Tony Award for Best Sound Design

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]

Best Sound Design of a Play

2000s

2010s

Best Sound Design of a Musical

2000s

2010s

Award records

Multiple wins

2 Wins
  • Gareth Fry
  • Brian Ronan

Multiple nominations

Historic nominations & wins

2011: Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

  • Cricket S. Myers is the first woman to receive a Tony nomination for Sound Design of a Play. [4][5]

2019: Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz – Hadestown

  • Jessica Paz is the first woman to receive a Tony nomination for Sound Design of a Musical and the first woman to win a Tony Award for Sound Design.[6][7]

See also

Tony Award

References

  1. Jones, Kenneth (June 19, 2007). "Starting in 2007-08, Sound Designers Will Be Recognized by Tony Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. Healy, Patrick (June 12, 2014). "Tony Committee Decision to Drop Sound Design Awards Prompts Noisy Outcry". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  3. Cox, Gordon (April 24, 2017). "Tony Awards to Restore Sound Design Categories Next Season". Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  4. "Who's Nominated? - The Shows". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  5. "NOMINATIONS / 2011 / SOUND DESIGN - PLAY". Tony Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  6. Smith, Courtney E. "Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landmark Tony Nominee". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  7. McPhee, Ryan (June 10, 2019). "4 Key Takeaways From the 2019 Tony Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
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