Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for outstanding lighting design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1970. Since 2005, the category was divided into Lighting Design in a Play and Lighting Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

Winners and nominees
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Multiple wins

 * 9 Wins


 * Jules Fisher


 * 8 Wins


 * Natasha Katz


 * 5 Wins
 * Brian MacDevitt
 * 4 Wins


 * Kevin Adams


 * 3 Wins


 * Neil Austin
 * Andrew Bridge
 * Peggy Eisenhauer
 * David Hersey
 * Tharon Musser


 * 2 Wins


 * Christopher Akerlind
 * Howell Binkley
 * Paule Constable
 * Donald Holder
 * Bradley King
 * Jennifer Tipton
 * Hugh Vanstone

Multiple nominations

 * 24 Nominations
 * Jules Fisher


 * 15 Nominations
 * Natasha Katz


 * 14 Nominations
 * Donald Holder
 * 12 Nominations
 * Brian MacDevitt
 * 11 Nominations
 * Kenneth Posner
 * 11 Nominations
 * Kenneth Posner


 * 9 Nominations
 * Ken Billington
 * Howell Binkley
 * Peggy Eisenhauer
 * Tharon Musser


 * 8 Nominations
 * Paul Gallo
 * Kevin Adams


 * 7 Nominations
 * David Hersey


 * 6 Nominations
 * Paule Constable


 * 5 Nominations
 * Christopher Akerlind
 * Martin Aronstein
 * Peter Kaczorowski
 * Jennifer Tipton
 * Neil Austin
 * Hugh Vanstone


 * 4 Nominations
 * Neil Peter Jampolis
 * Justin Townsend
 * Allen Lee Hughes


 * 3 Nominations
 * Andrew Bridge
 * Pat Collins
 * Mark Henderson
 * Thomas R. Skelton
 * Ben Stanton
 * Jan Versweyveld
 * Jane Cox
 * Bradley King


 * 2 Nominations
 * John Bury
 * Ian Calderon
 * Howard Harrison
 * Peter Mumford
 * Richard Nelson
 * Jiyoun Chang
 * Jon Clark