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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 2020 | Allen Lee Hughes | A Soldier's Play | Nominated |
Musical
| Tony Award for Best Musical | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |