Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play
American theatre award for Broadway
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This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play for outstanding Lighting design of a play. The award was first presented in 2005 after the category of Best Lighting Design was divided into Lighting Design in a Play and Lighting Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.
Awarded forBest Lighting Design in a Play
LocationNew York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held byJack Knowles for Death of a Salesman (2026)
| Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Lighting Design in a Play |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Currently held by | Jack Knowles for Death of a Salesman (2026) |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
2000s
| Year | Production | Nominees |
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| 2005 (59th) [1] | ||
| The Pillowman | Brian MacDevitt | |
| Doubt | Pat Collins | |
| Gem of the Ocean | Donald Holder | |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | ||
| 2006 (60th) [2] | ||
| The History Boys | Mark Henderson | |
| Awake and Sing! | Christopher Akerlind | |
| Faith Healer | Mark Henderson | |
| Three Days of Rain | Paul Gallo | |
| 2007 (61st) [3] | ||
| The Coast of Utopia | Natasha Katz, Brian MacDevitt and Kenneth Posner | |
| Coram Boy | Paule Constable | |
| Inherit the Wind | Brian MacDevitt | |
| Journey's End | Jason Taylor | |
| 2008 (62nd) [4] | ||
| The 39 Steps | Kevin Adams | |
| August: Osage County | Ann G. Wrightson | |
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Donald Holder | |
| Macbeth | Howard Harrison | |
| 2009 (63rd) [5] | ||
| Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Brian MacDevitt | |
| Equus | David Hersey | |
| Mary Stuart | Hugh Vanstone | |
| 33 Variations | David Lander | |
2010s
2020s
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