# Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical is an award for outstanding Lighting design of a musical. The award was first presented in 2005 after the category of Best Lighting Design was divided into Lighting Design in a Play and Lighting Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2005 (59th) |
| 2005 (59th) | The Light in the Piazza | Christopher Akerlind |
| 2005 (59th) | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Mark Henderson |
| 2005 (59th) | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Kenneth Posner |
| 2005 (59th) | Monty Python's Spamalot | Hugh Vanstone |
| 2006 (60th) |
| 2006 (60th) | Jersey Boys | Howell Binkley |
| 2006 (60th) | The Color Purple | Brian MacDevitt |
| 2006 (60th) | The Drowsy Chaperone | Ken Billington and Brian Monahan |
| 2006 (60th) | Tarzan | Natasha Katz |
| 2007 (61st) |
| 2007 (61st) | Spring Awakening | Kevin Adams |
| 2007 (61st) | 110 in the Shade | Christopher Akerlind |
| 2007 (61st) | Grey Gardens | Peter Kaczorowski |
| 2007 (61st) | Mary Poppins | Howard Harrison |
| 2008 (62nd) |
| 2008 (62nd) | South Pacific | Donald Holder |
| 2008 (62nd) | In the Heights | Howell Binkley |
| 2008 (62nd) | The Little Mermaid | Natasha Katz |
| 2008 (62nd) | Sunday in the Park with George | Ken Billington |
| 2009 (63rd) |
| 2009 (63rd) | Billy Elliot the Musical | Rick Fisher |
| 2009 (63rd) | Hair | Kevin Adams |
| 2009 (63rd) | Next to Normal | Kevin Adams |
| 2009 (63rd) | West Side Story | Howell Binkley |

### 2010s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2010 (64th) |
| 2010 (64th) | American Idiot | Kevin Adams |
| 2010 (64th) | Fela! | Robert Wierzel |
| 2010 (64th) | La Cage aux Folles | Nick Richings |
| 2010 (64th) | Ragtime | Donald Holder |
| 2011 (65th) |
| 2011 (65th) | The Book of Mormon | Brian MacDevitt |
| 2011 (65th) | Anything Goes | Peter Kaczorowski |
| 2011 (65th) | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Howell Binkley |
| 2011 (65th) | The Scottsboro Boys | Ken Billington |
| 2012 (66th) |
| 2012 (66th) | Once | Natasha Katz |
| 2012 (66th) | Follies | Natasha Katz |
| 2012 (66th) | Ghost the Musical | Hugh Vanstone |
| 2012 (66th) | Porgy and Bess | Christopher Akerlind |
| 2013 (67th) |
| 2013 (67th) | Matilda the Musical | Hugh Vanstone |
| 2013 (67th) | Kinky Boots | Kenneth Posner |
| 2013 (67th) | Pippin | Kenneth Posner |
| 2013 (67th) | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Kenneth Posner |
| 2014 (68th) |
| 2014 (68th) | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Kevin Adams |
| 2014 (68th) | After Midnight | Howell Binkley |
| 2014 (68th) | The Bridges of Madison County | Donald Holder |
| 2014 (68th) | Rocky the Musical | Christopher Akerlind |
| 2015 (69th) |
| 2015 (69th) | An American in Paris | Natasha Katz |
| 2015 (69th) | Fun Home | Ben Stanton |
| 2015 (69th) | The King and I | Donald Holder |
| 2015 (69th) | The Visit | Japhy Weideman |
| 2016 (70th) |
| 2016 (70th) | Hamilton | Howell Binkley |
| 2016 (70th) | American Psycho | Justin Townsend |
| 2016 (70th) | Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher |
| 2016 (70th) | Spring Awakening | Ben Stanton |
| 2017 (71st) |
| 2017 (71st) | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Bradley King |
| 2017 (71st) | Come from Away | Howell Binkley |
| 2017 (71st) | Dear Evan Hansen | Japhy Weideman |
| 2017 (71st) | Hello, Dolly! | Natasha Katz |
| 2018 (72nd) |
| 2018 (72nd) | The Band's Visit | Tyler Micoleau |
| 2018 (72nd) | Carousel | Brian MacDevitt |
| 2018 (72nd) | My Fair Lady | Donald Holder |
| 2018 (72nd) | Once on This Island | Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher |
| 2018 (72nd) | SpongeBob SquarePants | Kevin Adams |
| 2019 (73rd) |
| 2019 (73rd) | Hadestown | Bradley King |
| 2019 (73rd) | Ain’t Too Proud | Howell Binkley |
| 2019 (73rd) | Beetlejuice | Kenneth Posner and Peter Nigrini |
| 2019 (73rd) | The Cher Show | Kevin Adams |
| 2019 (73rd) | King Kong | Peter Mumford |

### 2020s

| Year | Production | Nominees |
| 2020 (74th) |
| 2020 (74th) | Moulin Rouge! | Justin Townsend |
| 2020 (74th) | Jagged Little Pill | Justin Townsend |
| 2020 (74th) | Tina | Bruno Poet |
| 2022 (75th) |
| 2022 (75th) | MJ | Natasha Katz |
| 2022 (75th) | Company | Neil Austin |
| 2022 (75th) | Flying Over Sunset | Bradley King |
| 2022 (75th) | Paradise Square | Donald Holder |
| 2022 (75th) | Six | Tim Deiling |
| 2022 (75th) | A Strange Loop | Jen Schriever |
| 2023 (76th) |
| 2023 (76th) | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Natasha Katz |
| 2023 (76th) | & Juliet | Howard Hudson |
| 2023 (76th) | Lerner & Loewe's Camelot | Lap Chi Chu |
| 2023 (76th) | New York, New York | Ken Billington |
| 2023 (76th) | Parade | Heather Gilbert |
| 2023 (76th) | Some Like It Hot | Natasha Katz |
| 2024 (77th) |
| 2024 (77th) | The Outsiders | Hana S. Kim and Brian MacDevitt |
| 2024 (77th) | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Isabella Byrd |
| 2024 (77th) | Hell's Kitchen | Natasha Katz |
| 2024 (77th) | Illinoise | Brandon Stirling Baker |
| 2024 (77th) | Water for Elephants | David Bengali and Bradley King |