African-American Tony nominees and winners
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This is a list of Black creatives who have been nominated for a Tony Award for outstanding achievement in theater.
While some American people of African ancestry prefer "Black," and others prefer "African American"; "African American" is considered a less appropriate umbrella term for people of African ancestry worldwide because it obscures other ethnicities or national origins. Thus, "Black" is a more inclusive umbrella term.
Facts and figures
Multiple nominations
As of 2024 ceremony:
- George C. Wolfe – 24
- Audra McDonald – 10
- Paul Tazewell – 9
- August Wilson – 9
- LaChanze – 8
- Harold Wheeler – 7
- Stephen Byrd – 6
- Rashad V. Chambers – 6
- Kenny Leon – 6
- Lloyd Richards – 6
- Ron Simons – 6
- Dede Ayite – 5
- Gregory Hines – 5
- Alia Jones – 5
- Bill T. Jones – 5
- Donald McKayle – 5
- Emilio Sosa – 5
- Camille A. Brown – 4
- Brandon Victor Dixon – 4
- Savion Glover – 4
- David Alan Grier – 4
- Allen Lee Hughes – 4
- Toni-Leslie James – 4
- James Earl Jones – 4
- Brian Stokes Mitchell – 4
- Brian Moreland - 4
- Mbongeni Ngema – 4
- Condola Rashad – 4
- Phylicia Rashad – 4
- Diane Scott Carter – 4
- Stew – 4
- Daryl Waters – 4
- Hilton Battle – 3
- Vinnette Carroll – 3
- Viola Davis – 3
- André De Shields – 3
- Debra Martin Chase – 3
- Micki Grant – 3
- Jeremy O. Harris – 3
- Joshua Henry – 3
- Geoffrey Holder – 3
- Henry LeTang – 3
- Lynn Nottage – 3
- Leslie Odom, Jr. – 3
- Wendell Pierce – 3
- Tonya Pinkins – 3
- Gilbert Price – 3
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson – 3
- Melvin Van Peebles – 3
- Courtney B. Vance – 3
- Kara Young – 3
- Lamar Richardson – 3
- Mary Alice – 2
- Debbie Allen – 2
- Gretha Boston – 2
- Charles Brown – 2
- RuPaul Charles – 2
- Chuck Cooper – 2
- Jordan E. Cooper – 2
- Cleavant Derricks – 2
- Colman Domingo – 2
- Ann Duquesnay – 2
- Charles S. Dutton – 2
- Justin Ellington – 2
- Cynthia Erivo – 2
- George Faison – 2
- Laurence Fishburne – 2
- K. Todd Freeman – 2
- Irene Gandy - 2
- Whoopi Goldberg – 2
- Corey Hawkins – 2
- Luther Henderson – 2
- Stephen McKinley Henderson – 2
- Linda Hopkins – 2
- Ernestine Jackson – 2
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson - 2
- Michael R. Jackson – 2
- Samuel L. Jackson - 2
- Nikki M. James – 2
- Quincy Jones – 2
- Joaquina Kalukango – 2
- John Kani – 2
- Eartha Kitt – 2
- John Legend – 2
- Adriane Lenox – 2
- Claudia McNeil – 2
- S. Epatha Merkerson – 2
- Patina Miller – 2
- Zakes Mokae – 2
- Dominique Morisseau - 2
- Sahr Ngaujah – 2
- Winston Ntshona – 2
- Sophie Okonedo – 2
- Jeremy Pope – 2
- Billy Porter – 2
- Josephine Premice – 2
- Vivian Reed – 2
- Roger Robinson – 2
- Anika Noni Rose – 2
- Diana Sands – 2
- Anna Deavere Smith – 2
- Ron Taylor – 2
- Lynne Thigpen – 2
- Tamara Tunie – 2
- Leslie Uggams – 2
- Ben Vereen – 2
- Adrienne Warren – 2
- Denzel Washington – 2
- Jason Michael Webb – 2
- Lillias White – 2
- Dick Anthony Williams – 2
- Billy Wilson – 2
- Oprah Winfrey – 2
- Jeffrey Wright – 2
- Samuel E. Wright – 2
Multiple wins
As of 2024 ceremony:
- Audra McDonald – 6
- George C. Wolfe – 5
- LaChanze – 4
- Ron Simons – 4
- Hinton Battle – 3
- James Earl Jones – 3
- Debra Martin Chase – 3
- Rashad V. Chambers – 2
- Viola Davis – 2
- Geoffrey Holder – 2
- Bill T. Jones – 2
- Billy Porter – 2
- Phylicia Rashad – 2
- Lamar Richardson – 2
Book of a Musical
Choreography
Costume Design
Tony Award for Best Costume Design | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1975 | Geoffrey Holder | The Wiz | Won |
1978 | Timbuktu! | Nominated | |
1991 | Judy Dearing | Once on This Island | Nominated |
1992 | Toni-Leslie James | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
1996 | Paul Tazewell | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
Costume Design of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2006 | Paul Tazewell | The Color Purple | Nominated |
2008 | In the Heights | Nominated | |
2010 | Memphis | Nominated | |
2012 | Emilio Sosa | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Nominated |
2016 | Paul Tazewell | Hamilton | Won |
2019 | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated | |
2022 | Toni-Leslie James | Paradise Square | Nominated |
Paul Tazewell | MJ | Nominated | |
2024 | Dede Ayite | Hell's Kitchen | Nominated |
Paul Tazewell | Suffs | Nominated |
