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 with each genre receiving its own.

Award winners and nominations

1940s

• 1947: David Ffolkes – Henry VIII
  • No nominees

• 1948: Horace Armistead – The Medium
  • No nominees

• 1949: Jo Mielziner – Sleepy Hollow, Summer and Smoke, Anne of the Thousand Days, Death of a Salesman and South Pacific
  • No nominees

1950s

• 1950: Jo Mielziner – The Innocents
  • No nominees

• 1951: Boris Aronson – The Rose Tattoo, The Country Girl and Season in the Sun
  • No nominees

• 1952: Jo Mielziner – The King and I
  • No nominees

• 1953: Raoul Penè Du Bois – Wonderful Town
  • No nominees

• 1954: Peter Larkin – Ondine and The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • No nominees

• 1955: Oliver Messel – House of Flowers
  • No nominees

• 1956: Peter Larkin – Inherit the Wind and No Time for Sergeants
  • Boris Aronson – The Diary of Anne Frank, Bus Stop, Once Upon a Tailor and A View from the Bridge
  • Ben Edwards – The Ponder Heart, Someone Waiting and The Honeys
  • Jo Mielziner – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Lark, Middle of the Night and Pipe Dream
  • Raymond Sovey – The Great Sebastians

• 1957: Oliver Smith – My Fair Lady
  • Boris Aronson – A Hole in the Head and Small War on Murray Hill
  • Ben Edwards – The Waltz of the Toreadors
  • George Jenkins – The Happiest Millionaire and Too Late the Phalarope
  • Donald Oenslager – Major Barbara
  • Oliver Smith – A Clearing in the Woods, Candide, Auntie Mame, Eugenia and Visit to a Small Planet

• 1958: Oliver Smith – West Side Story
  • Boris Aronson – Orpheus Descending, A Hole in the Head and The Rope Dancers
  • Ben Edwards – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
  • Jo Mielziner – Look Homeward, Angel, Miss Lonelyhearts, The Square Root of Wonderful, Oh, Captain! and The Day the Money Stopped
  • Oliver Smith – Brigadoon, Carousel, Jamaica, Nude with Violin and Time Remembered
  • Peter Larkin – Blue Denim, Compulsion, Good as Gold and Miss Isobel

• 1959: Donald Oenslager – A Majority of One
  • Boris Aronson – J.B.
  • David R. Ballou – The Legend of Lizzie
  • Ben Edwards – Jane Eyre
  • Oliver Messel – Rashomon
  • Teo Otto – The Visit

1960s

• 1960: see Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical
• 1961: see Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical

• 1962: Will Steven Armstrong – Carnival!
  • Rouben Ter-Arutunian – A Passage to India
  • David Hays – No Strings
  • Oliver Smith – The Gay Life

• 1963: Sean Kenny – Oliver!
  • Will Steven Armstrong – Tchin-Tchin
  • Anthony Powell – The School for Scandal
  • Franco Zeffirelli – The Lady of Carnelias

• 1964: Oliver Smith – Hello, Dolly!
  • Raoul Penè Du Bois – The Student Gypsy
  • Ben Edwards – The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
  • David Hays – Marco Millions

• 1965: Oliver Smith – Baker Street, Luv and The Odd Couple
  • Boris Aronson – Fiddler on the Roof and Incident at Vichy
  • Sean Kenny – The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
  • Beni Montresor – Do I Hear a Waltz?

• 1966: Howard Bay – Man of La Mancha
  • William Eckart and Jean Eckart – Mame
  • David Hays – Drat! The Cat!
  • Robert Randolph – Anya, Skyscraper and Sweet Charity

• 1967: Boris Aronson – Cabaret
  • John Bury – The Homecoming
  • Oliver Smith – I Do! I Do!
  • Alan Tagg – Black Comedy

• 1968: Desmond Heeley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  • Boris Aronson – The Price
  • Robert Randolph – Golden Rainbow
  • Peter Wexler – The Happy Time

• 1969: Boris Aronson – Zorba the Greek
  • Derek Cousins – Canterbury Tales
  • Jo Mielziner – 1776
  • Oliver Smith – Dear World

1970s

• 1970: Jo Mielziner – Child's Play
  • Howard Bay – Cry for Us All
  • Ming Cho Lee – Billy
  • Robert Randolph – Applause

• 1971: Boris Aronson – Company
  • John Bury – The Rothschilds
  • Sally Jacobs – A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Jo Mielziner – Father's Day

• 1972: Boris Aronson – Follies
  • John Bury – Old Times
  • Kert Lundell – Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
  • Robin Wagner – Jesus Christ Superstar

• 1973: Tony Walton – Pippin
  • Boris Aronson – A Little Night Music
  • David Jenkins – The Changing Room
  • Santo Loquasto – That Championship Season

• 1974: Franne Lee and Eugene Lee – Candide
  • John Conklin – The Au Pair Man
  • Santo Loquasto – What the Wine-Sellers Buy
  • Oliver Smith– Gigi
  • Ed Wittstein – Ulysses in Nighttown

