Tony Award for Best Play
Tony Awards · 298 nominations across 71 ceremonies · 71 wins
79th Tonys · 2026
- Winner Liberation
- Nominee The Balusters
- Nominee Little Bear Ridge Road
- Nominee Giant
78th Tonys · 2025
- Winner Purpose · Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
- Nominee Oh, Mary!
- Nominee English
- Nominee The Hills of California
- Nominee John Proctor Is the Villain
77th Tonys · 2024
- Winner Stereophonic
- Nominee Prayer for the French Republic
- Nominee Mother Play
- Nominee Mary Jane
- Nominee Jaja's African Hair Braiding
76th Tonys · 2023
- Winner Leopoldstadt · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee Fat Ham
- Nominee Cost of Living
- Nominee Ain't No Mo'
- Nominee Between Riverside and Crazy
75th Tonys · 2022
- Winner The Lehman Trilogy
- Nominee Hangmen
- Nominee Skeleton Crew
- Nominee Clyde's
- Nominee The Minutes
74th Tonys · 2021
- Winner The Inheritance · Matthew López, Matthew López
- Nominee Slave Play · Jeremy O. Harris
- Nominee Grand Horizons · Bess Wohl
- Nominee Sea Wall/A Life · Simon Stephens, Nick Payne
- Nominee The Sound Inside (play) · Adam Rapp
73rd Tonys · 2019
- Winner The Ferryman · Jez Butterworth
- Nominee Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus · Taylor Mac
- Nominee Choir Boy · Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Nominee Ink · James Graham
- Nominee What the Constitution Means to Me · Heidi Schreck
72nd Tonys · 2018
- Winner Harry Potter and the Cursed Child · Jack Thorne
- Nominee Farinelli and the King
- Nominee The Children
- Nominee Latin History for Morons
- Nominee Junk
71st Tonys · 2017
- Winner Oslo · J. T. Rogers
- Nominee Sweat · Lynn Nottage
- Nominee Indecent · Paula Vogel
- Nominee A Doll's House, Part 2 · Lucas Hnath
70th Tonys · 2016
- Winner The Humans · Stephen Karam, Stephen Karam
- Nominee Eclipsed · Danai Gurira
- Nominee King Charles III · Mike Bartlett
- Nominee Le Père · Florian Zeller
69th Tonys · 2015
- Winner The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time · Simon Stephens, Simon Stephens
- Nominee Wolf Hall Parts One & Two · Mike Poulton
- Nominee Hand to God
- Nominee Disgraced · Ayad Akhtar
68th Tonys · 2014
- Winner All the Way · Robert Schenkkan, Robert Schenkkan
- Nominee Outside Mullingar · John Patrick Shanley
- Nominee Casa Valentina · Harvey Fierstein
- Nominee Act One · James Lapine
- Nominee Mothers and Sons · Terrence McNally
67th Tonys · 2013
- Winner Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike · Christopher Durang, Christopher Durang
- Nominee Lucky Guy · Nora Ephron
- Nominee The Testament of Mary · Colm Tóibín
- Nominee The Assembled Parties · Richard Greenberg
66th Tonys · 2012
- Winner Clybourne Park · Bruce Norris, Bruce Norris
- Nominee Peter and the Starcatcher · Rick Elice
- Nominee Other Desert Cities · Jon Robin Baitz
- Nominee Venus in Fur · David Ives
65th Tonys · 2011
- Winner War Horse · Nick Stafford, Nick Stafford
- Nominee Jerusalem · Jez Butterworth
- Nominee Good People · David Lindsay-Abaire
- Nominee The Motherfucker with the Hat · Stephen Adly Guirgis
64th Tonys · 2010
- Winner Red · John Logan, John Logan
- Nominee Time Stands Still · Donald Margulies
- Nominee In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) · Sarah Ruhl
- Nominee Next Fall
63rd Tonys · 2009
- Winner God of Carnage · Yasmina Reza, Yasmina Reza
- Nominee 33 Variations · Moisés Kaufman
- Nominee Dividing the Estate · Horton Foote
- Nominee Reasons to Be Pretty · Neil LaBute
62nd Tonys · 2008