Costume Design of a Play
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2012 | Paul Tazewell | A Streetcar Named Desire | Nominated |
2017 | Toni-Leslie James | August Wilson's Jitney | Nominated |
2019 | Bernhardt/Hamlet | Nominated | |
2020 | Dede Ayite | Slave Play | Nominated |
A Soldier's Play | Nominated | ||
2022 | Sarafina Bush | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | Nominated |
Emilio Sosa | Trouble in Mind | Nominated | |
2023 | Dominique Fawn Hill | Fat Ham | Nominated |
Emilio Sosa | Ain't No Mo' | Nominated | |
Good Night, Oscar | Nominated | ||
2024 | Dede Ayite | Appropriate | Nominated |
Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Won | ||
Emilio Sosa | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch | Nominated |
Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1972 | Gilbert Moses | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Nominated |
1973 | Vinnette Carroll | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Nominated |
1974 | Donald McKayle | Raisin | Nominated |
1975 | Geoffrey Holder | The Wiz | Won |
1977 | Vinnette Carroll | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Nominated |
1988 | Mbongeni Ngema | Sarafina! | Nominated |
1992 | George C. Wolfe | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
1996 | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Won | |
2004 | Caroline, or Change | Nominated | |
2010 | Bill T. Jones | Fela! | Nominated |
2016 | George C. Wolfe | Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Nominated |
Direction of a Play
Excellence in Theatre Education Award
Excellence in Theatre Education | |||
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Year | Nominee | School | Result |
2015 | Corey Mitchell | Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, N.C. | Won |
2016 | Marilyn McCormick | Cass Technical High School in Detroit, MI | Won |
2022 | Roshunda Jones-Koumba | G. W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston, Texas | Won |
2024 | CJay Philip | Dance & BMore in Baltimore, MD | Won |
Lighting Design
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1983 | Allen Lee Hughes | K2 | Nominated |
1985 | Strange Interlude | Nominated | |
1991 | Once on This Island | Nominated |
Lighting Design in a Play
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2020 | Allen Lee Hughes | A Soldier's Play | Nominated |
Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1975 | Ken Harper (as producer) | The Wiz | Won |
1996 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
2000 | The Wild Party | Nominated | |
2002 | Whoopi Goldberg (as producer) | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Won |
2004 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Caroline, or Change | Nominated |
2006 | Oprah Winfrey (as producer), Quincy Jones (as producer) | The Color Purple | Nominated |
2007 | Tamara Tunie (as producer) | Spring Awakening | Won |
2010 | Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter (as producer), Will Smith (as producer), Jada Pinkett Smith (as producer) | Fela! | Nominated |
2011 | Whoopi Goldberg (as producer) | Sister Act | Nominated |
2014 | Wynton Marsalis (as producer) | After Midnight | Nominated |
Ron Simons (as producer) | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder | Won | |
2019 | Stephen Byrd (as producer), Rashad V. Chambers (as producer), Alia Jones (as producer), Ron Simons (as producer) | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated |
2020 | Tina Turner (as producer) | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Nominated |
2022 | Stephen C. Byrd (as producer) | MJ | Nominated |
Sheila C. Johnson (as producer) | Paradise Square | Nominated | |
RuPaul Charles (as producer), Debra Martin Chase (as producer), Don Cheadle (as producer), Robyn Coles, Bridgid Coulter Cheadle (as producer), Jennifer Hudson (as producer), Billy Porter (as producer), Cody Renard Richard (as producer), Tre’ Scott (as producer), Zach Stafford (as producer), Paul Oakley Stovall (as producer) | A Strange Loop | Won | |
2023 | LaChanze (as producer) | Kimberly Akimbo | Won |
Ron Simons (as producer), Lamar Richardson (as producer), Christen James (as producer), Dale Mott (as producer), Gregory Carroll (as producer) | New York, New York | Nominated | |
Mariah Carey (as producer), Kenny Leon (as producer) | Some Like It Hot | Nominated | |
