Tony Award for Best Costume Design

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Tony Award for
Best Costume Design
Awarded forBest Costume Design
Location United States New York City
Presented by American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by Susan Hilferty for Wicked (2004)
Website TonyAwards.com

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 the category was divided into Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

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Winners and nominees

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1940s

YearDesignerProduction
1947
1st Tony Awards
Lucinda Ballard Another Part of the Forest , The Chocolate Soldier , Happy Birthday , John Loves Mary
and Street Scene
1948
2nd Tony Awards
Mary Percy Schenck The Heiress
1949
3rd Tony Awards
Lemuel Ayers Kiss Me, Kate

1950s

YearDesignerProduction
1950
4th Tony Awards
Aline Bernstein Regina
1951
5th Tony Awards
Miles White Bless You All
1952
6th Tony Awards
Irene Sharaff The King and I
1953
7th Tony Awards
Miles White Hazel Flagg
1954
8th Tony Awards
Richard Whorf Ondine
1955
9th Tony Awards
Cecil Beaton Quadrille
1956
10th Tony Awards
Alvin Colt Pipe Dream
Alvin Colt The Lark and Phoenix '55
Mainbocher The Great Sebastians
Helene Pons A View from the Bridge , The Diary of Anne Frank and Heavenly Twins
1957
11th Tony Awards
Cecil Beaton My Fair Lady
Cecil Beaton Little Glass Clock
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
12th Tony Awards
Motley Theatre Design Group The First Gentleman
Lucinda Ballard Orpheus Descending
Motley Theatre Design Group The Country Wife , Look Back in Anger , Look Homeward, Angel and Shinbone Alley
Irene Sharaff West Side Story
Miles White Jamaica , Oh, Captain! and Time Remembered
1959
13th Tony Awards
Rouben Ter-Arutunian Redhead
Antonio Castillo Goldilocks
Dorothy Jeakins The World of Suzie Wong
Oliver Messel Rashomon
Irene Sharaff Flower Drum Song

1960s

YearDesignerProduction
1960
14th Tony Awards
Cecil Beaton Saratoga
Alvin Colt Greenwillow
Raoul Pene Du Bois Gypsy
Miles White Take Me Along
1961
15th Tony Awards
1962
16th Tony Awards
Lucinda Ballard The Gay Life
Donald Brooks No Strings
Motley Theatre Design Group Kwamina
Miles White Milk and Honey
1963
17th Tony Awards
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
18th Tony Awards
Freddy Wittop Hello, Dolly!
Beni Montresor Marco Millions
Irene Sharaff The Girl Who Came to Supper
Rouben Ter-Arutunian Arturo Ui
1965
19th Tony Awards
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
20th Tony Awards
Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss Marat/Sade
Howard Bay and Patton Campbell Man of La Mancha
Loudon Sainthill The Right Honourable Gentleman
Irene Sharaff Sweet Charity
1967
21st Tony Awards
Patricia Zipprodt Cabaret
Nancy Potts The School for Scandal and The Wild Duck
Tony Walton The Apple Tree
Freddy Wittop I Do! I Do!
1968
22nd Tony Awards
Desmond Heeley Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Jane Greenwood More Stately Mansions
Irene Sharaff Hallelujah, Baby!
Freddy Wittop The Happy Time
1969
23rd Tony Awards
Loudon Sainthill Canterbury Tales
Michael Annals Morning, Noon and Night
Robert Fletcher Hadrian VII
Patricia Zipprodt Zorba

1970s

YearDesignerProduction
1970
24th Tony Awards
Cecil Beaton Coco
Ray Aghayan Applause
W. Robert Lavine Jimmy
Freddy Wittop A Patriot for Me
1971
25th Tony Awards
Raoul Pene Du Bois No, No, Nanette
Jane Greenwood Hay Fever and Les Blancs
Freddy Wittop Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
1972
26th Tony Awards
Florence Klotz Follies
Theoni V. Aldredge Two Gentlemen of Verona
Randy Barceló Jesus Christ Superstar
Carrie F. Robbins Grease
1973
27th Tony Awards
Florence Klotz A Little Night Music
Theoni V. Aldredge Much Ado About Nothing
Miles White Tricks
Patricia Zipprodt Pippin
1974
28th Tony Awards
Franne Lee Candide
Theoni V. Aldredge The Au Pair Man
Finlay JamesCrown Matrimonial
Oliver Messel Gigi
Carrie F. Robbins Over Here!
1975
29th Tony Awards
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
30th Tony Awards
Florence Klotz Pacific Overtures
Theoni V. Aldredge A Chorus Line
Ann Roth The Royal Family
Patricia Zipprodt Chicago
1977
31st Tony Awards
Theoni V. Aldredge Annie
Santo Loquasto The Cherry Orchard
Theoni V. Aldredge The Threepenny Opera
Nancy Potts Porgy and Bess
1978
32nd Tony Awards
Edward Gorey Dracula
Halston The Act
Geoffrey Holder Timbuktu!
Willa Kim Dancin'
1979
33rd Tony Awards
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

