic Design
LocationUnited States New York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held byEugene Lee for Wicked (2004)
WebsiteTonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees edit

  indicates the winner

1940s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1947
1st Tony Awards
David FolkesHenry VIII
1948
2nd Tony Awards
Horace ArmisteadThe Medium
1949
3rd Tony Awards
Jo MielzinerAnne of the Thousand Days, Death of a Salesman, Sleepy Hollow, South Pacific and Summer and Smoke

1950s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1950
4th Tony Awards
Jo MielzinerThe Innocents
1951
5th Tony Awards
Boris AronsonThe Country Girl, The Rose Tattoo and Season in the Sun
1952
6th Tony Awards
Jo MielzinerThe King and I
1953
7th Tony Awards
Raoul Penè Du BoisWonderful Town
1954
8th Tony Awards
Peter LarkinOndine and The Teahouse of the August Moon
1955
9th Tony Awards
Oliver MesselHouse of Flowers
1956
10th Tony Awards
Peter LarkinInherit the Wind and No Time for Sergeants
Boris AronsonThe Diary of Anne Frank, Bus Stop, Once Upon a Tailor and A View from the Bridge
Ben EdwardsThe Ponder Heart, Someone Waiting and The Honeys
Jo MielzinerCat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lark, Middle of the Night and Pipe Dream
Raymond SoveyThe Great Sebastians
1957
11th Tony Awards
Oliver SmithMy Fair Lady
Boris AronsonA Hole in the Head and Small War on Murray Hill
Ben EdwardsThe Waltz of the Toreadors
George JenkinsThe Happiest Millionaire and Too Late the Phalarope
Donald OenslagerMajor Barbara
Oliver SmithA Clearing in the Woods, Candide, Auntie Mame, Eugenia and Visit to a Small Planet
1958
12th Tony Awards
Oliver SmithWest Side Story
Boris AronsonOrpheus Descending, A Hole in the Head and The Rope Dancers
Ben EdwardsThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Peter LarkinBlue Denim, Compulsion, Good as Gold and Miss Isobel
Jo MielzinerLook Homeward, Angel, Miss Lonelyhearts, The Square Root of Wonderful,
Oh, Captain! and The Day the Money Stopped
Oliver SmithBrigadoon, Carousel, Jamaica, Nude with Violin and Time Remembered
1959
13th Tony Awards
Donald OenslagerA Majority of One
Boris AronsonJ.B.
David R. BallouThe Legend of Lizzie
Ben EdwardsJane Eyre
Oliver MesselRashomon
Teo OttoThe Visit

1960s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1960 – 1961
1962
16th Tony Awards
Will Steven ArmstrongCarnival!
David HaysNo Strings
Oliver SmithThe Gay Life
Rouben Ter-ArutunianA Passage to India
1963
17th Tony Awards
Sean KennyOliver!
Will Steven ArmstrongTchin-Tchin
Anthony PowellThe School for Scandal
Franco ZeffirelliThe Lady of the Camellias
1964
18th Tony Awards
Oliver SmithHello, Dolly!
Raoul Penè Du BoisThe Student Gypsy
Ben EdwardsThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe
David HaysMarco Millions
1965
19th Tony Awards
Oliver SmithBaker Street, Luv and The Odd Couple
Boris AronsonFiddler on the Roof and Incident at Vichy
Sean KennyThe Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
Beni MontresorDo I Hear a Waltz?
1966
20th Tony Awards
Howard BayMan of La Mancha
William and Jean EckartMame
David HaysDrat! The Cat!
Robert RandolphAnya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity
1967
21st Tony Awards
Boris AronsonCabaret
John BuryThe Homecoming
Oliver SmithI Do! I Do!
Alan TaggBlack Comedy
1968
22nd Tony Awards
Desmond HeeleyRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Boris AronsonThe Price
Robert RandolphGolden Rainbow
Peter WexlerThe Happy Time
1969
23rd Tony Awards
Boris AronsonZorba
Derek CousinsCanterbury Tales
Jo Mielziner1776
Oliver SmithDear World

1970s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1970
24th Tony Awards
Jo MielzinerChild's Play
Howard BayCry for Us All
Ming Cho LeeBilly
Robert RandolphApplause
1971
25th Tony Awards
Boris AronsonCompany
John BuryThe Rothschilds
Sally JacobsA Midsummer Night's Dream
Jo MielzinerFather's Day
1972
26th Tony Awards
Boris AronsonFollies
John BuryOld Times
Kert LundellAin't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Robin WagnerJesus Christ Superstar
1973
27th Tony Awards
Tony WaltonPippin
Boris AronsonA Little Night Music
David JenkinsThe Changing Room
Santo LoquastoThat Championship Season
1974
28th Tony Awards
Eugene Lee and Franne LeeCandide
John ConklinThe Au Pair Man
Santo LoquastoWhat the Wine-Sellers Buy
Oliver SmithGigi
Ed WittsteinUlysses in Nighttown
1975
29th Tony Awards
Carl TomsSherlock Holmes
Scott JohnsonDance With Me
Tanya MoiseiwitschThe Misanthrope
William RitmanGod's Favorite
Rouben Ter-ArutunianGoodtime Charley
Robin WagnerMack and Mabel
1976
30th Tony Awards
Boris AronsonPacific Overtures
Ben EdwardsA Matter of Gravity
David MitchellTrelawny of the 'Wells'
Tony WaltonChicago
1977
31st Tony Awards
David MitchellAnnie
Santo LoquastoAmerican Buffalo and The Cherry Orchard
Robert RandolphPorgy and Bess
1978
32nd Tony Awards
Robin WagnerOn the Twentieth Century
Zack BrownThe Importance of Being Earnest
Edward GoreyDracula
David MitchellWorking
1979
33rd Tony Awards
Eugene LeeSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Karl EigstiKnockout
David JenkinsThe Elephant Man
John WulpThe Crucifer of Blood