2024 | LaChanze (as producer), Debra Martin Chase (as producer) | The Outsiders | Won |
Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1997 | Luther Henderson | Play On! | Nominated |
Harold Wheeler | The Life | Nominated | |
1999 | Little Me | Nominated | |
2000 | Swing! | Nominated | |
2001 | The Full Monty | Nominated | |
2003 | Hairspray | Nominated | |
2005 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Nominated | |
2008 | Stew | Passing Strange | Nominated |
2010 | Daryl Waters | Memphis | Won |
2016 | Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Nominated | |
2019 | Harold Wheeler | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated |
2022 | Jason Michael Webb | MJ | Nominated |
2023 | Daryl Waters | New York, New York | Nominated |
Bryan Carter | Some Like It Hot | Won | |
2024 | Adam Blackstone | Hell's Kitchen | Nominated |
Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | ||||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result | Milestone |
1954 | Harry Belafonte | John Murray Anderson's Almanac | Won | First African-American male winner |
1958 | Ossie Davis | Jamaica | Nominated | |
1967 | Leon Bibb | A Hand Is on the Gate | Nominated | |
1972 | Ben Vereen | Jesus Christ Superstar | Nominated | |
1973 | Avon Long | Don't Play Us Cheap | Nominated | |
Gilbert Price | Lost in the Stars | Nominated | ||
1974 | Ralph Carter | Raisin | Nominated | |
1975 | Ted Ross | The Wiz | Won | |
Gilbert Price | The Night That Made America Famous | Nominated | ||
1977 | Larry Marshall | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |
1979 | Gregory Hines | Eubie! | Nominated | |
1981 | Hinton Battle | Sophisticated Ladies | Won | |
1982 | Cleavant Derricks | Dreamgirls | Won | |
Obba Babatundé | Nominated | |||
David Alan Grier | The First | Nominated | ||
1984 | Hinton Battle | The Tap Dance Kid | Won | With this win, first African-American to win 2 Tonys. |
Samuel E. Wright | Nominated | |||
1985 | Ron Richardson | Big River | Won | |
1989 | Bunny Briggs | Black and Blue | Nominated | |
Savion Glover | Nominated | |||
1991 | Hinton Battle | Miss Saigon | Won | With this win, first African-American to win 3 Tonys. |
Gregg Burge | Oh, Kay! | Nominated | ||
1992 | Keith David | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated | |
1995 | Michel Bell | Show Boat | Nominated | |
Victor Trent Cook | Smokey Joe's Café | Nominated | ||
1997 | Chuck Cooper | The Life | Won | |
André De Shields | Play On! | Nominated | ||
1998 | Samuel E. Wright | The Lion King | Nominated | |
1999 | Desmond Richardson | Fosse | Nominated | |
Ron Taylor | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Nominated | ||
2001 | André De Shields | The Full Monty | Nominated | |
2003 | Corey Reynolds | Hairspray | Nominated | |
2004 | Michael McElroy | Big River | Nominated | |
2006 | Brandon Victor Dixon | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
2008 | Daniel Breaker | Passing Strange | Nominated | |
2011 | Colman Domingo | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated | |
Forrest McClendon | Nominated | |||
2012 | David Alan Grier | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |
Phillip Boykin | Nominated | |||
2013 | Charl Brown | Motown: The Musical | Nominated | |
2014 | Joshua Henry | Violet | Nominated | |
James Monroe Iglehart | Aladdin | Won | ||
2016 | Daveed Diggs | Hamilton | Won | |
Christopher Jackson | Nominated | |||
Brandon Victor Dixon | Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Nominated | ||
2019 | André De Shields | Hadestown | Won | |
Jeremy Pope | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated | ||
Ephraim Sykes | Nominated | |||
2020 | Sahr Ngaujah | Moulin Rouge! The Musical | Nominated | |
Daniel J. Watts | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Nominated | ||
2022 | Sidney DuPont | Paradise Square | Nominated | |
Jared Grimes | Funny Girl | Nominated | ||
John-Andrew Morrison | A Strange Loop | Nominated | ||
2023 | Justin Cooley | Kimberly Akimbo | Nominated | |
Jordan Donica | Lerner & Loewe's Camelot | Nominated | ||
Alex Newell | Shucked | Won | ||
2024 | Joshua Boone | The Outsiders | Nominated | |
Sky Lakota-Lynch | Nominated | |||
Brandon Victor Dixon | Hell's Kitchen | Nominated |
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1962 | Godfrey M. Cambridge | Purlie Victorious | Nominated |
