Tony Award for Best Costume Design

These are the winners and nominees for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design. The award was first presented in 1947 and included both plays and musicals. In 1961, and since 2005 each genre is represented in its own category.

Awards and nominations

1940s

• 1947: Lucinda Ballard – Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary and The Chocolate Soldier
  • No nominees

• 1948: Mary Percy Schenck – The Heiress
  • No nominees

• 1949: Lemuel Ayers – Kiss Me, Kate
  • No nominees

1950s

• 1950: Aline Bernstein – Regina
  • No nominees

• 1951: Miles White – Bless You All
  • No nominees

• 1952: Irene Sharaff – The King and I
  • No nominees

• 1953: Miles White – Hazel Flagg
  • No nominees

• 1954: Richard Whorf – Ondine
  • No nominees

• 1955: Cecil Beaton – Quadrille
  • No nominees

• 1956: Alvin Colt – Pipe Dream
  • Mainbocher – The Great Sebastians
  • Alvin Colt – The Lark, Phoenix '55 and Pipe Dream
  • Helene Pons – The Diary of Anne Frank, Heavenly Twins and A View from the Bridge

• 1957: Cecil Beaton – My Fair Lady
  • Cecil Beaton – Little Glass Clock and My Fair Lady
  • Alvin Colt – Li'l Abner and The Sleeping Prince
  • Dorothy Jeakins – Major Barbara and Too Late the Phalarope
  • Irene Sharaff – Candide, Happy Hunting, Shangri La and Small War on Murray Hill

• 1958: Motley Theatre Design Group – The First Gentleman
  • Lucinda Ballard – Orpheus Descending
  • Motley Theatre Design Group – Look Back in Anger, Look Homeward, Angel, Shinbone Alley, The Country Wife and The First Gentleman
  • Irene Sharaff – West Side Story
  • Miles White – Jamaica, Time Remembered and Oh, Captain!

• 1959: Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Redhead
  • Antonio Castillo (costume designer) – Goldilocks
  • Dorothy Jeakins – The World of Suzie Wong
  • Oliver Messel – Rashomon
  • Irene Sharaff – Flower Drum Song

1960s

• 1960: Cecil Beaton – Saratoga
  • Alvin Colt – Greenwillow
  • Raoul Pene Du Bois – Gypsy
  • Miles White – Take Me Along

• 1961: see Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical

• 1962: Lucinda Ballard – The Gay Life
  • Donald Brooks – No Strings
  • Motley Theatre Design Group – Kwamina
  • Miles White – Milk and Honey

• 1963: Anthony Powell – The School for Scandal
  • Marcel Escoffier – The Lady of the Camellias
  • Robert Fletcher – Little Me
  • Motley Theatre Design Group – Mother Courage and Her Children

• 1964: Freddy Wittop – Hello, Dolly!
  • Irene Sharaff – The Girl Who Came to Supper
  • Beni Montresor – Marco Millions
  • Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Arturo Ui

• 1965: Patricia Zipprodt – Fiddler on the Roof
  • Jane Greenwood – Tartuffe
  • Motley Theatre Design Group – Baker Street
  • Freddy Wittop – The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd

• 1966: Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss – Marat/Sade
  • Loudon Sainthill – The Right Honourable Gentleman
  • Howard Bay and Patton Campbell – Man of La Mancha
  • Irene Sharaff – Sweet Charity

• 1967: Patricia Zipprodt – Cabaret
  • Nancy Potts – The Wild Duck and The School for Scandal
  • Tony Walton – The Apple Tree
  • Freddy Wittop – I Do! I Do!

• 1968: Desmond Heeley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  • Jane Greenwood – More Stately Mansions
  • Irene Sharaff – Hallelujah, Baby!
  • Freddy Wittop – The Happy Time

• 1969: Loudon Sainthill – Canterbury Tales
  • Michael Annals – Morning, Noon and Night
  • Robert Fletcher – Hadrian VII
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Zorba the Greek

1970s

• 1970: Cecil Beaton – Coco
  • Ray Aghayan – Applause
  • W. Robert Lavine – Jimmy
  • Freddy Wittop – A Patriot for Me

• 1971: Raoul Pene Du Bois – No, No, Nanette
  • Jane Greenwood – Hay Fever and Les Blancs
  • Freddy Wittop – Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen

• 1972: Florence Klotz – Follies
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Randy Barceló – Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Carrie F. Robbins – Grease

• 1973: Florence Klotz – A Little Night Music
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Much Ado About Nothing
  • Miles White – Tricks
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Pippin

• 1974: Franne Lee – Candide
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – The Au Pair Man
  • Finlay James – Crown Matrimonial
  • Oliver Messel – Gigi
  • Carrie F. Robbins – Over Here!

