Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical is an award for outstanding set design of a musical. The award was first presented in 1960 after the category of Best Scenic Design was divided into Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award. Between 1962 and 2004, the award was re-combined to Best Scenic Design before being split again in 2005.

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Awarded for	Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Dane Laffrey and George Reeve for Maybe Happy Ending (2025)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1960s

Year	Production	Nominees
1960 (14th) [1]
	The Sound of Music	Oliver Smith
	Fiorello!	William & Jean Eckart
	Greenwillow	Peter Larkin
	Gypsy	Jo Mielziner
	Saratoga	Cecil Beaton
1961 (15th) [2]
	Camelot	Oliver Smith
	13 Daughters	George C. Jenkins
	Bye Bye Birdie	Robert Randolph

2000s

Year	Production	Nominees
2005 (59th) [3]
	The Light in the Piazza	Michael Yeargan
	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Anthony Ward
	Monty Python's Spamalot	Tim Hatley
	Pacific Overtures	Rumi Matsui
2006 (60th) [4]
	The Drowsy Chaperone	David Gallo
	The Color Purple	John Lee Beatty
	Jersey Boys	Klara Zieglerova
	The Pajama Game	Derek McLane
2007 (61st) [5]
	Mary Poppins	Bob Crowley
	Grey Gardens	Allen Moyer
	High Fidelity	Anna Louizos
	Spring Awakening	Christine Jones
2008 (62nd) [6]
	South Pacific	Michael Yeargan
	In the Heights	Anna Louizos
	Sunday in the Park with George	Timothy Bird, David Farley and The Knifedge Creative Network
	Young Frankenstein	Robin Wagner
2009 (63rd) [7]
	Billy Elliot the Musical	Ian MacNeil
	Guys and Dolls	Robert Brill
	Next to Normal	Mark Wendland
	Pal Joey	Scott Pask

2010s

Year	Production	Nominees
2010 (64th) [8]
	American Idiot	Christine Jones
	Fela!	Marina Draghici
	La Cage aux Folles	Tim Shortall
	Ragtime	Derek McLane
2011 (65th) [9]
	The Book of Mormon	Scott Pask
	Anything Goes	Derek McLane
	Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson	Donyale Werle
	The Scottsboro Boys	Beowulf Boritt
2012 (66th) [10]
	Once	Bob Crowley
	Ghost the Musical	Jon Driscoll and Rob Howell
	Newsies	Sven Ortel & Tobin Ost
	Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark	George Tsypin
2013 (67th) [11]
	Matilda the Musical	Rob Howell
	Kinky Boots	David Rockwell
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Anna Louizos
	Pippin	Scott Pask
2014 (68th) [12]
	Rocky the Musical	Christopher Barreca
	Bullets Over Broadway	Santo Loquasto
	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder	Alexander Dodge
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Julian Crouch
2015 (69th) [13]
	An American in Paris	Bob Crowley and 59 Productions
	Fun Home	David Zinn
	The King and I	Michael Yeargan
	On the Twentieth Century	David Rockwell
2016 (70th) [14]
	She Loves Me	David Rockwell
	American Psycho	Es Devlin and Finn Ross
	Hamilton	David Korins
	Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed	Santo Loquasto
2017 (71st) [15]
	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Mimi Lien
	Groundhog Day	Rob Howell
	Hello, Dolly!	Santo Loquasto
	War Paint	David Korins
2018 (72nd) [16]
	SpongeBob SquarePants	David Zinn
	The Band's Visit	Scott Pask
	Mean Girls	Scott Pask, Finn Ross and Adam Young
	My Fair Lady	Michael Yeargan
	Once on This Island	Dane Laffrey
2019 (73rd) [17]
	Hadestown	Rachel Hauck
	Ain’t Too Proud	Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini
	Beetlejuice	David Korins
	King Kong	Peter England
	Oklahoma!	Laura Jellinek

2020s

Year	Production	Nominees
2020 (74th) [18]
	Moulin Rouge!	Derek McLane
	Jagged Little Pill	Riccardo Hernández and Lucy Mackinnon
	Tina	Mark Thompson and Jeff Sugg
2022 (75th) [19]
	Company	Bunny Christie
	Flying Over Sunset	Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions
	MJ	Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini
	Paradise Square	Allen Moyer
	A Strange Loop	Arnulfo Maldonado
2023 (76th) [20]
	New York, New York	Beowulf Boritt
	Lerner & Loewe's Camelot	Michael Yeargan and 59 Productions
	Shucked	Scott Pask
	Some Like It Hot
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Mimi Lien
2024 (77th) [21]
	Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club	Tom Scutt
	Back to the Future: The Musical	Tim Hatley and Finn Ross
	Hell's Kitchen	Robert Brill and Peter Nigrini
	Here Lies Love	David Korins
	Lempicka	Riccardo Hernández and Peter Nigrini
	The Outsiders	AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian
	Water for Elephants	Takeshi Kata
2025 (78th)
	Maybe Happy Ending	Dane Laffrey and George Reeve
	Buena Vista Social Club	Arnulfo Maldonado
	Death Becomes Her	Derek McLane
	Just in Time
	Swept Away	Rachel Hauck

See also

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