1963 | Frank Silvera | The Lady of the Camellias | Nominated |
1965 | Clarence Williams III | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground | Nominated |
1974 | Douglas Turner Ward | The River Niger | Nominated |
Dick Anthony Williams | What the Wine-Sellers Buy | Nominated | |
1975 | Black Picture Show | Nominated | |
1978 | Morgan Freeman | The Mighty Gents | Nominated |
1980 | Earle Hyman | The Lady from Dubuque | Nominated |
1982 | Zakes Mokae | Master Harold...and the Boys | Won |
1985 | Charles S. Dutton | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
1987 | Frankie R. Faison | Fences | Nominated |
Courtney B. Vance | Nominated | ||
1988 | Delroy Lindo | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Nominated |
1992 | Laurence Fishburne | Two Trains Running | Won |
Roscoe Lee Browne | Nominated | ||
1993 | Zakes Mokae | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Nominated |
1994 | Jeffrey Wright | Angels in America: Perestroika | Won |
1996 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Seven Guitars | Won |
Roger Robinson | Nominated | ||
2001 | Charles Brown | King Hedley II | Nominated |
2003 | Thomas Jefferson Byrd | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
Daniel Sunjata | Take Me Out | Nominated | |
2007 | Anthony Chisholm | Radio Golf | Nominated |
John Earl Jelks | Nominated | ||
2009 | Roger Robinson | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Won |
2010 | David Alan Grier | Race | Nominated |
Stephen McKinley Henderson | Fences | Nominated | |
Jon Michael Hill | Superior Donuts | Nominated | |
2013 | Courtney B. Vance | Lucky Guy | Won |
2015 | K. Todd Freeman | Airline Highway | Nominated |
2017 | John Douglas Thompson | August Wilson's Jitney | Nominated |
2018 | Brian Tyree Henry | Lobby Hero | Nominated |
2020[1] | Ato Blankson-Wood | Slave Play | Nominated |
David Alan Grier | A Soldier's Play | Won | |
2022 | Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind | Nominated |
Ron Cephas Jones | Clyde's | Nominated | |
Jesse Williams | Take Me Out | Nominated | |
2023 | Jordan E. Cooper | Ain't No Mo' | Nominated |
Samuel L. Jackson | August Wilson's The Piano Lesson | Nominated |
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1965 | Sammy Davis | Golden Boy | Nominated |
1968 | Robert Hooks | Hallelujah, Baby! | Nominated |
1970 | Cleavon Little | Purlie | Won |
1972 | Clifton Davis | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Nominated |
1973 | Brock Peters | Lost in the Stars | Nominated |
Ben Vereen | Pippin | Won | |
1974 | Joe Morton | Raisin | Nominated |
1977 | Robert Guillaume | Guys and Dolls | Nominated |
1978 | Gilbert Price | Timbuktu! | Nominated |
1980 | Gregory Hines | Comin' Uptown | Nominated |
1981 | Sophisticated Ladies | Nominated | |
1982 | Ben Harney | Dreamgirls | Won |
1983 | Al Green | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Nominated |
Michael V. Smartt | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |
1986 | Cleavant Derricks | Big Deal | Nominated |
Maurice Hines | Uptown...It's Hot! | Nominated | |
1992 | Gregory Hines | Jelly's Last Jam | Won |
1996 | Savion Glover | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
1998 | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Ragtime | Nominated |
2000 | Kiss Me, Kate | Won | |
2003 | Man of La Mancha | Nominated | |
2008 | Stew | Passing Strange | Nominated |
2010 | Sahr Ngaujah | Fela! | Nominated |
2011 | Joshua Henry | The Scottsboro Boys | Nominated |
2012 | Norm Lewis | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Nominated |
2013 | Billy Porter | Kinky Boots | Won |
2016 | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Hamilton | Won |
2018 | Joshua Henry | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel | Nominated |
2019 | Derrick Baskin | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated |
2022 | Myles Frost | MJ | Won |
Jaquel Spivey | A Strange Loop | Nominated | |
2023 | J. Harrison Ghee | Some Like It Hot | Won |
2024 | Dorian Harewood | The Notebook | Nominated |
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | ||||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result | Milestone |
1950 | Juanita Hall | South Pacific | Won | First African-American Tony winner. First African-American Tony female winner. |
