MULTIPLE TONY NOMINATIONS



George C. Wolfe - 20
August Wilson - 9
Audra McDonald - 8
Gregory Hines - 5
Donald McKayle - 5
Lloyd Richards - 5
Bill T. Jones - 4
James Earl Jones - 4
Brian Stokes Mitchell - 4
Mbongeni Ngema - 4
Stew - 4
Hilton Battle - 3
Vinnette Carroll - 3
Viola Davis - 3
Savion Glover - 3
Micki Grant - 3
David Alan Grier - 3
Geoffrey Holder - 3
Tonya Pinkins - 3
Gilbert Price - 3
Ron Simons - 3
Courtney B. Vance - 3
Mary Alice - 2
Debbie Allen - 2
Gretha Boston - 2
Charles Brown - 2
André De Shields - 2
Cleavant Derricks - 2
Charles S. Dutton - 2
George Faison - 2
Laurence Fishburne - 2
K. Todd Freeman - 2
Whoopi Goldberg - 2
Joshua Henry - 2
Linda Hopkins - 2
Lena Horne - 2
Ernestine Jackson - 2
Eartha Kitt - 2
LaChanze - 2
Adriane Lenox - 2
Kenny Leon - 2
Claudia McNeil - 2
S. Epatha Merkerson - 2
Patina Miller - 2
Zakes Mokae - 2
Josephine Premice - 2
Condola Rashad - 2
Phylicia Rashad - 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
Melvin Van Peebles - 2
Ben Vereen - 2
Lillias White - 2
Dick Anthony Williams - 2
Jeffrey Wright - 2
Samuel E. Wright - 2

MULTIPLE WINS



Audra McDonald - 6
George C. Wolfe - 5
Hinton Battle - 3
Ron Simons - 3
Viola Davis - 2
Geoffrey Holder - 2
Bill T. Jones - 2
James Earl Jones - 2

ACTOR 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 Ben Vereen PippinWON
1974 Joe Morton Raisin Nominated
1977 Robert Guillaume Guys and Dolls Nominated
1978 Gilbert Price Timbuktu! Nominated
1980 Gregory Hines Comin' Uptown Nominated
1981 Gregory Hines Sophisticated Ladies Nominated
1982 Ben Harney Dreamgirls WON
1983 Al Green Your Arms Too Short to Box with God Nominated
1983 Michael V. Smartt Porgy and Bess Nominated
1986 Cleavant Derricks Big Deal Nominated
1986 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 Brian Stokes Mitchell Kiss Me, Kate WON
2003 Brian Stokes Mitchell 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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A PLAY


Year Nominee Show Result Milestone

1960 Sidney Poitier A Raisin in the Sun Nominated
1969 James Earl Jones The Great White Hope WON First African-American winner in a play.
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

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL


Year Nominee Show Result Milestone

1958 Lena Horne Jamaica Nominated
1962 Diahann Carroll No Strings WON First African-American winner in a lead role.
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
1977 Ernestine Jackson Guys and Dolls Nominated
1978 Eartha Kitt Timbuktu! Nominated
1982 Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls WON
1982 Sheryl Lee Ralph Dreamgirls 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
1989 Linda Hopkins Black and Blue Nominated
1997 Tonya Pinkins Play On> Nominated
2000 Heather Headley Aida WON
2000 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
2013 Valisia LeKae Motown: The Musical Nominated

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A PLAY



Year Nominee Show Result
1960 Claudia McNeil for A Raisin in the Sun Nominated
1963 Claudia McNeil for Tiger Tiger Burning Bright Nominated
1965 Beah Richards for The Amen Corner Nominated
1965 Diana Sands for The Owl and the Pussycat Nominated
1994 Anna Deavere Smith for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Nominated
1995 Mary Alice for Having Our Say Nominated
2001 Leslie Uggams for King Hedley IINominated
2004 Phylicia Rashad for A Raisin in the Sun WON
2005 Phylicia Rachad for Gem of the Ocean Nominated
2008 S. Epatha Merkerson for Come Back, Little Sheba Nominated
2010 Viola Davis for Fences WON
2013 Cicely Tyson for The Trip to Bountiful WON
2014 LaTanya Richardson Jackson for A Raisin in the Sun Nominated
2014 Audra McDonald for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill WON

BEST COSTUME DESIGN



1975 Geoffrey Holder for The Wiz WON
1978 Geoffrey Holder for Timbuktu! Nominated
2010 Paul Tazewell for Memphia Nominated
2012 ESosa for The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Nominated

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

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
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 The Piano Lesson Nominated
1992 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

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL



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
1977 Vinnette Carroll Your Arms Too Short to Box with God Nominated
1992 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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE



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
1988 Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela Sarafina! Nominated
1996 George C. Wolfe Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk Nominated
2008 Stew Passing Strange Nominated
2010 Branford Marsalis Fences Nominated

DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL



1972 Gilber Moses for Ain't Suppose to Die aNatural Death Nominated
1973 Vinnette CarrollDon'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 George C. Wolfe Jelly's Last Jam Nominated
1996 George C. Wolfe Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk WON
2004 George C. Wolfe Caroline, or Chance Nominated
2010 Bill T. Jones Fela! Nominated

DIRECTOR OF A PLAY



Year Nominee Show Result

1960 Lloyd Richards A Raisin in the Sun Nominated
1987 Mbongeni Ngema Asinamali! Nominated
1987 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

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS



Year Nominee Show Result
2008 Stew Passing Strange Nominated
2010 Daryl Waters (shared with David Bryan) Memphis WON

Sources from various outlets including performer and production websites and the Tony Award website.
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