The Tony Awards for Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical recognize excellence in sound design for Broadway theatre. They were first given in the 2007–2008 season. In 2014, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that starting with the 2014–2015 season the Tony Awards for Best Sound Design of a Play and of a Musical would be eliminated. In 2017, the committee announced that the two Sound Design awards would again be presented starting in the 2017–2018 season.
List of winners and nominees
2000s
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 (62nd) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| The 39 Steps | Mic Pool | |
| Boeing-Boeing | Simon Baker | |
| Macbeth | Adam Cork | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| South Pacific | Scott Lehrer | |
| Gypsy | Dan Moses Schreier | |
| In the Heights | Acme Sound Partners | |
| Sunday in the Park with George | Sebastian Frost | |
| Rock 'n' Roll | Ian Dickinson | |
| 2009 (63rd) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Equus | Gregory Clarke | |
| Exit the King | Russell Goldsmith | |
| Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg | |
| Mary Stuart | Paul Arditti | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Billy Elliot the Musical | Paul Arditti | |
| Hair | Acme Sound Partners | |
| Next to Normal | Brian Ronan | |
| Rock of Ages | Peter Hylenski | |
2010s
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (64th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Red | Adam Cork | |
| Enron | Cork | |
| Fences | Acme Sound Partners | |
| A View from the Bridge | Scott Lehrer | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Fela! | Robert Kaplowitz | |
| La Cage aux Folles | Jonathan Deans | |
| A Little Night Music | Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen | |
| Sondheim on Sondheim | Schreier | |
| 2011 (65th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| War Horse | Christopher Shutt | |
| Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers | |
| Brief Encounter | Simon Baker | |
| Jerusalem | Ian Dickinson | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| The Book of Mormon | Brian Ronan | |
| Anything Goes | Ronan | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Steve Canyon Kennedy | |
| The Scottsboro Boys | Peter Hylenski | |
| 2012 (66th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Peter and the Starcatcher | Darron L. West | |
| Death of a Salesman | Scott Lehrer | |
| End of the Rainbow | Gareth Owen | |
| 'One Man, Two Guvnors | Paul Arditti | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Once | Clive Goodwin | |
| Follies | Kai Harada | |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | Brian Ronan | |
| Porgy and Bess | Acme Sound Partners | |
| 2013 (67th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| The Nance | Leon Rothenberg | |
| Golden Boy | Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg | |
| The Testament of Mary | Mel Mercier | |
| The Trip to Bountiful | John Gromada | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Kinky Boots | John Shivers | |
| Motown: The Musical | Peter Hylenski | |
| Pippin | Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm | |
| Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Nevin Steinberg | |
| 2014 (68th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Steve Canyon Kennedy | |
| Act One | Dan Moses Schreier | |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | Alex Baranowski | |
| Machinal | Matt Tierney | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Brian Ronan | |
| After Midnight | Peter Hylenski | |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Tim O'Heir | |
| Les Misérables | Mick Potter | |
| 2018 (72nd) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Gareth Fry | |
| Angels in America | Ian Dickinson | |
| The Iceman Cometh | Dan Moses Schreier | |
| 1984 | Tom Gibbons | |
| Travesties | Adam Cork | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| The Band's Visit | Kai Harada | |
| Carousel | Scott Lehrer | |
| Mean Girls | Brian Ronan | |
| Once on This Island | Peter Hylenski | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Mike Dobson and Walter Trarbach | |
| 2019 (73rd) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Choir Boy | Fitz Patton | |
| The Ferryman | Nick Powell | |
| Ink | Adam Cork | |
| Network | Eric Sleichim | |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Scott Lehrer | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Hadestown | Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz | |
| Ain’t Too Proud | Steve Canyon Kennedy | |
| Beetlejuice | Peter Hylenski | |
| King Kong | ||
| Oklahoma! | Drew Levy | |
2020s
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (74th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| A Christmas Carol | Simon Baker | |
| The Inheritance | Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid | |
| Sea Wall/A Life | Daniel Kluger | |
| Slave Play | Lindsay Jones | |
| The Sound Inside | Kluger | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Moulin Rouge! | Peter Hylenski | |
| Jagged Little Pill | Jonathan Deans | |
| Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Nevin Steinberg | |
| 2022 (75th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Dana H. | Mikhail Fiksel | |
| for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf | Justin Ellington | |
| The Lehman Trilogy | Dominic Bilkey and Nick Powell | |
| Macbeth | Mikaal Sulaiman | |
| The Skin of Our Teeth | Palmer Hefferan | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| MJ | Gareth Owen | |
| Company | Ian Dickinson for Autograph | |
| Girl from the North Country | Simon Baker | |
| Six | Paul Gatehouse | |
| A Strange Loop | Drew Levy | |
| 2023 (76th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Life of Pi | Carolyn Downing | |
| Ain't No Mo' | Jonathan Deans and Taylor J. Williams | |
| A Christmas Carol | Joshua D. Reid | |
| A Doll's House | Ben Ringham and Max Ringham | |
| Prima Facie | ||
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Nevin Steinberg | |
| & Juliet | Gareth Owen | |
| Into the Woods | Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann | |
| New York, New York | Kai Harada | |
| Shucked | John Shivers | |
| 2024 (77th) |
Sound Design in a Play | |
| Stereophonic | Ryan Rumery | |
| Appropriate | Will Pickens and Bray Poor | |
| Grey House | Tom Gibbons | |
| Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Stefania Bulbarella and Justin Ellington | |
| Mary Jane | Leah Gelpe | |
| Sound Design in a Musical | ||
| The Outsiders | Cody Spencer | |
| Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Nick Lidster for Autograph | |
| Hell's Kitchen | Gareth Owen | |
| Here Lies Love | M. L. Dogg and Cody Spencer | |
| Merrily We Roll Along | Kai Harada | |
Multiple wins
- 2 Wins
- Gareth Fry
- Brian Ronan
- Nevin Steinberg
Multiple nominations
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Historic nominations & wins
2011: Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
- Cricket S. Myers is the first woman to receive a Tony nomination for Sound Design of a Play.
2019: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz – Hadestown
- Jessica Paz is the first woman to receive a Tony nomination for Sound Design of a Musical and the first woman to win a Tony Award for Sound Design.
See also
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Sound Design
- List of Tony Award-nominated productions
References
- Jones, Kenneth (June 19, 2007). "Starting in 2007-08, Sound Designers Will Be Recognized by Tony Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- Healy, Patrick (June 12, 2014). "Tony Committee Decision to Drop Sound Design Awards Prompts Noisy Outcry". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Restore Sound Design Categories Next Season". Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- "2008 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- "2009 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- "2010 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2011 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2012 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2013 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2014 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2018 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2019 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2022 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- "2024 Tony Awards Nominees". New York Times. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- "Who's Nominated? - The Shows". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- "NOMINATIONS / 2011 / SOUND DESIGN - PLAY". Tony Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- Smith, Courtney E. "Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landmark Tony Nominee". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- McPhee, Ryan (June 10, 2019). "4 Key Takeaways From the 2019 Tony Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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