1958 | Josephine Premice | Jamaica | Nominated | |
1967 | A Hand Is on the Gate | Nominated | ||
1968 | Lillian Hayman | Hallelujah, Baby! | Won | |
1970 | Melba Moore | Purlie | Won | |
1972 | Linda Hopkins | Inner City | Won | |
Beatrice Winde | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Nominated | ||
1974 | Ernestine Jackson | Raisin | Nominated | |
1975 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | The Wiz | Won | |
1977 | Delores Hall | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Won | |
1978 | Nell Carter | Ain't Misbehavin' | Won | |
Charlayne Woodard | Nominated | |||
1980 | Debbie Allen | West Side Story | Nominated | |
1981 | Phyllis Hyman | Sophisticated Ladies | Nominated | |
Lynne Thigpen | Tintypes | Nominated | ||
1983 | Karla Burns | Show Boat | Nominated | |
1984 | Martine Allard | The Tap Dance Kid | Nominated | |
1985 | Leilani Jones | Grind | Won | |
1986 | Elisabeth Welch | Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood | Nominated | |
1988 | Leleti Khumalo | Sarafina | Nominated | |
1991 | LaChanze | Once on This Island | Nominated | |
1992 | Tonya Pinkins | Jelly's Last Jam | Won | |
Vivian Reed | The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club | Nominated | ||
1994 | Audra McDonald | Carousel | Won | |
1995 | Gretha Boston | Show Boat | Won | |
Brenda Braxton | Smokey Joe's Café | Nominated | ||
B.J. Crosby | Nominated | |||
1996 | Ann Duquesnay | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Won | |
1997 | Lillias White | The Life | Won | |
1998 | Audra McDonald | Ragtime | Won | With this win, first African-American to win twice in this category. |
Tsidii Le Loka | The Lion King | Nominated | ||
1999 | Gretha Boston | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Nominated | |
Valerie Pettiford | Fosse | Nominated | ||
2000 | Eartha Kitt | The Wild Party | Nominated | |
2004 | Anika Noni Rose | Caroline, or Change | Won | |
2006 | Felicia P. Fields | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes | Nominated | |||
2008 | De'Adre Aziza | Passing Strange | Nominated | |
2010 | Karine Plantadit | Come Fly Away | Nominated | |
Lillias White | Fela! | Nominated | ||
2011 | Nikki M. James | The Book of Mormon | Won | |
2012 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Ghost the Musical | Nominated | |
2014 | Adriane Lenox | After Midnight | Nominated | |
2016 | Danielle Brooks | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
Renée Elise Goldsberry | Hamilton | Won | ||
Adrienne Warren | Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed | Nominated | ||
2018 | Ariana DeBose | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Nominated | |
2019 | Lilli Cooper | Tootsie | Nominated | |
Amber Gray | Hadestown | Nominated | ||
2020 | Celia Rose Gooding | Jagged Little Pill | Nominated | |
Myra Lucretia Taylor | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Nominated | ||
2022 | Jeannette Bayardelle | Girl from the North Country | Nominated | |
L Morgan Lee | A Strange Loop | Nominated | First transgender actor to be nominated for a Tony. | |
2023 | NaTasha Yvette Williams | Some Like It Hot | Nominated | |
2024 | Amber Iman | Lempicka | Nominated | |
Nikki M. James | Suffs | Nominated | ||
Kecia Lewis | Hell's Kitchen | Won |
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | ||||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result | Milestone |
1958 | Lena Horne | Jamaica | Nominated | |
1962 | Diahann Carroll | No Strings | Won | First African-American winner in a lead role. |
1964 | Carol Channing | Hello, Dolly! | Won | Channing is German-American and African-American. |
1968 | Leslie Uggams | Hallelujah, Baby! | Won | |
1972 | Jonelle Allen | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Nominated | |
1974 | Virginia Capers | Raisin | Won | |
1975 | Lola Falana | Doctor Jazz | Nominated | |
1976 | Vivian Reed | Bubbling Brown Sugar | Nominated | |
1977 | Clamma Dale | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |
Ernestine Jackson | Guys and Dolls | Nominated | ||
1978 | Eartha Kitt | Timbuktu! | Nominated | |
1982 | Jennifer Holliday | Dreamgirls | Won | |
Sheryl Lee Ralph | Nominated | |||
1983 | Lonette McKee | Show Boat | Nominated | |
1984 | Rhetta Hughes | Amen Corner | Nominated | |
1986 | Debbie Allen | Sweet Charity | Nominated | |
1989 | Ruth Brown | Black and Blue | Won | |
