Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
American theatre award
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
Awarded forOutstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2009 |
| Currently held by | Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, The Lost Boys (2026) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The award was established in 1975, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. For 2009, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories, but then merged again from 2010 to 2015; the separate play and musical categories have again co-existed since 2016.
Winners and nominees
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
2000s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | |||
| Rick Fisher | Billy Elliot the Musical | [1][2] [3] | |
| Kevin Adams | Hair | ||
| Jules Fisher and Kenneth Posner | 9 to 5 | ||
| Jason Lyons | Clay | ||
| Sinéad McKenna | Improbable Frequency | ||
| Richard Pilbrow | A Tale of Two Cities |
2010s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2015 | N/A | ||
| 2016 | Justin Townsend | American Psycho | [4][5] |
| Jane Cox | The Color Purple | ||
| Jake DeGroot | SeaWife | ||
| Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Shuffle Along | ||
| Ben Stanton | Spring Awakening | ||
| 2017 | |||
| Bradley King | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | [6][7] | |
| Jeff Croiter | Bandstand | ||
| Mark Henderson | Sunset Boulevard | ||
| Bradley King | Hadestown | ||
| Amy Mae | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ||
| Malcolm Rippeth | 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer | Once on This Island | [8][9] | |
| Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | ||
| Amith Chandrashaker | The Lucky Ones | ||
| Brian MacDevitt | Carousel | ||
| Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | KPOP | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Bradley King | Hadestown | [10][11] | |
| Adam Honoré | Carmen Jones | ||
| Jamie Roderick | Midnight at the Never Get | ||
| Barbara Samuels | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | ||
| Scott Zielinski | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | ||
2020s
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
- 6 nominations
- 4 nominations
- Adam Honoré
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Kevin Adams
- Justin Townsend
- Jane Cox
- Peggy Eisenhauer
- Jeff Croiter
- Brian MacDevitt
- Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
- Scott Zielinski
- Heather Gilbert
See also
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
- Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design