Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

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This is a list of the winners of the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a play or musical, first presented in 1970. In 2005 the category was divided with each genre represented in its own.

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[edit] Award winners

[edit] 1970s

1970 - Jo Mielziner – Child's Play
1971 - R.H. Poindexter – Story Theatre
1972 - Tharon Musser – Follies
1973 - Jules Fisher – Pippin (musical)
1974 - Jules Fisher – Ulysses in Nighttown
1975 - Neil Peter Jampolis – Sherlock Holmes
1976 - Tharon Musser – A Chorus Line
1977 - Jennifer Tipton – The Cherry Orchard
1978 - Jules Fisher – Dancin'
1979 - Roger Morgan – The Crucifer of Blood

[edit] 1980s

1980 - David Hersey – Evita
1981 - John Bury – Amadeus
1982 - Tharon Musser – Dreamgirls
1983 - David Hersey – Cats (musical)
1984 - Richard Nelson – Sunday in the Park with George
1985 - Richard Riddell – Big River
1986 - Pat Collins (lighting designer) – I'm Not Rappaport
1987 - David Hersey – Les Misérables (musical)
1988 - Andrew Bridge – The Phantom of the Opera
1989 - Jennifer Tipton – Jerome Robbins' Broadway

[edit] 1990s

1990 - Jules Fisher – Grand Hotel
1991 - Jules Fisher – The Will Rogers Follies
1992 - Jules Fisher – Jelly's Last Jam
1993 - Chris Parry – The Who's Tommy
1994 - Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls
1995 - Andrew Bridge – Sunset Boulevard (musical)
1996 - Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer – Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
1997 - Ken Billington – Chicago (musical)
1998 - Donald Holder – The Lion King
1999 - Andrew Bridge – Fosse

[edit] 2000s

2000 - Natasha Katz – Aida
2001 - Peter Kaczorowski – The Producers
2002 - Brian MacDevitt – Into the Woods
2003 - Nigel Levings – La bohème (musical)
2004 - Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer – Assassins
Best Lighting Design in a Play
2005 - Brian MacDevitt – The Pillowman
2006 - Mark Henderson – The History Boys
2007 - Brian MacDevitt / Kenneth Posner / Natasha Katz – The Coast of Utopia
Best Lighting Design in a Musical
2005 - Christopher Akerlind – The Light in the Piazza
2006 - Howell Binkley – Jersey Boys
2007 - Kevin Adams – Spring Awakening


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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

Jo Mielziner (1970) · R.H. Poindexter (1971) · Tharon Musser (1972) · Jules Fisher (1973) · Jules Fisher (1974) · Neil Peter Jampolis (1975) · 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 / Peggy Eisenhauer (1996) · Ken Billington (1997) · Donald Holder (1998) · Andrew Bridge (1999) · Natasha Katz (2000) · Peter Kaczorowski (2001) · Brian MacDevitt (2002) · Nigel Levings (2003) · Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer (2004) · Brian MacDevitt (2005) · Christopher Akerlind (2005) · Mark Henderson (2006) · Howell Binkley (2006) · Brian MacDevitt / Kenneth Posner / Natasha Katz (2007) · Kevin Adams (2007)
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