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 | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
| Mic Pool | The 39 Steps | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Simon Baker | Boeing-Boeing | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Adam Cork | Macbeth | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Ian Dickinson | Rock 'n' Roll | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
| Gregory Clarke | Equus | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Paul Arditti | Mary Stuart | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Russell Goldsmith | Exit the King | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Best Sound Design of a Play |
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
| Adam Cork | Red | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Acme Sound Partners | Fences | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Adam Cork | Enron | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Scott Lehrer | A View from the Bridge | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
| Christopher Shutt | War Horse | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Simon Baker | Brief Encounter | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Ian Dickinson | Jerusalem | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
| Darron L. West | Peter and the Starcatcher | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Paul Arditti | 'One Man, Two Guvnors | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Scott Lehrer | Death of a Salesman | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Gareth Owen | End of the Rainbow | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
| Leon Rothenberg | The Nance | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| John Gromada | The Trip to Bountiful | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Mel Mercier | The Testament of Mary | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg | Golden Boy | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Alex Baranowski | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Dan Moses Schreier | Act One | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Matt Tierney | Machinal | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2017 71st Tony Awards | |||
| Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin | The Encounter | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
| Gareth Fry | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Adam Cork | Travesties | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Ian Dickinson | Angels in America | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Tom Gibbons | 1984 | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Dan Moses Schreier | The Iceman Cometh | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2019 73rd Tony Awards | |||
| Fitz Patton | Choir Boy | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Adam Cork | Ink | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Scott Lehrer | To Kill a Mockingbird | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Nick Powell | The Ferryman | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Eric Sleichim | Network | Best Sound Design of a Play |
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th Tony Awards | |||
| Simon Baker | A Christmas Carol | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid | The Inheritance | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Lindsay Jones | Slave Play | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Daniel Kluger | Sea Wall/A Life | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Daniel Kluger | The Sound Inside | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2021 Ceremony not held |
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| 2022 75th Tony Awards | |||
| Mikhail Fiksel | Dana H. | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Dominic Bilkey and Nick Powell | The Lehman Trilogy | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Justin Ellington | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Palmer Hefferan | The Skin of Our Teeth | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Mikaal Sulaiman | Macbeth | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| 2023 76th Tony Awards | |||
| Carolyn Downing | Life of Pi | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Jonathan Deans and Taylor J. Williams | Ain't No Mo' | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Joshua D. Reid | A Christmas Carol | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Ben Ringham and Max Ringham | A Doll's House | Best Sound Design of a Play | |
| Prima Facie | Best Sound Design of a Play | ||
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 62nd Tony Awards | |||
| Scott Lehrer | South Pacific | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Acme Sound Partners | In the Heights | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Sebastian Frost | Sunday in the Park with George | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Dan Moses Schreier | Gypsy | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2009 63rd Tony Awards | |||
| Paul Arditti | Billy Elliot the Musical | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Acme Sound Partners | Hair | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | Rock of Ages | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Brian Ronan | Next to Normal | Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th Tony Awards | |||
| Robert Kaplowitz | Fela! | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Jonathan Deans | La Cage aux Folles | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen | A Little Night Music | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Dan Moses Schreier | Sondheim on Sondheim | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2011 65th Tony Awards | |||
| Brian Ronan | The Book of Mormon | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | The Scottsboro Boys | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Catch Me If You Can | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Brian Ronan | Anything Goes | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2012 66th Tony Awards | |||
| Clive Goodwin | Once | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Acme Sound Partners | Porgy and Bess | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Kai Harada | Follies | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Brian Ronan | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2013 67th Tony Awards | |||
| John Shivers | Kinky Boots | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm | Pippin | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | Motown: The Musical | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Nevin Steinberg | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2014 68th Tony Awards | |||
| Brian Ronan | Beautiful: The Carole King Musical | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | After Midnight | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Tim O'Heir | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Mick Potter | Les Misérables | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2018 72nd Tony Awards | |||
| Kai Harada | The Band's Visit | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Mike Dobson and Walter Trarbach | SpongeBob SquarePants | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | Once on This Island | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Scott Lehrer | Carousel | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Brian Ronan | Mean Girls | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2019 73rd Tony Awards | |||
| Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz | Hadestown | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | Beetlejuice | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Peter Hylenski | King Kong | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Ain’t Too Proud | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Drew Levy | Oklahoma! | Best Sound Design of a Musical |
| Year | Designer | Production | Award Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th Tony Awards | |||
| Peter Hylenski | Moulin Rouge! | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Jonathan Deans | Jagged Little Pill | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Nevin Steinberg | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2021 Ceremony not held |
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| 2022 75th Tony Awards | |||
| Gareth Owen | MJ | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Simon Baker | Girl from the North Country | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Paul Gatehouse | Six | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Ian Dickinson for Autograph | Company | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Drew Levy | A Strange Loop | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| 2023 76th Tony Awards | |||
| Nevin Steinberg | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Kai Harada | New York, New York | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann | Into the Woods | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| Gareth Owen | & Juliet | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
| John Shivers | Shucked | Best Sound Design of a Musical | |
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2011: Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
2019: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz – Hadestown