Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual c ...

for Best Costume Design in a Play is an award for outstanding costume design of a

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

. 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

2000s

2010s

2020s

Award records

Multiple wins

; 3 Wins * Catherine Zuber ; 2 Wins * Katrina Lindsay

Multiple nominations

; 8 Nominations *

Jane Greenwood Jane Greenwood (born 30 April 1934) is a British costume designer for the stage, television, film, opera, and dance. Born in Liverpool, England, she works both in England and the United States. She has been nominated for the Tony Award for costu ...

; 6 Nominations * Catherine Zuber ; 5 Nominations * Ann Roth ; 3 Nominations *

Rob Howell Robert Stuart Howell is a British costume and set designer. He is primarily known for his work on the London stage. Howell won the Olivier Award for his set design for the musical '' Matilda the Musical'' in 2012. He has also designed both scener ...

* Michael Krass *

Clint Ramos Clint Ramos is a Filipino-American costume and set designer for stage and screen. For his work on the 2016 Broadway production of ''Eclipsed,'' Ramos became the first person of color to win the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play. Ramos ...

David Zinn David Zinn is a costume and scenic designer based in New York, New York. He has been nominated seven times for the Tony Award for both his costume designs and scenic designs, winning one Best Scenic Design for a Play award for ''The Humans'' an ...

; 2 Nominations * Dede Ayite *

Bob Crowley Bob Crowley (born 10 June 1952) is a theatre designer (scenic and costume), and theatre director. He lives between London, New York and West Cork in the south west of Ireland. Career Born in Cork, Ireland on 10 June 1952, Bob Crowley is the ...

Jess Goldstein Jess Goldstein is an American costume designer. He has designed over 30 Broadway shows, including ''Jersey Boys'', '' Take Me Out'' and ''Proof''. He received a Tony Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the play '' The Rivals'', in 20 ...

Toni-Leslie James Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer for stage, television and film. James was awarded The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from ...

* Katrina Lindsay *

William Ivey Long William Ivey Long (born August 30, 1947) is an American costume designer for stage and film. His most notable work includes the Broadway shows '' The Producers'', '' Hairspray'', ''Nine'', '' Crazy for You'', ''Grey Gardens'', ''Young Frankenstein ...

* Santo Loquasto * Martin Pakledinaz *

Constanza Romero Constanza Romero (born March 8, 1958) is an American artist and costume designer. Romero's parents divorced in 1969. Her mother found a teaching job in Fresno, California, and moved there with Romero and her younger sister and two younger brother ...

* Mark Thompson

External links

Tony Awards Official siteTony Awards at Internet Broadway database ListingTony Awards at broadwayworld.com
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