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
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
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
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

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

References

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  2. ^ Healy, Patrick (June 12, 2014). "Tony Committee Decision to Drop Sound Design Awards Prompts Noisy Outcry". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Restore Sound Design Categories Next Season". Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
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  12. ^ "2019 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  13. ^ "2022 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  14. ^ "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing. May 2, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  15. ^ "2024 Tony Awards Nominees". New York Times. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "Who's Nominated? - The Shows". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  17. ^ "NOMINATIONS / 2011 / SOUND DESIGN - PLAY". Tony Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  18. ^ Smith, Courtney E. "Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landmark Tony Nominee". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  19. ^ McPhee, Ryan (June 10, 2019). "4 Key Takeaways From the 2019 Tony Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-06-11.