Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

1970s

• 1970: Jo Mielziner – Child's Play
• 1971: R.H. Poindexter – Paul Sill's Story Theatre
• 1972: Tharon Musser – Follies
• 1973: Jules Fisher – Pippin
• 1974: Jules Fisher – Ulysses in Nighttown
• 1975: Neil Peter Jampolis – Sherlock Holmes
• 1976: Tharon Musser – A Chorus Line
• 1977: Jennifer Tipton – The Cherry Orchard
• 1978: Jules Fisher – Dancin'
• 1979: Roger Morgan – The Crucifer of Blood

1980s

• 1980: David Hersey – Evita
• 1981: John Bury – Amadeus
• 1982: Tharon Musser – Dreamgirls
• 1983: David Hersey – Cats
• 1984: Richard Nelson – Sunday in the Park with George
• 1985: Richard Riddell – Big River
• 1986: Pat Collins – I'm Not Rappaport
• 1987: David Hersey – Les Misérables
• 1988: Andrew Bridge – The Phantom of the Opera
• 1989: Jennifer Tipton – Jerome Robbins' Broadway

• 1990: Jules Fisher – Grand Hotel
• 1991: Jules Fisher – The Will Rogers Follies
• 1992: Jules Fisher – Jelly's Last Jam
• 1993: Chris Parry – The Who's Tommy
• 1994: Rick Fisher – An Inspector Calls
• 1995: Andrew Bridge – Sunset Boulevard

• 1996: Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer – Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
• 1997: Ken Billington – Chicago
• 1998: Donald Holder – The Lion King
• 1999: Andrew Bridge – Fosse

Best Lighting Design in a Play

• 2005: Brian MacDevitt – The Pillowman
  • Pat Collins - Doubt
  • Donald Holder - Gem of the Ocean
  • Donald Holder - A Streetcar Named Desire

• 2006: Mark Henderson – The History Boys
  • Christopher Akerlind - Awake and Sing!
  • Paul Gallo - Three Days of Rain
  • Mark Henderson - Faith Healer

• 2007: Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz – The Coast of Utopia
  • Paule Constable - Coram Boy
  • Brian MacDevitt - Inherit the Wind
  • Jason Taylor - Journey's End

• 2008: Kevin Adams - The 39 Steps
  • Howard Harrison - Macbeth
  • Donald Holder - Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Ann G. Wrightson - August: Osage County

• 2009: Brian MacDevitt - Joe Turner's Come and Gone
  • David Hersey - Equus
  • David Lander - 33 Variations
  • Hugh Vanstone - Mary Stuart

Best Lighting Design in a Musical

• 2005: Christopher Akerlind – The Light in the Piazza
  • Mark Henderson - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Kenneth Posner - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Hugh Vanstone - Monty Python's Spamalot

• 2006: Howell Binkley – Jersey Boys
  • Ken Billington and Brian Monahan - The Drowsy Chaperone
  • Natasha Katz - Tarzan
  • Brian MacDevitt - The Color Purple

• 2007: Kevin Adams – Spring Awakening
  • Christopher Akerlind - 110 in the Shade
  • Howard Harrison - Mary Poppins
  • Peter Kaczorowski - Grey Gardens

• 2008: Donald Holder - South Pacific
  • Ken Billington - Sunday in the Park with George
  • Howell Binkley - In the Heights
  • Natasha Katz - The Little Mermaid

• 2009: Rick Fisher - Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Kevin Adams - Hair
  • Kevin Adams - Next to Normal
  • Howell Binkley - West Side Story