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 into Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

Winners and nominees

1940s Year Designer Production 1947 David Folkes Henry VIII 1948 Horace Armistead The Medium 1949 Jo Mielziner Anne of the Thousand Days, Death of a Salesman, Sleepy Hollow, South Pacific and Summer and Smoke

1950s Year Designer Production 1950 Jo Mielziner The Innocents 1951 Boris Aronson The Country Girl, The Rose Tattoo and Season in the Sun 1952 Jo Mielziner The King and I 1953 Raoul Penè Du Bois Wonderful Town 1954 Peter Larkin Ondine and The Teahouse of the August Moon 1955 Oliver Messel House of Flowers 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 Peter Larkin Blue Denim, Compulsion, Good as Gold and Miss Isobel 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 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 Year Designer Production 1960 – 1961 colspan="2" 1962 Will Steven Armstrong Carnival! David Hays No Strings Oliver Smith The Gay Life Rouben Ter-Arutunian A Passage to India 1963 Sean Kenny Oliver! Will Steven Armstrong Tchin-Tchin Anthony Powell The School for Scandal Franco Zeffirelli The Lady of the Camellias 1964 Oliver Smith Hello, Dolly! Raoul Penè Du Bois The Student Gypsy Ben Edwards The Ballad of the Sad Café 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 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 Derek Cousins Canterbury Tales Jo Mielziner 1776 Oliver Smith Dear World

1970s Year Designer Production 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 Eugene Lee and Franne 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 Year Designer Production 1980 John Lee Beatty Talley's Folly David Mitchell Barnum Tazeena Firth and Timothy O'Brien 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 Dermot Hayes and John Napier 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 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 Héctor Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia Black and Blue Tony Walton Lend Me a Tenor

1990s Year Designer Production 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 Vaněk 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 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. Mercier and Julie Taymor Juan Darién Tony Walton Steel Pier 1998 Richard Hudson The Lion King Bob Crowley The Capeman Eugene Lee Ragtime Brothers Quay The Chairs 1999 Richard Hoover Not About Nightingales Bob Crowley The Iceman Cometh Twelfth Night Ricardo Hernández Parade

2000s Year Designer Production 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 Schmidt 42nd Street 2002 Tim Hatley Private Lives John Lee Beatty Morning's at Seven Daniel Ostling Metamorphoses Douglas Schmidt Into the Woods 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 Part 2 Tom Pye Fiddler on the Roof

Award Records

Multiple wins 7 Wins Oliver Smith

6 Wins Boris Aronson Bob Crowley

4 Wins Peter Larkin Jo Mielziner

3 Wins Eugene Lee John Napier Robin Wagner Tony Walton

2 Wins John Lee Beatty Heidi Landesman David Mitchell

Multiple nominations 14 Nominations Tony Walton

13 Nominations Boris Aronson

10 Nominations Oliver Smith

9 Nominations John Lee Beatty

8 Nominations Jo Mielziner Robin Wagner Ben Edwards

7 Nominations Bob Crowley David Mitchell

6 Nominations Santo Loquasto

5 Nominations John Napier

4 Nominations Peter Larkin Eugene Lee Robert Randolph John Bury

3 Nominations Heidi Landesman David Hays

2 Nominations Howard Bay Raoul Penè Du Bois Oliver Messel Donald Oenslager Will Steven Armstrong Rouben Ter-Arutunian Beni Montresor Ming Cho Lee Tony Straiges Clarke Dunham Thomas Lynch Richard Hudson Douglas Schmidt

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

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