African-American Tony nominees and winners
This is a list of black Americans who have been nominated for a Tony Award for outstanding achievement in theater.
Facts and figures
Multiple nominations
As of 2019 ceremony:
- George C. Wolfe – 24
- August Wilson – 9
- Audra McDonald – 8
- Paul Tazewell – 7
- Harold Wheeler – 7
- Lloyd Richards – 6
- Gregory Hines – 5
- Donald McKayle – 5
- Stephen Byrd – 4
- Savion Glover – 4
- Alia Jones – 4
- Bill T. Jones – 4
- James Earl Jones – 4
- Brian Stokes Mitchell – 4
- Mbongeni Ngema – 4
- Condola Rashad – 4
- Ron Simons – 4
- Stew – 4
- Hilton Battle – 3
- Vinnette Carroll – 3
- Viola Davis – 3
- André De Shields – 3
- Micki Grant – 3
- David Alan Grier – 3
- Joshua Henry – 3
- Geoffrey Holder – 3
- Allen Lee Hughes – 3
- Toni-Leslie James – 3
- LaChanze – 3
- Henry LeTang – 3
- Tonya Pinkins – 3
- Gilbert Price – 3
- Melvin Van Peebles – 3
- Courtney B. Vance – 3
- Daryl Waters – 3
- Mary Alice – 2
- Debbie Allen – 2
- Gretha Boston – 2
- Charles Brown – 2
- Cleavant Derricks – 2
- Brandon Victor Dixon – 2
- Ann Duquesnay – 2
- Charles S. Dutton – 2
- George Faison – 2
- Laurence Fishburne – 2
- K. Todd Freeman – 2
- Whoopi Goldberg – 2
- Luther Henderson – 2
- Linda Hopkins – 2
- Ernestine Jackson – 2
- Quincy Jones – 2
- Eartha Kitt – 2
- John Legend – 2
- Adriane Lenox – 2
- Kenny Leon – 2
- Claudia McNeil – 2
- S. Epatha Merkerson – 2
- Patina Miller – 2
- Zakes Mokae – 2
- Sophie Okonedo – 2
- Jeremy Pope – 2
- Josephine Premice – 2
- Phylicia Rashad – 2
- Vivian Reed – 2
- Roger Robinson – 2
- Anika Noni Rose – 2
- Diana Sands – 2
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson – 2
- Anna Deavere Smith – 2
- Ron Taylor – 2
- Lynne Thigpen – 2
- Tamara Tunie – 2
- Leslie Uggams – 2
- Ben Vereen – 2
- Denzel Washington – 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 2017 ceremony:
- Audra McDonald – 6
- George C. Wolfe – 5
- Hinton Battle – 3
- James Earl Jones – 3
- Ron Simons – 3
- Viola Davis – 2
- Geoffrey Holder – 2
- Bill T. Jones – 2
Book of a Musical
| Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 1972 | Melvin Van Peebles | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Nominated |
| 1973 | Don't Play Us Cheap | Nominated | |
| Micki Grant | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Nominated | |
| 1977 | Vinnette Carroll | Your Arms Too Short to Box with God | Nominated |
| 1992 | Clarke Peters | Five Guys Named Moe | Nominated |
| George C. Wolfe | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Reg E. Gaines | Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk | Nominated |
| 1999 | Ron Taylor, Lita Gaithers, Charles Bevel | It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues | Nominated |
| 2000 | George C. Wolfe | The Wild Party | Nominated |
| 2008 | Stew | Passing Strange | Won |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Dominique Morisseau | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated |
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 | ESosa | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess | Nominated |
| 2016 | Paul Tazewell | Hamilton | Won |
| 2019 | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | 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 | |
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
| Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 1960 | Lloyd Richards | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
| 1987 | Mbongeni Ngema | Asinamali! | Nominated |
| Lloyd Richards | Fences | Won | |
| 1988 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Nominated | |
| 1990 | The Piano Lesson | Nominated | |
| 1993 | George C. Wolfe | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Won |
| 1994 | Angels in America: Perestroika | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Lloyd Richards | Seven Guitars | Nominated |
| 2010 | Kenny Leon | Fences | Nominated |
| 2011 | George C. Wolfe | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| 2013 | George C. Wolfe | Lucky Guy | Nominated |
| 2014 | Kenny Leon | A Raisin in the Sun | Won |
| 2016 | Liesl Tommy | Eclipsed | Nominated |
| 2017 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | August Wilson's Jitney | Nominated |
| 2018 | George C. Wolfe | Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh | Nominated |
| 2019 | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | Nominated | |
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 | |
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 | Ron Simons (as producer), Stephen Byrd (as producer), Alia Jones (as producer) | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations | Nominated |
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 |
Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
| Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 1972 | Melvin Van Peebles | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Nominated |
| 1973 | Micki Grant | Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope | Nominated |
| 1975 | Charlie Smalls | The Wiz | Won |
| 1978 | Micki Grant | Working | Nominated |
| 1979 | Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, F. E. Miller, and Jim Europe | Eubie! | Nominated |
| 1988 | Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela | Sarafina! | Nominated |
| 1992 | Luther Henderson, Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly's Last Jam | Nominated |
| 1996 | Ann Duquesnay, Reg E. Gaines, Zane Mark, Daryl Waters, George C. Wolfe | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | Nominated |
| 2006 | Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 2008 | Stew | Passing Strange | Nominated |
| 2010 | Branford Marsalis | Fences | Nominated |
| 2018 | Yolanda Adams, John Legend, T.I., Domani & Lil' C | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical | Nominated |