- Winner August: Osage County · Tracy Letts, Tracy Letts
- Nominee Rock 'n' Roll · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee The Seafarer · Conor McPherson
- Nominee The 39 Steps · Patrick Barlow
61st Tonys · 2007
- Winner The Coast of Utopia · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee Frost/Nixon · Peter Morgan
- Nominee The Little Dog Laughed · Douglas Carter Beane
- Nominee Radio Golf · August Wilson
60th Tonys · 2006
- Winner The History Boys · Alan Bennett, Alan Bennett
- Nominee Shining City · Conor McPherson
- Nominee The Lieutenant of Inishmore · Martin McDonagh
- Nominee Rabbit Hole · David Lindsay-Abaire
59th Tonys · 2005
- Winner Doubt · John Patrick Shanley, John Patrick Shanley
- Nominee Democracy · Michael Frayn
- Nominee The Pillowman · Martin McDonagh
- Nominee Gem of the Ocean · August Wilson
58th Tonys · 2004
- Winner I Am My Own Wife · Doug Wright, Doug Wright
- Nominee Anna in the Tropics · Nilo Cruz
- Nominee Frozen · Bryony Lavery
- Nominee The Retreat from Moscow · William Nicholson
57th Tonys · 2003
- Winner Take Me Out · Richard Greenberg, Richard Greenberg
- Nominee Vincent in Brixton · Nicholas Wright
- Nominee Say Goodnight, Gracie · Rupert Holmes
- Nominee Enchanted April
56th Tonys · 2002
- Winner The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? · Edward Albee, Edward Albee
- Nominee Fortune's Fool · Mike Poulton
- Nominee Metamorphoses · Mary Zimmerman
- Nominee Topdog/Underdog · Suzan-Lori Parks
55th Tonys · 2001
- Winner Proof · David Auburn, David Auburn
- Nominee King Hedley II · August Wilson
- Nominee The Invention of Love · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee The Tale of the Allergist's Wife · Charles Busch
54th Tonys · 2000
- Winner Copenhagen · Michael Frayn, Michael Frayn
- Nominee The Ride Down Mt. Morgan · Arthur Miller
- Nominee True West · Sam Shepard
- Nominee Dirty Blonde · Claudia Shear
53rd Tonys · 1999
- Winner Side Man · Warren Leight, Warren Leight
- Nominee Closer · Patrick Marber
- Nominee Not About Nightingales · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee The Lonesome West · Martin McDonagh
52nd Tonys · 1998
- Winner Art · Yasmina Reza, Yasmina Reza
- Nominee Golden Child
- Nominee John Leguizamo's Freak · John Leguizamo
- Nominee The Beauty Queen of Leenane · Martin McDonagh
51st Tonys · 1997
- Winner The Last Night of Ballyhoo · Alfred Uhry, Alfred Uhry
- Nominee The Young Man from Atlanta · Horton Foote
- Nominee Skylight · David Hare
- Nominee Stanley · Pam Gems
50th Tonys · 1996
- Winner Master Class · Terrence McNally, Terrence McNally
- Nominee Seven Guitars · August Wilson
- Nominee Buried Child · Sam Shepard
- Nominee Racing Demon · David Hare
49th Tonys · 1995
- Winner Love! Valour! Compassion! · Terrence McNally, Terrence McNally
- Nominee Arcadia · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee Indiscretions · Jean Cocteau
- Nominee Having Our Say · Emily Mann
48th Tonys · 1994
- Winner Angels in America: Millennium Approaches · Tony Kushner, Tony Kushner
- Nominee Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 · Anna Deavere Smith
- Nominee Broken Glass · Arthur Miller
- Nominee The Kentucky Cycle · Robert Schenkkan
47th Tonys · 1993
- Winner Angels in America: Millennium Approaches · Tony Kushner, Tony Kushner
- Nominee The Sisters Rosensweig · Wendy Wasserstein
- Nominee Someone Who'll Watch Over Me · Frank McGuinness
- Nominee The Song of Jacob Zulu · Tug Yourgrau
46th Tonys · 1992
- Winner Dancing at Lughnasa · Brian Friel, Brian Friel