• 1975: Carl Toms – Sherlock Holmes
  • Scott Johnson – Dance With Me
  • Tanya Moiseiwitsch – The Misanthrope
  • William Ritman – God's Favorite
  • Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Goodtime Charley
  • Robin Wagner – Mack and Mabel

• 1976: Boris Aronson – Pacific Overtures
  • Ben Edwards – A Matter of Gravity
  • David Mitchell – Trelawny of the 'Wells'
  • Tony Walton – Chicago

• 1977: David Mitchell – Annie
  • Santo Loquasto – American Buffalo and The Cherry Orchard
  • Robert Randolph – Porgy and Bess

• 1978: Robin Wagner – On the Twentieth Century
  • Zack Brown – The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Edward Gorey – Dracula
  • David Mitchell – Working

• 1979: Eugene Lee – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Karl Eigsti – Knockout
  • David Jenkins – The Elephant Man
  • John Wulp – The Crucifer of Blood

1980s

• 1980: John Lee Beatty – Talley's Folley and David Mitchell – Barnum
  • Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth – Evita
  • Tony Walton – A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine

• 1981: John Bury – Amadeus
  • John Lee Beatty – Fifth of July
  • Santo Loquasto – The Suicide
  • David Mitchell – Can-Can

• 1982: John Napier and Dermot Hayes – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • Ben Edwards – Medea
  • Lawrence Miller – Nine
  • Robin Wagner – Dreamgirls

• 1983: Ming Cho Lee – K2
  • John Gunter – All's Well That Ends Well
  • David Mitchell – Foxfire
  • John Napier – Cats

• 1984: Tony Straiges – Sunday in the Park with George
  • Clarke Dunham – End of the World
  • Peter Larkin – The Rink
  • Tony Walton – The Real Thing

• 1985: Heidi Landesman – Big River
  • Clarke Dunham – Grind
  • Ralph Koltai – Much Ado About Nothing
  • Voytek Levine and Michael Levine – Strange Interlude

• 1986: Tony Walton – The House of Blue Leaves
  • Ben Edwards – The Iceman Cometh
  • David Mitchell – The Boys in Winter
  • Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro

• 1987: John Napier – Les Misérables
  • Bob Crowley – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Martin Johns – Me and My Girl
  • Tony Walton – The Front Page

• 1988: Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera
  • Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly
  • Tony Straiges – Into the Woods
  • Tony Walton – Anything Goes

• 1989: Santo Loquasto – Cafe Crown
  • Thomas Lynch – The Heidi Chronicles
  • Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli – Black and Blue
  • Tony Walton – Lend Me a Tenor

1990s

• 1990: Robin Wagner – City of Angels
  • Alexandra Byrne – Some Americans Abroad
  • Kevin Rigdon – The Grapes of Wrath
  • Tony Walton – Grand Hotel

• 1991: Heidi Landesman – The Secret Garden
  • Richard Hudson – La Bête
  • John Napier – Miss Saigon
  • Tony Walton – The Will Rogers Follies

• 1992: Tony Walton – Guys and Dolls
  • John Lee Beatty – A Small Family Business
  • Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa
  • Robert Wagner – Jelly's Last Jam

• 1993: John Arnone – The Who's Tommy
  • John Lee Beatty – Redwood Curtain
  • Jerome Sirlin – Kiss of the Spiderwoman
  • Robin Wagner – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

• 1994: Bob Crowley – Carousel
  • Peter J. Davidson – Medea
  • Ian MacNeil – An Inspector Calls
  • Tony Walton – She Loves Me

• 1995: John Napier – Sunset Boulevard
  • John Lee Beatty – The Heiress
  • Stephen Brimson Lewis – Indiscretions
  • Mark Thompson – Arcadia

• 1996: Brian Thomson – The King and I
  • John Lee Beatty – A Delicate Balance
  • Scott Bradley – Seven Guitars
  • Anthony Ward – A Midsummer Night's Dream

• 1997: Stewart Laing – Titanic
  • John Lee Beatty – The Little Foxes
  • G.W. Mercer and Julie Taymor – Juan Darien
  • Tony Walton – Steel Pier

• 1998: Richard Hudson – The Lion King
  • Bob Crowley – The Capeman
  • Eugene Lee – Ragtime
  • Quay Brothers – The Chairs

• 1999: Richard Hoover – Not About Nightingales
  • Bob Crowley – The Iceman Cometh
  • Bob Crowley – Twelfth Night
  • Ricardo Hernandez – Parade

2000s

• 2000: Bob Crowley – Aida
  • Thomas Lynch – The Music Man
  • Robin Wagner – Kiss Me, Kate
  • Tony Walton – Uncle Vanya

• 2001: Robin Wagner – The Producers
  • Bob Crowley – The Invention of Love
  • Heidi Ettinger – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Douglas W. Schmidt – 42nd Street

• 2002: Tim Hatley – Private Lives
  • Daniel Ostling – Metamorphoses
  • Douglas W. Schmidt – Into the Woods
  • John Lee Beatty – Morning's at Seven

• 2003: Catherine Martin – La bohème
  • John Lee Beatty – Dinner at Eight
  • Santo Loquasto – Long Day's Journey into Night
  • David Rockwell – Hairspray