YearDesignerProduction
1980
34th Tony Awards
Theoni V. Aldredge Barnum
Pierre Balmain Happy New Year
Raoul Pene Du Bois Sugar Babies
Tazeena Firth and Timothy O'Brien Evita
1981
35th Tony Awards
Willa Kim Sophisticated Ladies
Theoni V. Aldredge 42nd Street
John Bury Amadeus
Franca Squarciapino Can-Can
1982
36th Tony Awards
William Ivey Long Nine
Theoni V. Aldredge Dreamgirls
Jane Greenwood Medea
John Napier The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1983
37th Tony Awards
John Napier Cats
Lindy Hemming All's Well That Ends Well
Rita Ryack My One and Only
Patricia Zipprodt Alice in Wonderland
1984
38th Tony Awards
Theoni V. Aldredge La Cage aux Folles
Jane Greenwood Heartbreak House
Ann Hould-Ward and Patricia Zipprodt Sunday in the Park with George
Anthea Sylbert The Real Thing
1985
39th Tony Awards
Florence Klotz Grind
Patricia McGourty Big River
Alexander Reid Cyrano de Bergerac
Much Ado About Nothing
1986
40th Tony Awards
Patricia Zipprodt Sweet Charity
Willa Kim Song and Dance
Beni Montresor The Marriage of Figaro
Ann Roth The House of Blue Leaves
1987
41st Tony Awards
John Napier Starlight Express
Bob Crowley Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann Curtis Me and My Girl
Andreane Neofitou Les Misérables
1988
42nd Tony Awards
Maria Björnson The Phantom of the Opera
Ann Hould-Ward Into the Woods
Eiko Ishioka M. Butterfly
Tony Walton Anything Goes
1989
43rd Tony Awards
Héctor Orezzoli and Claudio Segovia Black and Blue
Jane Greenwood Our Town
Willa Kim Legs Diamond
William Ivey Long Lend Me a Tenor

1990s

YearDesignerProduction
1990
44th Tony Awards
Santo Loquasto Grand Hotel
Theoni V. Aldredge Gypsy
Florence Klotz City of Angels
Erin Quigley The Grapes of Wrath
1991
45th Tony Awards
Willa Kim The Will Rogers Follies
Theoni V. Aldredge The Secret Garden
Judy Dearing Once on This Island
Patricia Zipprodt Shōgun: The Musical
1992
46th Tony Awards
William Ivey Long Crazy for You
Jane Greenwood Two Shakespearean Actors
Toni-Leslie James Jelly's Last Jam
Joe Vaněk Dancing at Lughnasa
1993
47th Tony Awards
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
48th Tony Awards
Ann Hould-Ward Beauty and the Beast
David Charles and Jane Greenwood She Loves Me
Jane Greenwood Passion
Yan Tax Cyrano: The Musical
1995
49th Tony Awards
Florence Klotz Show Boat
Jane Greenwood The Heiress
Stephen Brimson Lewis Indiscretions
Anthony Powell Sunset Boulevard
1996
50th Tony Awards
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
51st Tony Awards
Judith Dolan Candide
Ann Curtis Jekyll and Hyde
William Ivey Long Chicago
Martin Pakledinaz The Life
1998
52nd Tony Awards
Julie Taymor The Lion King
William Ivey Long Cabaret
Santo Loquasto Ragtime
Martin Pakledinaz Golden Child
1999
53rd Tony Awards
Lez Brotherston Swan Lake
Santo Loquasto Fosse
John David Ridge Ring Round the Moon
Catherine Zuber Twelfth Night

2000s

YearDesignerProduction
2000
54th Tony Awards
Martin Pakledinaz Kiss Me, Kate
Bob Crowley Aida
Constance Hoffman The Green Bird
William Ivey Long The Music Man
2001
55th Tony Awards
William Ivey Long The Producers
Theoni V. Aldredge Follies
Roger Kirk 42nd Street
David C. Woolard The Rocky Horror Show
2002
56th Tony Awards
Martin Pakledinaz Thoroughly Modern Millie
Jenny Beavan Private Lives
Susan Hilferty Into the Woods
Jane Greenwood Morning's at Seven
2003
57th Tony Awards
William Ivey Long Hairspray
Gregg Barnes Flower Drum Song
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie La bohème
Catherine Zuber Dinner at Eight
2004
58th Tony Awards
Susan Hilferty Wicked
Jess Goldstein Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce Taboo
Mark Thompson Bombay Dreams

Award Records

These include wins for the Best Costume Design in a Play and Best Costume Design in a Musical.

Multiple wins

6 Wins
4 Wins
3 Wins
2 Wins

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