- Nominee Two Shakespearean Actors · Richard Nelson
- Nominee Four Baboons Adoring the Sun · John Guare
- Nominee Two Trains Running · August Wilson
45th Tonys · 1991
- Winner Lost in Yonkers · Neil Simon, Neil Simon
- Nominee Shadowlands · William Nicholson
- Nominee Our Country's Good · Timberlake Wertenbaker
- Nominee Six Degrees of Separation · John Guare
44th Tonys · 1990
- Winner The Grapes of Wrath · Frank Galati, Frank Galati
- Nominee The Piano Lesson · August Wilson
- Nominee Lettice and Lovage · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee Prelude to a Kiss · Craig Lucas
43rd Tonys · 1989
- Winner The Heidi Chronicles · Wendy Wasserstein, Wendy Wasserstein
- Nominee Lend Me a Tenor · Ken Ludwig
- Nominee Largely New York · Bill Irwin
- Nominee Shirley Valentine · Willy Russell
42nd Tonys · 1988
- Winner M. Butterfly · David Henry Hwang
- Nominee A Walk in the Woods · Lee Blessing
- Nominee Speed-the-Plow · David Mamet
- Nominee Joe Turner's Come and Gone · August Wilson
41st Tonys · 1987
- Winner Fences · August Wilson, August Wilson
- Nominee Broadway Bound · Neil Simon
- Nominee Les Liaisons Dangereuses · Christopher Hampton
- Nominee Coastal Disturbances · Tina Howe
40th Tonys · 1986
- Winner I'm Not Rappaport · Herb Gardner
- Nominee Blood Knot · Athol Fugard
- Nominee Benefactors · Michael Frayn
- Nominee The House of Blue Leaves · John Guare
39th Tonys · 1985
- Winner Biloxi Blues · Neil Simon
- Nominee Hurlyburly · David Rabe
- Nominee Ma Rainey's Black Bottom · August Wilson
- Nominee As Is · William M. Hoffman
38th Tonys · 1984
- Winner The Real Thing · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee Glengarry Glen Ross · David Mamet
- Nominee Noises Off · Michael Frayn
- Nominee Play Memory · Joanna Glass
37th Tonys · 1983
- Winner Torch Song Trilogy · Harvey Fierstein
- Nominee Angels Fall · Lanford Wilson
- Nominee 'night, Mother · Marsha Norman
- Nominee Plenty · David Hare
36th Tonys · 1982
- Winner The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · David Edgar, David Edgar
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Beth Henley
- Nominee "Master Harold"...and the Boys · Athol Fugard
- Nominee The Dresser · Ronald Harwood
35th Tonys · 1981
- Winner Amadeus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee Fifth of July · Lanford Wilson
- Nominee A Lesson from Aloes · Athol Fugard
- Nominee A Life · Hugh Leonard
34th Tonys · 1980
- Winner Children of a Lesser God · Mark Medoff
- Nominee Bent · Martin Sherman
- Nominee Home · Samm-Art Williams
- Nominee Talley's Folly · Lanford Wilson
33rd Tonys · 1979
- Winner The Elephant Man · Bernard Pomerance, Bernard Pomerance
- Nominee Bedroom Farce · Alan Ayckbourn
- Nominee Whose Life Is It Anyway? · Brian Clark
- Nominee Wings · Arthur Kopit
32nd Tonys · 1978
- Winner Da · Hugh Leonard
- Nominee The Gin Game
- Nominee Deathtrap · Ira Levin
- Nominee Chapter Two · Neil Simon
31st Tonys · 1977
- Winner The Shadow Box · Michael Cristofer
- Nominee For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf · Ntozake Shange
- Nominee Otherwise Engaged · Simon Gray
- Nominee Streamers · David Rabe
30th Tonys · 1976
- Winner Travesties · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee Knock Knock · Jules Feiffer
- Nominee Lamppost Reunion
- Nominee The First Breeze of Summer · Leslie Lee
29th Tonys · 1975
- Winner Equus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee Seascape · Edward Albee
- Nominee Short Eyes · Miguel Pinero
