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]
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 [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 [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 | |
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 [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 [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 [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 [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 | |
| Peter Hylenski | ||
| Pippin | Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm | |
| Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Nevin Steinberg | |
| 2014 [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 | ||
| Brian Ronan | ||
| After Midnight | Peter Hylenski | |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Tim O'Heir | |
| Les Misérables | Mick Potter | |
| 2018 [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 [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 | |
| Year | Production | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 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 [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 [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 | ||
| Nevin Steinberg | ||
| & Juliet | Gareth Owen | |
| Into the Woods | Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann | |
| New York, New York | Kai Harada | |
| Shucked | John Shivers | |
| 2024 [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 | |
2011: Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
2019: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz – Hadestown