Linda Hopkins | Nominated | |||
1997 | Pamela Isaacs | The Life | Nominated | |
Tonya Pinkins | Play On! | Nominated | ||
2000 | Heather Headley | Aida | Won | |
Audra McDonald | Marie Christine | Nominated | ||
2002 | Vanessa L. Williams | Into the Woods | Nominated | |
2004 | Tonya Pinkins | Caroline, or Change | Nominated | |
2006 | LaChanze | The Color Purple | Won | |
2007 | Audra McDonald | 110 in the Shade | Nominated | |
2010 | Montego Glover | Memphis | Nominated | |
2011 | Patina Miller | Sister Act | Nominated | |
2012 | Audra McDonald | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Won | With this win, first African-American to win 5 Tonys. |
2013 | Patina Miller | Pippin | Won | |
Valisia LeKae | Motown: The Musical | Nominated | ||
2016 | Cynthia Erivo | The Color Purple | Won | |
2017 | Denée Benton | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Nominated | |
2018 | Hailey Kilgore | Once on This Island | Nominated | |
LaChanze | Summer: The Donna Summer Musical | Nominated | ||
2020[1] | Adrienne Warren | Tina - The Tina Turner Musical | Won | |
2022 | Sharon D. Clarke | Caroline, or Change | Nominated | |
Joaquina Kalukango | Paradise Square | Won | ||
2023 | Lorna Courtney | & Juliet | Nominated | |
2024 | Maleah Joi Moon | Hell's Kitchen | Won |
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Play
Tony Award for Best Play | |||
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Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1960 | Lorraine Hansberry (as playwright) | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
1974 | Joseph A. Walker (as playwright) | The River Niger | Won |
1975 | John Kani and Winston Ntshona (as playwright) | Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island | Nominated |
1976 | Leslie Lee (as playwright) | The First Breeze of Summer | Nominated |
1977 | Ntozake Shange (as playwright) | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Nominated |
1980 | Samm-Art Williams (as playwright) | Home | Nominated |
1985 | August Wilson (as playwright) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated |
1987 | Fences | Won | |
1988 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Nominated | |
1990 | August Wilson (as playwright), Lloyd Richards (as producer) | The Piano Lesson | Nominated |
1992 | August Wilson (as playwright) | Two Trains Running | Nominated |
1993 | Tug Yourgrau (as playwright) | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Nominated |
1994 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Angels in America: Perestroika | Won |
Anna Deavere Smith (as playwright), George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | Nominated | |
1995 | Camille Cosby (as producer) | Having Our Say | Nominated |
1996 | August Wilson (as playwright) | Seven Guitars | Nominated |
1998 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Golden Child | Nominated |
2000 | The Ride Down Mt. Morgan | Nominated | |
2001 | August Wilson (as playwright) | King Hedley II | Nominated |
2002 | Suzan-Lori Parks (as playwright), George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Topdog/Underdog | Nominated |
2003 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Take Me Out | Won |
2005 | August Wilson (as playwright) | Gem of the Ocean | Nominated |
2007 | August Wilson (as playwright), Wendell Pierce (as producer), Tamara Tunie (as producer) | Radio Golf | Nominated |
2012 | Wendell Pierce (as producer) | Clybourne Park | Won |
2013 | Ron Simons (as producer) | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Won |
2016 | Danai Gurira (as playwright), Stephen C. Byrd (as producer), Alia Jones-Harvey (as producer), Alani LaLa Anthony (as producer) | Eclipsed | Nominated |
2017 | Lynn Nottage (as playwright) | Sweat | Nominated |
2019 | Tarell Alvin McCraney (as playwright) | Choir Boy | Nominated |
2020 | Rashad V. Chambers (as producer) | The Inheritance | Won |
Jeremy O. Harris (as playwright and producer) | Slave Play | Nominated | |
Brian Moreland (as producer) | Sea Wall/A Life | Nominated | |
The Sound Inside | Nominated | ||
2022 | Lynn Nottage (as playwright) | Clyde's | Nominated |
Dominique Morisseau (as playwright) | Skeleton Crew | Nominated | |
2023 | Jordan E. Cooper (as playwright), RuPaul Charles (as producer), Lee Daniels (as producer), Jeremy O. Harris (as producer), CJ Uzomah (as producer), Lena Waithe (as producer) | Ain't No Mo' | Nominated |