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
| Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result | |
| 1960 | Sidney Poitier | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated | |
| 1969 | James Earl Jones | The Great White Hope | Won | |
| 1975 | John Kani and Winston Ntshona | Sizwe Banzi is Dead / The Island | Won | |
| 1976 | Moses Gunn | The Poison Tree | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Charles Brown | Home | Nominated | |
| 1987 | James Earl Jones | Fences | Won | |
| 1990 | Charles S. Dutton | The Piano Lesson | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Courtney B. Vance | Six Degrees of Separation | Nominated | |
| 1993 | K. Todd Freeman | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Brian Stokes Mitchell | King Hedley II | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Wright | Topdog/Underdog | Nominated | |
| 2005 | James Earl Jones | On Golden Pond | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Denzel Washington | Fences | Won | |
| 2012 | James Earl Jones | Gore Vidal's The Best Man | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Corey Hawkins | John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Denzel Washington | Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Jeremy Pope | Choir Boy | Nominated | |
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
| Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result | Milestone |
| 1964 | Diana Sands | Blues for Mister Charlie | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Maya Angelou | Look Away | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Roxie Roker | The River Niger | Nominated | |
| 1977 | Trazana Beverley | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf | Won | |
| 1978 | Starletta DuPois | The Mighty Gents | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Theresa Merritt | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Mary Alice | Fences | Won | |
| 1988 | L. Scott Caldwell | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Won | |
| Kimberleigh Aarn | Nominated | |||
| Kimberly Scott | Nominated | |||
| 1990 | S. Epatha Merkerson | The Piano Lesson | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Cynthia Martells | Two Trains Running | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Audra McDonald | Master Class | Won | With this win, first African-American to win in both musical and play categories. |
| Viola Davis | Seven Guitars | Nominated | ||
| Michele Shay | Nominated | |||
| 1997 | Lynne Thigpen | An American Daughter | Won | |
| 2001 | Viola Davis | King Hedley II | Won | |
| 2004 | Audra McDonald | A Raisin in the Sun | Won | With this win first African American to win 4 Tonys. With this win, first African-American to win twice in this category |
| Sanaa Lathan | Nominated | |||
| 2005 | Adriane Lenox | Doubt | Won | |
| 2012 | Condola Rashad | Stick Fly | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Shalita Grant | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Nominated | |
| Condola Rashad | The Trip to Bountiful | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Sophie Okonedo | A Raisin in the Sun | Won | |
| Anika Noni Rose | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Pascale Armand | Eclipsed | Nominated | |
| Saycon Sengbloh | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Condola Rashad | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Nominated | |
| Michelle Wilson | Sweat | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Noma Dumezweni | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two | Nominated | |
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
| Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 1960 | Claudia McNeil | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
| 1963 | Tiger Tiger Burning Bright | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Beah Richards | The Amen Corner | Nominated |
| Diana Sands | The Owl and the Pussycat | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Anna Deavere Smith | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | Nominated |
| 1995 | Mary Alice | Having Our Say | Nominated |
| 2001 | Leslie Uggams | King Hedley II | Nominated |
| 2004 | Phylicia Rashād | A Raisin in the Sun | Won |
| 2005 | Gem of the Ocean | Nominated | |
| 2008 | S. Epatha Merkerson | Come Back, Little Sheba | Nominated |
| 2010 | Viola Davis | Fences | Won |
| 2013 | Cicely Tyson | The Trip to Bountiful | Won |
| 2014 | LaTanya Richardson Jackson | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
| Audra McDonald | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill | Won | |
| 2016 | Lupita Nyong'o | Eclipsed | Nominated |
| Sophie Okonedo | Arthur Miller's The Crucible | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Condola Rashad | Saint Joan | Nominated |
| Lauren Ridloff | Children of a Lesser God | Nominated | |
Play
| Tony Award for Best Play | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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), Tamara Tunie (as producer) | Radio Golf | Nominated |
| 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 |
Regional Theatre Tony Award
| Regional Theatre Tony Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Result | |
| 1999 | Crossroads Theatre | Won | |
Revival of a Musical
| Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Show | Result |
| 2016 | Oprah Winfrey (as producer), Quincy Jones (as producer) | The Color Purple | Won |
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 |
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 |
| 2017 | James Earl Jones | Won | |
| 2019 | Harold Wheeler | Won | |
| Jason Michael Webb | Choir Boy | Won | |
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