American theatre award
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 into Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1940s
1950s
Year
Designer
Production
1950 4th Tony Awards
Jo Mielziner
The Innocents
1951 5th Tony Awards
Boris Aronson
The Country Girl , The Rose Tattoo and Season in the Sun
1952 6th Tony Awards
Jo Mielziner
The King and I
1953 7th Tony Awards
Raoul Penè Du Bois
Wonderful Town
1954 8th Tony Awards
Peter Larkin
Ondine and The Teahouse of the August Moon
1955 9th Tony Awards
Oliver Messel
House of Flowers
1956 10th Tony Awards
Peter Larkin
Inherit the Wind and No Time for Sergeants
Boris Aronson
The Diary of Anne Frank , Bus Stop , Once Upon a Tailor and A View from the Bridge
Ben Edwards
The Ponder Heart , Someone Waiting and The Honeys
Jo Mielziner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , The Lark , Middle of the Night and Pipe Dream
Raymond Sovey
The Great Sebastians
1957 11th Tony Awards
Oliver Smith
My Fair Lady
Boris Aronson
A Hole in the Head and Small War on Murray Hill
Ben Edwards
The Waltz of the Toreadors
George Jenkins
The Happiest Millionaire and Too Late the Phalarope
Donald Oenslager
Major Barbara
Oliver Smith
A Clearing in the Woods , Candide , Auntie Mame , Eugenia and Visit to a Small Planet
1958 12th Tony Awards
Oliver Smith
West Side Story
Boris Aronson
Orpheus Descending , A Hole in the Head and The Rope Dancers
Ben Edwards
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Peter Larkin
Blue Denim , Compulsion , Good as Gold and Miss Isobel
Jo Mielziner
Look Homeward, Angel , Miss Lonelyhearts , The Square Root of Wonderful , Oh, Captain! and The Day the Money Stopped
Oliver Smith
Brigadoon , Carousel , Jamaica , Nude with Violin and Time Remembered
1959 13th Tony Awards
Donald Oenslager
A Majority of One
Boris Aronson
J.B.
David R. Ballou
The Legend of Lizzie
Ben Edwards
Jane Eyre
Oliver Messel
Rashomon
Teo Otto
The Visit
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Award Records
These include wins for the Best Scenic Design in a Play and Best Scenic Design in a Musical .
Multiple wins
7 Wins
6 Wins
4 Wins
3 Wins
2 Wins
See also
External links
Play Musical Special (non-competitive) Retired Ceremonies * Divided into separate awards for plays and musicals