The Antoinette Perry Award, better known as the Tony Award, recognizes productions and performing and design talents that epitomize the best of the current Broadway season. The first Tony Award ceremony was held in 1947, and over the years, categories have come and categories have gone.
In 1997, the category of Best Orchestrations was added to the Tony line-up to acknowledge the contributions of musical orchestrators.
1997: Jonathan Tunick for Titanic
1998: William David Brohn for Ragtime
1999: Ralph Burns and Douglas Besterman for Fosse
2000: Don Sebesky for Kiss Me, Kate
2001: Doug Besterman for The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical
2002: Doug Besterman & Ralph Burns for Thoroughly Modern Millie
2003: Billy Joel & Stuart Malina for Movin' Out
2004: Michael Starobin for Assassins
2005: Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, and Bruce Coughlin for The Light in the Piazza
2006: Sarah Travis for Sweeney Todd
2007: Duncan Sheik for Spring Awakening
2008: Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman for In The Heights
2009: (tie) Martin Koch for Billy Elliot, The Musical and Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt for Next to Normal
2010: Daryl Waters and David Bryan for Memphis
2011: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus for The Book of Mormon
2012: Martin Lowe for Once
Be sure to visit the other pages of Tony Award winner trivia and lists:
- Tony Award for Best Play
- Tony Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Score
- Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Director of a Play
- Tony Award for Best Choreographer
- Tony Awards for Lighting Designer
- Tony Award for Best Costume Designer
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
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