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 | Natasha Katz for MJ the Musical (2022) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
Winners and nominees
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edit| Year | Award Type | Designer | Production |
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| Best Lighting Design 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 | ||
| Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Justin Townsend | Moulin Rouge! | |
| Bruno Poet | Tina | ||
| Justin Townsend | Jagged Little Pill | ||
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| Best Lighting Design for a Play |
Jon Clark | The Lehman Trilogy | |
| Joshua Carr | Hangmen | ||
| Jiyoun Chang | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf | ||
| Jane Cox | Macbeth | ||
| Yi Zhao | The Skin of Our Teeth | ||
| Best Lighting Design for a Musical |
Natasha Katz | MJ the Musical | |
| Neil Austin | Company | ||
| Tim Deiling | Six | ||
| Donald Holder | Paradise Square | ||
| Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset | ||
| Jen Schriever | A Strange Loop |
Award records
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- Christopher Akerlind
- Howell Binkley
- Paule Constable
- Donald Holder
- Bradley King
- Jennifer Tipton
- Hugh Vanstone
Multiple nominations
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- Neil Peter Jampolis
- Justin Townsend
- Allen Lee Hughes
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- Andrew Bridge
- Pat Collins
- Mark Henderson
- Thomas R. Skelton
- Ben Stanton
- Jan Versweyveld
- Jane Cox
- Bradley King
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- John Bury
- Ian Calderon
- Howard Harrison
- Peter Mumford
- Richard Nelson
- Jiyoun Chang
- Jon Clark