• 1975: Geoffrey Holder – The Wiz
  • Arthur Boccia – Where's Charley?
  • Raoul Pene Du Bois – Doctor Jazz
  • Willa Kim – Goodtime Charley
  • Tanya Moiseiwitsch – The Misanthrope
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Mack and Mabel

• 1976: Florence Klotz – Pacific Overtures
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – A Chorus Line
  • Ann Roth – The Royal Family
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Chicago

• 1977: Theoni V. Aldredge – Annie and Santo Loquasto – The Cherry Orchard
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – The Threepenny Opera
  • Nancy Potts – Porgy and Bess

• 1978: Edward Gorey – Dracula
  • Halston – The Act
  • Geoffrey Holder – Timbuktu!
  • Willa Kim – Dancin'

• 1979: Franne Lee – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Ballroom
  • Ann Roth – The Crucifer of Blood
  • Julie Weiss – The Elephant Man

1980s

• 1980: Theoni V. Aldredge – Barnum
  • Pierre Balmain – Happy New Year
  • Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth – Evita
  • Raoul Pene Du Bois – Sugar Babies

• 1981: Willa Kim – Sophisticated Ladies
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – 42nd Street
  • John Bury – Amadeus
  • Franca Squarciapino – Can-Can

• 1982: William Ivey Long – Nine
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Dreamgirls
  • Jane Greenwood – Medea
  • John Napier – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

• 1983: John Napier – Cats
  • Lindy Hemming – All's Well That Ends Well
  • Rita Ryack – My One and Only
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Alice in Wonderland

• 1984: Theoni V. Aldredge – La Cage aux Folles
  • Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
  • Anthea Sylbert – The Real Thing
  • Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward – Sunday in the Park with George

• 1985: Florence Klotz – Grind
  • Patricia McGourty – Big River
  • Alexander Reid – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Alexander Reid – Much Ado About Nothing

• 1986: Patricia Zipprodt – Sweet Charity
  • Willa Kim – Song and Dance
  • Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro
  • Ann Roth – The House of Blue Leaves

• 1987: John Napier – Starlight Express
  • Bob Crowley – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Ann Curtis – Me and My Girl
  • Andreane Neofitou – Les Misérables

• 1988: Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera
  • Ann Hould-Ward – Into the Woods
  • Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly
  • Tony Walton – Anything Goes

• 1989: Claudio Segovio and Hector Orezzoli – Black and Blue
  • Jane Greenwood – Our Town
  • Willa Kim – Legs Diamond
  • William Ivey Long – Lend Me a Tenor

1990s

• 1990: Santo Loquasto – Grand Hotel
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Gypsy
  • Florence Klotz – City of Angels
  • Erin Quigley – The Grapes of Wrath

• 1991: Willa Kim – The Will Rogers Follies
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – The Secret Garden
  • Judy Dearing – Once on This Island
  • Patricia Zipprodt – Shogun: The Musical

• 1992: William Ivey Long – Crazy for You
  • Jane Greenwood – Two Shakespearean Actors
  • Toni-Leslie James – Jelly's Last Jam
  • Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa

• 1993: Florence Klotz – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Jane Greenwood – The Sisters Rosensweig
  • Erin Quigley – The Song of Jacob Zulu
  • David C. Woolard – The Who's Tommy

• 1994: Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast
  • David Charles and Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me
  • Jane Greenwood – Passion
  • Yan Tax – Cyrano: The Musical

• 1995: Florence Klotz – Show Boat
  • Jane Greenwood – The Heiress
  • Stephen Brimson Lewis – Indiscretions
  • Anthony Powell – Sunset Boulevard

• 1996: Roger Kirk – The King and I
  • Jane Greenwood – A Delicate Balance
  • Allison Reeds – Buried Child
  • Paul Tazewell – Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

• 1997: Judith Dolan – Candide
  • Ann Curtis – Jekyll and Hyde
  • William Ivey Long – Chicago
  • Martin Pakledinaz – The Life

• 1998: Julie Taymor – The Lion King
  • William Ivey Long – Cabaret
  • Santo Loquasto – Ragtime
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Golden Child

• 1999: Lez Brotherston – Swan Lake
  • Santo Loquasto – Fosse
  • John David Ridge – Ring Round the Moon
  • Catherine Zuber – Twelfth Night

2000s

• 2000: Martin Pakledinaz – Kiss Me, Kate
  • Bob Crowley – Aida
  • Constance Hoffman – The Green Bird
  • William Ivey Long – The Music Man

• 2001: William Ivey Long – The Producers
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – Follies
  • Roger Kirk – 42nd Street
  • David C. Woolard – The Rocky Horror Show

• 2002: Martin Pakledinaz – Thoroughly Modern Millie
  • Jenny Beavan – Private Lives
  • Susan Hilferty – Into the Woods
  • Jane Greenwood – Morning's at Seven

