The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical has been given since 1970. In 2005, separate awards were given for the best lighting design of a musical and the best lighting design of a play.

1970s

• 1970 Jo Mielziner. Child's Play
• 1971 R.H. Poindexter. Story Theatre
• 1972 Tharon Musser. Follies
• 1973 Jules Fisher. Pippin (musical)
• 1974 Jules Fisher. Ulysses in Nighttown
• 1975 Neil Peter Jampolis. Sherlock Holmes
• 1976 Tharon Musser. A Chorus Line
• 1977 Jennifer Tipton. The Cherry Orchard
• 1978 Jules Fisher. Dancin'
• 1979 Roger Morgan. The Crucifer of Blood

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1980s

• 1980 David Hersey. Evita
• 1981 John Bury. Amadeus
• 1982 Tharon Musser. Dreamgirls
• 1983 David Hersey. Cats (musical)
• 1984 Richard Nelson. Sunday in the Park with George
• 1985 Richard Riddell. Big River
• 1986 Pat Collins. I'm Not Rappaport
• 1987 David Hersey. Les Misérables (musical)
• 1988 Andrew Bridge. The Phantom of the Opera
• 1989 Jennifer Tipton. Jerome Robbins' Broadway

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1990s

• 1990 Jules Fisher. Grand Hotel, The Musical
• 1991 Jules Fisher. The Will Rogers Follies
• 1992 Jules Fisher. Jelly's Last Jam
• 1993 Chris Parry. The Who's Tommy
• 1994 Rick Fisher. An Inspector Calls
• 1995 Andrew Bridge. Sunset Boulevard (musical)
• 1996 Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer. Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk
• 1997 Ken Billington. Chicago (musical)
• 1998 Donald Holder. The Lion King
• 1999 Andrew Bridge. Fosse

An Inspector Calls is a popular drama of 1946, by the British dramatist J.B. Priestley. ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical play based on the movie of the same title. ... Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. ... The Lion King is the 32nd film in the Disney animated feature canon, and the highest-grossing traditionally animated feature film ever released in the United States. ... Fosse A Broadway musical based on the music & choreography of Bob Fosse (1927-1987) in the form of a review. ...

2000s

• 2000 Natasha Katz. Aida
• 2001 Peter Kaczorowski. The Producers
• 2002 Brian MacDevitt. Into the Woods
• 2003 Nigel Levings. La Boheme
• 2004 Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer. Assassins (musical)
• 2005 Christopher Akerlink. The Light in the Piazza (musical)