Tony Award for Best Sound Design
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.[1] 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.[2] In 2017, the committee announced that the two Sound Design awards would again be presented starting in the 2017–2018 season.[3]
List of winners and nominees
2000s
Year | Production | Nominees |
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2008 (62nd) [4] | 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) [5] | 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 |
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2010 (64th) [6] | 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) [7] | 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) [8] | 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) [9] | 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) [10] | 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) [11] | 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) [12] | 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 |
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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) [13] | 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) [14] | 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) [15] | 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.[16][17]
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.[18][19]
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.
External links
- Tony Awards official website
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