1980s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1980
34th Tony Awards
John Lee BeattyTalley's Folly
David MitchellBarnum
Tazeena Firth and Timothy O'BrienEvita
Tony WaltonA Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
1981
35th Tony Awards
John BuryAmadeus
John Lee BeattyFifth of July
Santo LoquastoThe Suicide
David MitchellCan-Can
1982
36th Tony Awards
Dermot Hayes and John NapierThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Ben EdwardsMedea
Lawrence MillerNine
Robin WagnerDreamgirls
1983
37th Tony Awards
Ming Cho LeeK2
John GunterAll's Well That Ends Well
David MitchellFoxfire
John NapierCats
1984
38th Tony Awards
Tony StraigesSunday in the Park with George
Clarke DunhamEnd of the World
Peter LarkinThe Rink
Tony WaltonThe Real Thing
1985
39th Tony Awards
Heidi LandesmanBig River
Clarke DunhamGrind
Ralph KoltaiMuch Ado About Nothing
Voytek and Michael LevineStrange Interlude
1986
40th Tony Awards
Tony WaltonThe House of Blue Leaves
Ben EdwardsThe Iceman Cometh
David MitchellThe Boys in Winter
Beni MontresorThe Marriage of Figaro
1987
41st Tony Awards
John NapierLes Misérables
Bob CrowleyLes Liaisons Dangereuses
Martin JohnsMe and My Girl
Tony WaltonThe Front Page
1988
42nd Tony Awards
Maria BjörnsonThe Phantom of the Opera
Eiko IshiokaM. Butterfly
Tony StraigesInto the Woods
Tony WaltonAnything Goes
1989
43rd Tony Awards
Santo LoquastoCafe Crown
Thomas LynchThe Heidi Chronicles
Héctor Orezzoli and Claudio SegoviaBlack and Blue
Tony WaltonLend Me a Tenor

1990s edit

YearDesignerProduction
1990
44th Tony Awards
Robin WagnerCity of Angels
Alexandra ByrneSome Americans Abroad
Kevin RigdonThe Grapes of Wrath
Tony WaltonGrand Hotel
1991
45th Tony Awards
Heidi LandesmanThe Secret Garden
Richard HudsonLa Bête
John NapierMiss Saigon
Tony WaltonThe Will Rogers Follies
1992
46th Tony Awards
Tony WaltonGuys and Dolls
John Lee BeattyA Small Family Business
Joe VaněkDancing at Lughnasa
Robert WagnerJelly's Last Jam
1993
47th Tony Awards
John ArnoneThe Who's Tommy
John Lee BeattyRedwood Curtain
Jerome SirlinKiss of the Spiderwoman
Robin WagnerAngels in America: Millennium Approaches
1994
48th Tony Awards
Bob CrowleyCarousel
Peter J. DavidsonMedea
Ian MacNeilAn Inspector Calls
Tony WaltonShe Loves Me
1995
49th Tony Awards
John NapierSunset Boulevard
John Lee BeattyThe Heiress
Stephen Brimson LewisIndiscretions
Mark ThompsonArcadia
1996
50th Tony Awards
Brian ThomsonThe King and I
John Lee BeattyA Delicate Balance
Scott BradleySeven Guitars
Anthony WardA Midsummer Night's Dream
1997
51st Tony Awards
Stewart LaingTitanic
John Lee BeattyThe Little Foxes
G.W. Mercier and Julie TaymorJuan Darién
Tony WaltonSteel Pier
1998
52nd Tony Awards
Richard HudsonThe Lion King
Bob CrowleyThe Capeman
Eugene LeeRagtime
Quay BrothersThe Chairs
1999
53rd Tony Awards
Richard HooverNot About Nightingales
Bob CrowleyThe Iceman Cometh
Twelfth Night
Ricardo HernándezParade

2000s edit

YearDesignerProduction
2000
54th Tony Awards
Bob CrowleyAida
Thomas LynchThe Music Man
Robin WagnerKiss Me, Kate
Tony WaltonUncle Vanya
2001
55th Tony Awards
Robin WagnerThe Producers
Bob CrowleyThe Invention of Love
Heidi EttingerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Douglas W. Schmidt42nd Street
2002
56th Tony Awards
Tim HatleyPrivate Lives
John Lee BeattyMorning's at Seven
Daniel OstlingMetamorphoses
Douglas W. SchmidtInto the Woods
2003
57th Tony Awards
Catherine MartinLa bohème
John Lee BeattyDinner at Eight
Santo LoquastoLong Day's Journey into Night
David RockwellHairspray
2004
58th Tony Awards
Eugene LeeWicked
Robert BrillAssassins
Ralph FunicelloHenry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
Tom PyeFiddler on the Roof

Award Records edit

These include wins for the Best Scenic Design in a Play and Best Scenic Design in a Musical.

Multiple wins edit

7 Wins
6 Wins
4 Wins
3 Wins
2 Wins

See also edit

External links edit