Tony Award for Best Sound Design

The first Tony Award for "Best Sound Design of a Play" and "Best Sound Design of a Musical" was given in the 2007-2008 season.^[1] In 2014, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that starting with the 2014-2015 season the Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Play/Musical would be eliminated. The Tony Administration Committee may bestow a Special Tony Award to a production when it determines that extraordinary sound design has been achieved.^[2]

Best Sound Design of a Play

2000s

2008: Mic Pool – The 39 Steps Simon Baker – Boeing-Boeing Adam Cork – Macbeth Ian Dickinson – Rock 'n' Roll

2009: Gregory Clarke – Equus Paul Arditti – Mary Stuart Russell Goldsmith – Exit the King Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg – Joe Turner's Come and Gone

2010s

2010: Adam Cork – Red Acme Sound Partners – Fences Adam Cork – Enron Scott Lehrer – A View from the Bridge 2011: Christopher Shutt – War Horse Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers – Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Simon Baker – Brief Encounter Ian Dickinson – Jerusalem 2012: Darron L. West – Peter and the Starcatcher Paul Arditti – One Man, Two Guvnors Scott Lehrer – Death of a Salesman Gareth Owen – End of the Rainbow

2013: Leon Rothenberg – The Nance John Gromada – The Trip to Bountiful Mel Mercier – The Testament of Mary Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg – Golden Boy 2014: Steve Canyon Kennedy – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Alex Baranowski – The Cripple of Inishmaan Dan Moses Schreier – Act One Matt Tierney – Machinal

Best Sound Design of a Musical

2000s

2008: Scott Lehrer – South Pacific Acme Sound Partners – In the Heights Sebastian Frost – Sunday in the Park with George Dan Moses Schreier – Gypsy

2009: Paul Arditti – Billy Elliot the Musical Acme Sound Partners – Hair Peter Hylenski – Rock of Ages Brian Ronan – Next to Normal

2010s

2010: Robert Kaplowitz – Fela! Jonathan Deans – La Cage aux Folles Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen – A Little Night Music Dan Moses Schreier – Sondheim on Sondheim 2011: Brian Ronan – The Book of Mormon Peter Hylenski – The Scottsboro Boys Steve Canyon Kennedy – Catch Me If You Can Brian Ronan – Anything Goes 2012: Clive Goodwin – Once Acme Sound Partners – Porgy and Bess Kai Harada – Follies Brian Ronan – Nice Work If You Can Get It

2013: John Shivers – Kinky Boots Jonathan Deans and Garth Helm – Pippin Peter Hylenski – Motown: The Musical Nevin Steinberg – Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella 2014: Brian Ronan – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Peter Hylenski – After Midnight Tim O'Heir – Hedwig and the Angry Inch Mick Potter – Les Misérables

See also

Tony Award

References

1. "Starting in 2007-08, Sound Designers Will Be Recognized by Tony Awards", playbill.com, June 19, 2007]
2. "Tony Awards Committee Meets - Changes Rules for Revival Authors, Erases 2 Creative Categories for 2014-15!", broadwayworld.com.com, June 11, 2014]

• Tony Awards official site Newsroom, June 19, 2007

External links

• Official Tony Award site