Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical is an award for outstanding Lighting design of a musical. The award was first presented in 2005 after the category of Best Lighting Design 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 in a Musical
Awarded for	Best Lighting Design in a Musical
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard (2025)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

2000s

Year	Production	Nominees
2005 (59th) [1]
	The Light in the Piazza	Christopher Akerlind
	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Mark Henderson
	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Kenneth Posner
	Monty Python's Spamalot	Hugh Vanstone
2006 (60th) [2]
	Jersey Boys	Howell Binkley
	The Color Purple	Brian MacDevitt
	The Drowsy Chaperone	Ken Billington and Brian Monahan
	Tarzan	Natasha Katz
2007 (61st) [3]
	Spring Awakening	Kevin Adams
	110 in the Shade	Christopher Akerlind
	Grey Gardens	Peter Kaczorowski
	Mary Poppins	Howard Harrison
2008 (62nd) [4]
	South Pacific	Donald Holder
	In the Heights	Howell Binkley
	The Little Mermaid	Natasha Katz
	Sunday in the Park with George	Ken Billington
2009 (63rd) [5]
	Billy Elliot the Musical	Rick Fisher
	Hair	Kevin Adams
	Next to Normal
	West Side Story	Howell Binkley

2010s

Year	Production	Nominees
2010 (64th) [6]
	American Idiot	Kevin Adams
	Fela!	Robert Wierzel
	La Cage aux Folles	Nick Richings
	Ragtime	Donald Holder
2011 (65th) [7]
	The Book of Mormon	Brian MacDevitt
	Anything Goes	Peter Kaczorowski
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Howell Binkley
	The Scottsboro Boys	Ken Billington
2012 (66th) [8]
	Once	Natasha Katz
	Follies	Natasha Katz
	Ghost the Musical	Hugh Vanstone
	Porgy and Bess	Christopher Akerlind
2013 (67th) [9]
	Matilda the Musical	Hugh Vanstone
	Kinky Boots	Kenneth Posner
	Pippin
	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
2014 (68th) [10]
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Kevin Adams
	After Midnight	Howell Binkley
	The Bridges of Madison County	Donald Holder
	Rocky the Musical	Christopher Akerlind
2015 (69th) [11]
	An American in Paris	Natasha Katz
	Fun Home	Ben Stanton
	The King and I	Donald Holder
	The Visit	Japhy Weideman
2016 (70th) [12]
	Hamilton	Howell Binkley
	American Psycho	Justin Townsend
	Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher
	Spring Awakening	Ben Stanton
2017 (71st) [13]
	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Bradley King
	Come from Away	Howell Binkley
	Dear Evan Hansen	Japhy Weideman
	Hello, Dolly!	Natasha Katz
2018 (72nd) [14]
	The Band's Visit	Tyler Micoleau
	Carousel	Brian MacDevitt
	My Fair Lady	Donald Holder
	Once on This Island	Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Kevin Adams
2019 (73rd) [15]
	Hadestown	Bradley King
	Ain’t Too Proud	Howell Binkley
	Beetlejuice	Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini
	The Cher Show	Kevin Adams
	King Kong	Peter Mumford

2020s

Year	Production	Nominees
2020 (74th)
	Moulin Rouge!	Justin Townsend
	Jagged Little Pill	Justin Townsend
	Tina	Bruno Poet
2022 (75th) [16]
	MJ	Natasha Katz
	Company	Neil Austin
	Flying Over Sunset	Bradley King
	Paradise Square	Donald Holder
	Six	Tim Deiling
	A Strange Loop	Jen Schriever
2023 (76th) [17]
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Natasha Katz
	& Juliet	Howard Hudson
	Lerner & Loewe's Camelot	Lap Chi Chu
	New York, New York	Ken Billington
	Parade	Heather Gilbert
	Some Like It Hot	Natasha Katz
2024 (77th) [18]
	The Outsiders	Hana S. Kim and Brian MacDevitt
	Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club	Isabella Byrd
	Hell's Kitchen	Natasha Katz
	Illinoise	Brandon Stirling Baker
	Water for Elephants	David Bengali and Bradley King
2025 (78th)
	Sunset Boulevard	Jack Knowles
	Buena Vista Social Club	Tyler Micoleau
	Death Becomes Her	Justin Townsend
	Floyd Collins	Ruey Horng Sun and Scott Zielinski
	Maybe Happy Ending	Ben Stanton

Multiple wins

4 Wins Natasha Katz 3 Wins Kevin Adams

2 Wins Howell Binkley Bradley King Brian MacDevitt Donald Holder

Multiple nominations

10 Nominations Natasha Katz 8 Nominations Howell Binkley 7 Nominations Kevin Adams 6 Nominations Donald Holder 5 Nominations Kenneth Posner 4 Nominations Christopher Akerlind Ken Billington Bradley King Brian MacDevitt

3 Nominations Ben Stanton Justin Townsend Hugh Vanstone 2 Nominations Peggy Eisenhauer Jules Fisher Peter Kaczorowski Tyler Micoleau Japhy Weideman

See also

• Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play
• Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
• List of Tony Award-nominated productions