• 2004: Eugene Lee – Wicked
  • Robert Brill – Assassins
  • Ralph Funicello – Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2
  • Tom Pye – Fiddler on the Roof

Scenic Design in a Play

1960s

• 1960: Howard Bay – Toys in the Attic
  • Will Steven Armstrong – Caligula
  • David Hays – The Tenth Man
  • George C. Jenkins – The Miracle Worker
  • Jo Mielziner – The Best Man

• 1961: Oliver Smith – Becket
  • Roger Furse – Duel of Angels
  • David Hays – All the Way Home
  • Jo Mielziner – The Devil's Advocate
  • Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Advise and Consent

2000s

• 2005: Scott Pask – The Pillowman
  • John Lee Beatty – Doubt
  • David Gallo – Gem of the Ocean
  • Santo Loquasto – Glengarry Glen Ross

• 2006: Bob Crowley – The History Boys
  • John Lee Beatty – Rabbit Hole
  • Santo Loquasto – Three Days of Rain
  • Michael Yeargan – Awake and Sing!

• 2007: Bob Crowley and Scott Pask – The Coast of Utopia
  • Jonathan Fensom – Journey's End
  • David Gallo – Radio Golf
  • Ti Green and Melly Still – Coram Boy

• 2008: Todd Rosenthal – August: Osage County
  • Peter McKintosh – The 39 Steps
  • Scott Pask – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Anthony Ward – Macbeth

• 2009: Derek McLane – 33 Variations
  • Dale Ferguson – Exit the King
  • Rob Howell – The Norman Conquests
  • Michael Yeargan – Joe Turner's Come and Gone

2010s

• 2010: Christopher Oram – Red
  • John Lee Beatty – The Royal Family
  • Alexander Dodge – Present Laughter
  • Santo Loquasto – Fences

• 2011: Rae Smith – War Horse
  • Todd Rosenthal – The Motherfucker With the Hat
  • Ultz – Jerusalem
  • Mark Wendland – The Merchant of Venice

• 2012: Donyale Werle – Peter and the Starcatcher
  • John Lee Beatty – Other Desert Cities
  • Daniel Ostling – Clybourne Park
  • Mark Thompson – One Man, Two Guvnors

• 2013: John Lee Beatty – The Nance
  • Santo Loquasto – The Assembled Parties
  • David Rockwell – Lucky Guy
  • Michael Yeargan – Golden Boy

• 2014: Beowulf Boritt – Act One
  • Bob Crowley – The Glass Menagerie
  • Es Devlin – Machinal
  • Christopher Oram – The Cripple of Inishmaan

• 2015: Bunny Christie and Finn Ross – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Bob Crowley – Skylight
  • Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
  • David Rockwell – You Can't Take It with You

Scenic Design in a Musical

1960s

• 1960: Oliver Smith – The Sound of Music
  • Cecil Beaton – Saratoga
  • William Eckart and Jean Eckart – Fiorello!
  • Peter Larkin – Greenwillow
  • Jo Mielziner – Gypsy

• 1961: Oliver Smith – Camelot
  • George Jenkins – 13 Daughters
  • Robert Randolph – Bye Bye Birdie

2000s

• 2005: Michael Yeargan – The Light in the Piazza
  • Tim Hatley – Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Rumi Matsui – Pacific Overtures
  • Anthony Ward – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

• 2006: David Gallo – The Drowsy Chaperone
  • John Lee Beatty – The Color Purple
  • Derek McLane – The Pajama Game
  • Klara Zieglerova – Jersey Boys

• 2007: Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins
  • Christine Jones – Spring Awakening
  • Anna Louizos – High Fidelity
  • Allen Moyer – Grey Gardens

• 2008: Michael Yeargan – South Pacific
  • David Farley, Timothy Bird and The Knifedge Creative Network – Sunday in the Park with George
  • Anna Louizos – In the Heights
  • Robin Wagner – Young Frankenstein

• 2009: Ian MacNeil – Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Robert Brill – Guys and Dolls
  • Scott Pask – Pal Joey
  • Mark Wendland – Next to Normal

2010s

• 2010: Christine Jones – American Idiot
  • Marina Draghici – Fela!
  • Derek McLane – Ragtime
  • Tim Shortall – La Cage aux Folles

• 2011: Scott Pask – The Book of Mormon
  • Beowulf Boritt – The Scottsboro Boys
  • Derek McLane – Anything Goes
  • Donyale Werle – Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

• 2012: Bob Crowley – Once
  • Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll – Ghost the Musical
  • Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel – Newsies
  • George Tsypin – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

• 2013: Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical
  • Anna Louizos – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Scott Pask – Pippin
  • David Rockwell – Kinky Boots

• 2014: Christopher Barreca – Rocky the Musical
  • Julian Crouch – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Alexander Dodge – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • Santo Loquasto – Bullets Over Broadway

• 2015: Bob Crowley and 59 Productions – An American in Paris
  • David Rockwell – On the Twentieth Century
  • Michael Yeargan – The King and I
  • David Zinn – Fun Home

External links

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