# Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play

Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play is an award for outstanding costume design of a play. The award was first presented in 1961 after the category of Best Costume Design was divided into Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

## Winners and nominees
### 1960s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 1961 (15th) |
| 1961 (15th) | Becket | Motley Theatre Design Group |
| 1961 (15th) | All the Way Home | Raymond Sovey |
| 1961 (15th) | The Devil's Advocate | Theoni V. Aldredge |

### 2000s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2005 (59th) |
| 2005 (59th) | The Rivals | Jess Goldstein |
| 2005 (59th) | Gem of the Ocean | Constanza Romero |
| 2005 (59th) | A Streetcar Named Desire | William Ivey Long |
| 2005 (59th) | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Jane Greenwood |
| 2006 (60th) |
| 2006 (60th) | Awake and Sing! | Catherine Zuber |
| 2006 (60th) | The Constant Wife | Michael Krass |
| 2006 (60th) | Seascape | Catherine Zuber |
| 2006 (60th) | A Touch of the Poet | Santo Loquasto |
| 2007 (61st) |
| 2007 (61st) | The Coast of Utopia | Catherine Zuber |
| 2007 (61st) | Coram Boy | Ti Green and Melly Still |
| 2007 (61st) | Heartbreak House | Jane Greenwood |
| 2007 (61st) | Inherit the Wind | Santo Loquasto |
| 2008 (62nd) |
| 2008 (62nd) | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Katrina Lindsay |
| 2008 (62nd) | Boeing-Boeing | Rob Howell |
| 2008 (62nd) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Gregory Gale |
| 2008 (62nd) | The 39 Steps | Peter McKintosh |
| 2009 (63rd) |
| 2009 (63rd) | Mary Stuart | Anthony Ward |
| 2009 (63rd) | Blithe Spirit | Martin Pakledinaz |
| 2009 (63rd) | Exit the King | Dale Ferguson |
| 2009 (63rd) | Waiting for Godot | Jane Greenwood |

### 2010s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2010 (64th) |
| 2010 (64th) | The Royal Family | Catherine Zuber |
| 2010 (64th) | Fences | Constanza Romero |
| 2010 (64th) | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | David Zinn |
| 2010 (64th) | Lend Me a Tenor | Martin Pakledinaz |
| 2011 (65th) |
| 2011 (65th) | The Importance of Being Earnest | Desmond Heeley |
| 2011 (65th) | La Bête | Mark Thompson |
| 2011 (65th) | Born Yesterday | Catherine Zuber |
| 2011 (65th) | The Merchant of Venice | Jess Goldstein |
| 2012 (66th) |
| 2012 (66th) | Peter and the Starcatcher | Paloma Young |
| 2012 (66th) | Don't Dress for Dinner | William Ivey Long |
| 2012 (66th) | One Man, Two Guvnors | Mark Thompson |
| 2012 (66th) | A Streetcar Named Desire | Paul Tazewell |
| 2013 (67th) |
| 2013 (67th) | The Nance | Ann Roth |
| 2013 (67th) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Soutra Gilmour |
| 2013 (67th) | Golden Boy | Catherine Zuber |
| 2013 (67th) | The Heiress | Albert Wolsky |
| 2014 (68th) |
| 2014 (68th) | Twelfth Night | Jenny Tiramani |
| 2014 (68th) | Act One | Jane Greenwood |
| 2014 (68th) | Casa Valentina | Rita Ryack |
| 2014 (68th) | Machinal | Michael Krass |
| 2015 (69th) |
| 2015 (69th) | Wolf Hall Parts One & Two | Christopher Oram |
| 2015 (69th) | Airline Highway | David Zinn |
| 2015 (69th) | The Audience | Bob Crowley |
| 2015 (69th) | You Can't Take It with You | Jane Greenwood |
| 2016 (70th) |
| 2016 (70th) | Eclipsed | Clint Ramos |
| 2016 (70th) | King Charles III | Tom Scutt |
| 2016 (70th) | Long Day's Journey into Night | Jane Greenwood |
| 2016 (70th) | Noises Off | Michael Krass |
| 2017 (71st) |
| 2017 (71st) | The Little Foxes | Jane Greenwood |
| 2017 (71st) | A Doll's House, Part 2 | David Zinn |
| 2017 (71st) | Jitney | Toni-Leslie James |
| 2017 (71st) | Present Laughter | Susan Hilferty |
| 2018 (72nd) |
| 2018 (72nd) | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Katrina Lindsay |
| 2018 (72nd) | Angels in America | Nicky Gillibrand |
| 2018 (72nd) | Farinelli and the King | Jonathan Fensom |
| 2018 (72nd) | The Iceman Cometh | Ann Roth |
| 2018 (72nd) | Three Tall Women | Ann Roth |
| 2019 (73rd) |
| 2019 (73rd) | The Ferryman | Rob Howell |
| 2019 (73rd) | Bernhardt/Hamlet | Toni-Leslie James |
| 2019 (73rd) | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Ann Roth |
| 2019 (73rd) | To Kill a Mockingbird | Ann Roth |
| 2019 (73rd) | Torch Song | Clint Ramos |

### 2020s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2020 (74th) |
| 2020 (74th) | A Christmas Carol | Rob Howell |
| 2020 (74th) | The Inheritance | Bob Crowley |
| 2020 (74th) | The Rose Tattoo | Clint Ramos |
| 2020 (74th) | Slave Play | Dede Ayite |
| 2020 (74th) | A Soldier's Play | Dede Ayite |
| 2022 (75th) |
| 2022 (75th) | The Skin of Our Teeth | Montana Levi Blanco |
| 2022 (75th) | Clyde's | Jennifer Moeller |
| 2022 (75th) | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf | Sarafina Bush |
| 2022 (75th) | Plaza Suite | Jane Greenwood |
| 2022 (75th) | Trouble in Mind | Emilio Sosa |
| 2023 (76th) |
| 2023 (76th) | Leopoldstadt | Brigitte Reiffenstuel |
| 2023 (76th) | Ain't No Mo' | Emilio Sosa |
| 2023 (76th) | Fat Ham | Dominique Fawn Hill |
| 2023 (76th) | Good Night, Oscar | Emilio Sosa |
| 2023 (76th) | Life of Pi | Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell |
| 2024 (77th) |
| 2024 (77th) | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Dede Ayite |
| 2024 (77th) | Appropriate | Dede Ayite |
| 2024 (77th) | An Enemy of the People | David Zinn |
| 2024 (77th) | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch | Emilio Sosa |
| 2024 (77th) | Stereophonic | Enver Chakartash |

## Award records

This also includes wins and nominations in the former Best Costume Design category

### Multiple wins
#### 3 Wins

* Catherine Zuber

#### 2 Wins

* Desmond Heeley
* Katrina Lindsay
* Motley Theatre Design Group

### Multiple nominations
#### 8 Nominations

* Jane Greenwood

#### 6 Nominations

* Catherine Zuber

#### 5 Nominations

* Ann Roth

#### 4 Nominations

* Dede Ayite
* Emilio Sosa
* David Zinn

#### 3 Nominations

* Rob Howell
* Michael Krass
* Clint Ramos

#### 2 Nominations

* Bob Crowley
* Jess Goldstein
* Toni-Leslie James
* Katrina Lindsay
* William Ivey Long
* Santo Loquasto
* Martin Pakledinaz
* Constanza Romero
* Mark Thompson