• 2003: William Ivey Long – Hairspray
  • Gregg Barnes – Flower Drum Song
  • Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie – La bohème
  • Catherine Zuber – Dinner at Eight

• 2004: Susan Hilferty – Wicked
  • Jess Goldstein – Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2)
  • Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce – Taboo
  • Mark Thompson – Bombay Dreams

Costume Design in a Play

1960s

• 1961: Motley Theatre Design Group – Becket
  • Theoni V. Aldredge – The Devil's Advocate
  • Raymond Sovey – All the Way Home

2000s

• 2005: Jess Goldstein – The Rivals
  • Jane Greenwood – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • William Ivey Long – A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Constanza Romero – Gem of the Ocean

• 2006: Catherine Zuber – Awake and Sing!
  • Michael Krass – The Constant Wife
  • Santo Loquasto – A Touch of the Poet
  • Catherine Zuber – Seascape

• 2007: Catherine Zuber – The Coast of Utopia
  • Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
  • Santo Loquasto – Inherit the Wind
  • Ti Green and Melly Still – Coram Boy

• 2008: Katrina Lindsay – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Gregory Gale – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Rob Howell – Boeing Boeing
  • Peter McKintosh – The 39 Steps

• 2009: Anthony Ward – Mary Stuart
  • Dale Ferguson – Exit the King
  • Jane Greenwood – Waiting for Godot
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Blithe Spirit

2010s

• 2010: Catherine Zuber – The Royal Family
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Lend Me a Tenor
  • Constanza Romero – Fences
  • David Zinn – In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

• 2011: Desmond Heeley – The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Jess Goldstein – The Merchant of Venice
  • Mark Thompson – La Bête
  • Catherine Zuber – Born Yesterday

• 2012: Paloma Young – Peter and the Starcatcher
  • William Ivey Long – Don't Dress for Dinner
  • Paul Tazewell – A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Mark Thompson – One Man, Two Guvnors

• 2013: Ann Roth – The Nance
  • Soutra Gilmour – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Albert Wolsky – The Heiress
  • Catherine Zuber – Golden Boy

• 2014: Jenny Tiramani – Twelfth Night
  • Jane Greenwood – Act One
  • Michael Krass – Machinal
  • Rita Ryack – Casa Valentina

• 2015: Christopher Oram – Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
  • Bob Crowley – The Audience
  • Jane Greenwood – You Can't Take It with You
  • David Zinn – Airline Highway

Costume Design in a Musical

1960s

• 1961: Adrian and Tony Duquette – Camelot
  • Rolf Gerard – Irma La Douce
  • Cecil Beaton – Tenderloin

2000s

• 2005: Catherine Zuber – The Light in the Piazza
  • Tim Hatley – Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Junko Kushino – Pacific Overtures
  • William Ivey Long – La Cage aux Folles

• 2006: Gregg Barnes – The Drowsy Chaperone
  • Susan Hilferty – Lestat
  • Martin Pakledinaz – The Pajama Game
  • Paul Tazewell – The Color Purple

• 2007: William Ivey Long – Grey Gardens
  • Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins
  • Susan Hilferty – Spring Awakening
  • Gregg Barnes – Legally Blonde

• 2008: Catherine Zuber – South Pacific
  • David Farley – Sunday in the Park with George
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Gypsy
  • Paul Tazewell – In the Heights

• 2009: Tim Hatley – Shrek the Musical
  • Gregory Gale – Rock of Ages
  • Nicky Gillibrand – Billy Elliot the Musical
  • Michael McDonald – Hair

2010s

• 2010: Marina Draghici – Fela!
  • Paul Tazewell – Memphis
  • Matthew Wright – La Cage aux Folles

• 2011: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner – Priscilla Queen of the Desert
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Anything Goes
  • Ann Roth – The Book of Mormon
  • Catherine Zuber – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

• 2012: Gregg Barnes – Follies
  • ESosa – Porgy and Bess
  • Eiko Ishioka – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
  • Martin Pakledinaz – Nice Work If You Can Get It

• 2013: William Ivey Long – Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
  • Gregg Barnes – Kinky Boots
  • Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical
  • Dominique Lemieux – Pippin

• 2014: Linda Cho – A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
  • William Ivey Long – Bullets Over Broadway
  • Arianne Phillips – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
  • Isabel Toledo – After Midnight

• 2015: Catherine Zuber – The King and I
  • Gregg Barnes – Something Rotten!
  • Bob Crowley – An American in Paris
  • William Ivey Long – On the Twentieth Century

Trivia

In 2010, Santo Loquasto received a nomination for Best Costume Design for a Musical for Ragtime. Loquasto, who was previously nominated for the same show in the same category in 1998, was later disqualified because the designs were predominantly recycled work from the earlier production. No replacement was made for the nomination.

See also

• Costume design

External links

• Tony Awards