The Tony Awards began in 1947 to honor the best in professional theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City.
The Scenic Designer is responsible for all set pieces of a production, both stationary and moving. Sometimes, the term "Set Designer" is used.
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design has been awarded since the Tonys began in 1947, with the exception of 1949. In 1960, the category was split to differentiate between the set designs of Plays and those of Musicals, but this only lasted two years. Since 2005, the award has been awarded to the Best Scenic Designer of a Play and the Best Scenic Designer of a Musical.
Best Scenic Designer:
1947: David Folks for Henry VIII1948: Horace Armistead for The Medium
1950: Jo Mielziner for The Innocents
1951: Boris Aronson for The Rose Tattoo / The Country Girl / Season In The Sun
1952: Jo Mielziner for The King and I
1953: Raoul Pene Du Bois for Wonderful Town
1954: Peter Larkin for Ondine and The Teahouse of the August Moon
1955: Oliver Messell for House of Flowers
1956: Peter Larkin for Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants
1957: Oliver Smith for My Fair Lady
1958: Oliver Smith for West Side Story
1959: Donald Oenslager for A Majority of One
1960: (Dramatic) Howard Bay for Toys in the Attic
1960: (Musical) Oliver Smith for The Sound of Music
1961: (Dramatic) Oliver Smith for Becket
1961: (Musical) Oliver Smith for Camelot
1962: Will Steven Armstrong for Carnival
1963: Sean Kenny for Oliver!
1964: Oliver Smith for Hello, Dolly!
1965: Oliver Smith for Baker Street, Luv and The Odd Couple
1966: Howard Bay for Man of La Mancha
1967: Boris Aronson for Cabaret
1968: Desmond Heeley for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
1969: Boris Aronson for Zorba
1970: Jo Mielziner for Child's Play
1971: Boris Aronson for Company
1972: Boris Aronson for Follies
1973: Tony Walton for Pippin
1974: Franne and Eugene Lee for Candide
1975: Carl Toms for Sherlock Holmes
1976: Boris Aronson for Pacific Overtures
1977: David Mitchell for Annie
1978: Robin Wagner for On the Twentieth Century
1979: Eugene Lee for Sweeney Todd
1980: (tie) John Lee Beatty for Talley's Folly and David Mitchell for Barnum
1981: John Bury for Amadeus
1982: John Napier/Dermot Hayes for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1983: Ming Cho Lee for K2
1984: Tony Straiges for Sunday in the Park with George
1985: Heidi Landesman for Big River
1986: Tony Walton for The House of Blue Leaves
1987: John Napier for Les Misérables
1988: Maria Björnson for The Phantom of the Opera
1989: Santo Loquasto for Cafe Crown
1990: Robin Wagner for City of Angels
1991: Heidi Landesman for The Secret Garden
1992: Tony Walton for Guys and Dolls
1993: John Arnone for The Who's Tommy
1994: Bob Crowley for Carousel
1995: John Napier for Sunset Boulevard
1996: Brian Thomson for The King and I
1997: Stewart Laing for Titanic
1998: Richard Hudson for The Lion King
1999: Richard Hoover for Not About Nightingales
2000: Bob Crowley for Aida
2001: Robin Wagner for The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical
2002: Tim Hatley for Private Lives
2003: Catherine Martin for La Bohème
2004: Eugene Lee for Wicked
2005: (Play) Scott Pask for The Pillowman
2005: (Musical) Michael Yeargan for The Light in the Piazza
2006: (Play) Bob Crowley for The History Boys
2006: (Musical) David Gallo for The Drowsy Chaperone
2007: (Play) Bob Crowley & Scott Pask for The Coast of Utopia
2007: (Musical) Bob Crowley for Mary Poppins
2008: (Play) Todd Rosenthal for August: Osage County
2008: (Musical) Michael Yeargan for Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
2009: (Play) Derek McLane for 33 Variations
2009: (Musical) Ian MacNeil for Billy Elliot, The Musical
2010: (Play) Christopher Oram for Red
2010: (Musical) Christine Jones for American Idiot
2011: (Play) Rae Smith for War Horse
2011: (Musical) Scott Pask for The Book of Mormon
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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