James Ijames (as playwright), Rashad V. Chambers (as producer), Colman Domingo (as producer), Cynthia Erivo (as producer) | Fat Ham | Nominated | |
2024 | Jocelyn Bioh (as playwright), LaChanze (as producer), Taraji P. Henson (as producer) | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Nominated |
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Regional Theatre Tony Award | |||
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Year | Nominee | Result | |
1999 | Crossroads Theatre | Won |
Revival of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2012 | Irene Gandy (as producer), Ron Simons (as producer) | The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess | Won |
2014 | Brandon Victor Dixon (as producer) | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won |
2016 | Oprah Winfrey (as producer), Quincy Jones (as producer) | The Color Purple | Won |
2022 | Rashad V. Chambers (as producer) | Caroline, or Change | Nominated |
2024 | Stephen C Byrd (as producer) | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Nominated |
Revival of a Play
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2004 | Susan Batson (as producer) | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
2013 | Kevin Liles (as producer), Stephen C. Byrd (as producer), Alia M. Jones (as producer) | The Trip to Bountiful | Nominated |
2017 | Mike Jackson (as producer), John Legend (as producer), Ron Simons (as producer) | August Wilson's Jitney | Won |
2018 | Stephen C. Byrd (as producer), Alia Jones-Harvey (as producer) | Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh | Nominated |
2020[1] | Charles Fuller (as playwright) | A Soldier's Play | Won |
Rashad V. Chambers (as producer) | Betrayal | Nominated | |
2022 | Brian Moreland (as producer) | American Buffalo | Nominated |
Ron Simons (as producer) | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | Nominated | |
2023 | Kandi Burruss (as producer), Alia Jones-Harvey (as producer), Brian Anthony Moreland (as producer), Todd Tucker (as producer) | August Wilson's The Piano Lesson | Nominated |
Jeremy O. Harris (as producer) | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Nominated | |
Rashad V. Chambers (as producer), Debra Martin Chase (as producer), LaChanze (as producer) | Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog | Won | |
2024 | Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (as playwright) | Appropriate | Won |
Leslie Odom, Jr. (as producer), Irene Gandy (as producer), Kenny Leon (as producer), Nicolette Robinson (as producer), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (as producer), Samuel L. Jackson (as producer), Phylicia Rashad (as producer), Nnamdi Asomugha (as producer), Kerry Washington (as producer) | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch | Nominated |
Sound Design of a Play
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2022 | Justin Ellington | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | Nominated |
Mikaal Sulaiman | Macbeth | Nominated | |
2023 | Taylor Williams | Ain't No Mo' | Nominated |
2024 | Justin Ellington | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Nominated |
Special Theatrical Event
Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
2002 | George C. Wolfe (as producer) | Elaine Stritch at Liberty | Won |
Special Tony Awards
Special Tony Award | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
1968 | Pearl Bailey | Won | |
1977 | Diana Ross | Won | |
1981 | Lena Horne | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music | Won |
2006 | Sarah Jones | Bridge & Tunnel | Won |
2016 | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Won | |
2017 | James Earl Jones | Won | |
2019 | Harold Wheeler | Won | |
Jason Michael Webb | Choir Boy | Won | |
2020[1] | Irene Gandy | Won | |
Beverly Jenkins | Won | ||
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition | Won | ||
2023 | Lisa Dawn Cave | Won | |
2024 | Nikiya Mathis | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | Won |
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack | Won | ||
Billy Porter | Won | ||
George C. Wolfe | Won |
References
- ^ a b c d Ruff, Rivea (27 September 2021). "All The Black & Excellent Winners at the 74th Annual Tony Awards". Essence.
Source
- Tony Award-related website