Tony Award for Best Scenic Design 

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for outstanding set design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1947. In 1960, 1961, and since 2005, the category was divided with each genre receiving its own.

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Award winners and nominations

1940s

1947
- David Folks – Henry VIII
1948
- Horace Armistead – The Medium
1949
- Jo Mielziner - Sleepy Hollow / Summer and Smoke / Anne of the Thousand Days / Death of a Salesman / South Pacific

1950s

1950
- Jo Mielziner – The Innocents
1951
- Boris Aronson – The Rose Tattoo / The Country Girl / Season in the Sun
1952
- Jo Mielziner – The King and I
1953
- Raoul Penè Du Bois – Wonderful Town
1954
- Peter Larkin – Ondine / The Teahouse of the August Moon
1955
- Oliver Messel – House of Flowers
1956
- Peter Larkin – Inherit the Wind / No Time for Sergeants
1957
- Oliver Smith – My Fair Lady
1958
- Oliver Smith – West Side Story
1959
- Donald Oenslager – A Majority of One

1960s

1960
see #Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical
1961
see #Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical
1962
- Will Steven Armstrong – Carnival!
1963
- Sean Kenny – Oliver!
1964
- Oliver Smith – Hello, Dolly!
1965
- Oliver Smith – Baker Street / Luv / The Odd Couple
1966
- Howard Bay – Man of La Mancha
1967
- Boris Aronson – Cabaret
1968
- Desmond Heeley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
1969
- Boris Aronson – Zorba the Greek

1970s

1970
- Jo Mielziner – Child's Play
1971
- Boris Aronson – Company
1972
- Boris Aronson – Follies
1973
- Tony Walton – Pippin
1974
- Franne Lee / Eugene Lee – Candide
1975
- Carl Toms – Sherlock Holmes
1976
- Boris Aronson – Pacific Overtures
1977
- David Mitchell – Annie
1978
- Robin Wagner – On the Twentieth Century
1979
- Eugene Lee – Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1980s

1980
- John Lee Beatty – Talley's Folley;
- David Mitchell – Barnum
1981
- John Bury – Amadeus
1982
- John Napier / Dermot Hayes – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1983
- Ming Cho Lee – K2
1984
- Tony Straiges – Sunday in the Park with George
1985
- Heidi Landesman – Big River
1986
- Tony Walton – The House of Blue Leaves
1987
- John Napier – Les Misérables
1988
- Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera
1989
- Santo Loquasto – Cafe Crown

1990s

1990
- Robin Wagner – City of Angels
1991
- Heidi Landesman – The Secret Garden
1992
- Richard Walton – Guys and Dolls
1993
- John Arnone – The Who's Tommy
1994
- Bob Crowley – Carousel
1995
- John Napier – Sunset Boulevard
1996
- Brian Thomson – The King and I
1997
- Stewart Laing – Titanic
1998
- Richard Hudson – The Lion King
1999
- Richard Hoover – Not About Nightingales

2000s

2000
- Bob Crowley – Aida
2001
- Robin Wagner – The Producers
2002
- Tim Hatley – Private Lives
2003
- Catherine Martin – La bohème
2004
- Eugene Lee – Wicked


Scenic Design in a Play

1960
- Howard Bay – Toys in the Attic
1961
- Oliver Smith – Becket
2005
- Scott Pask – The Pillowman
2006
- Bob Crowley – The History Boys
2007
- Bob Crowley / Scott Pask – The Coast of Utopia
2008
- Todd Rosenthal - August: Osage County

Scenic Design in a Musical

1960
- Oliver Smith – The Sound of Music
1961
- Oliver Smith – Camelot
2005
- Michael Yeargan – The Light in the Piazza
2006
- David Gallo – The Drowsy Chaperone
2007
- Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins
2008
- Michael Yeargan - Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific


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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

David Folks (1947) · Horace Armistead (1948) · Jo Mielziner (1949) · Jo Mielziner (1950) · Boris Aronson (1951) · Jo Mielziner (1952) · Raoul Penè Du Bois (1953) · Peter Larkin (1954) · Oliver Messel (1955) · Peter Larkin (1956) · Oliver Smith (1957) · Oliver Smith (1958) · Donald Oenslager (1959) · Will Steven Armstrong (1962) · Sean Kenny (1963) · Oliver Smith (1964) · Oliver Smith (1965) · Howard Bay (1966) · Boris Aronson (1967) · Desmond Heeley (1968) · Boris Aronson (1969) · Jo Mielziner (1970) · Boris Aronson (1971) · Boris Aronson (1972) · Tony Walton (1973) · Eugene Lee / Franne Lee (1974) · Carl Toms (1975) · Boris Aronson (1976) · David Mitchell (1977) · Robin Wagner (1978) · Eugene Lee (1979) · John Lee Beatty (1980) · John Bury (1981) · John Napier / Dermot Hayes (1982) · Ming Cho Lee (1983) · Tony Straiges (1984) · Heidi Landesman (1985) · Tony Walton (1986) · John Napier (1987) · Maria Björnson (1988) · Santo Loquasto (1989) · Robin Wagner (1990) · Heidi Landesman (1991) · Richard Walton (1992) · John Arnone (1993) · Bob Crowley (1994) · John Napier (1995) · Brian Thomson (1996) · Stewart Laing (1997) · Richard Hudson (1998) · Richard Hoover (1999) · Bob Crowley (2000) · Robin Wagner (2001) · Tim Hatley (2002) · Catherine Martin (2003) · Eugene Lee (2004)
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for a Play

Howard Bay (1960) · Oliver Smith (1961) · Scott Pask (2005) · Bob Crowley (2006) · Bob Crowley / Scott Pask (2007)
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Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for a Musical

Oliver Smith (1960) · Oliver Smith (1961) · Michael Yeargan (2005) · David Gallo (2006) · Bob Crowley (2007)
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