- Nominee Sizwe Banzi Is Dead · Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona
- Nominee Same Time, Next Year · Bernard Slade
- Nominee The National Health · Peter Nichols
28th Tonys · 1974
- Winner The River Niger · Joseph A. Walker
- Nominee In the Boom Boom Room · David Rabe
- Nominee The Au Pair Man · Hugh Leonard
- Nominee Ulysses in Nighttown · Marjorie Barkentin
27th Tonys · 1973
- Winner That Championship Season · Jason Miller
- Nominee The Sunshine Boys · Neil Simon
- Nominee The Changing Room · David Storey
- Nominee Butley · Simon Gray
26th Tonys · 1972
- Winner Sticks and Bones · David Rabe, David Rabe
- Nominee Old Times · Harold Pinter
- Nominee Vivat! Vivat Regina! · Robert Bolt
- Nominee The Prisoner of Second Avenue · Neil Simon
25th Tonys · 1971
- Winner Sleuth · Anthony Shaffer
- Nominee Home · David Storey
- Nominee Paul Sills' Story Theatre · Paul Sills
- Nominee The Philanthropist · Christopher Hampton
24th Tonys · 1970
- Winner Borstal Boy · Frank McMahon, Frank McMahon
- Nominee Child's Play · Robert Marasco
- Nominee Last of the Red Hot Lovers · Neil Simon
- Nominee Indians · Arthur Kopit
23rd Tonys · 1969
- Winner The Great White Hope · Howard Sackler
- Nominee The Man in the Glass Booth · Robert Shaw
- Nominee Lovers · Brian Friel
- Nominee Hadrian the Seventh · Peter Luke
22nd Tonys · 1968
- Winner Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead · Tom Stoppard
- Nominee The Price · Arthur Miller
- Nominee Plaza Suite · Neil Simon
- Nominee A Day in the Death of Joe Egg · Peter Nichols
21st Tonys · 1967
- Winner The Homecoming · Harold Pinter
- Nominee Black Comedy · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee The Killing of Sister George · Frank Marcus
- Nominee A Delicate Balance · Edward Albee
20th Tonys · 1966
- Winner Marat/Sade · Peter Weiss
- Nominee The Right Honourable Gentleman · Michael Dyne
- Nominee Inadmissible Evidence · John Osborne
- Nominee Philadelphia, Here I Come! · Brian Friel
19th Tonys · 1965
- Winner The Subject Was Roses · Frank Gilroy
- Nominee Luv · Murray Schisgal
- Nominee Tiny Alice · Edward Albee
- Nominee The Odd Couple · Neil Simon
18th Tonys · 1964
- Winner Luther · John Osborne, John Osborne
- Nominee The Ballad of the Sad Café · Edward Albee
- Nominee Barefoot in the Park · Neil Simon
- Nominee Dylan · Sidney Michaels
17th Tonys · 1963
- Winner Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Edward Albee, Edward Albee
- Nominee Mother Courage and Her Children · Bertolt Brecht
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns · Herb Gardner
- Nominee Tchin-Tchin · Sidney Michaels
16th Tonys · 1962
- Winner A Man for All Seasons · Robert Bolt, Robert Bolt
- Nominee The Night of the Iguana · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee The Caretaker · Harold Pinter
- Nominee Gideon · Paddy Chayefsky
15th Tonys · 1961
- Winner Becket · Jean Anouilh, Jean Anouilh
- Nominee The Hostage · Brendan Behan
- Nominee All the Way Home · Tad Mosel
- Nominee The Devil's Advocate · Dore Schary
14th Tonys · 1960
- Winner The Miracle Worker · William Gibson, Fred Coe, William Gibson
- Nominee The Tenth Man · Paddy Chayefsky
- Nominee Toys in the Attic · Lillian Hellman
- Nominee The Best Man · Gore Vidal
- Nominee A Raisin in the Sun · Lorraine Hansberry
13th Tonys · 1959
- Winner J.B. · Archibald MacLeish, Archibald MacLeish
- Nominee Epitaph for George Dillon · John Osborne, Anthony Creighton
- Nominee A Touch of the Poet · Eugene O'Neill
- Nominee The Disenchanted · Budd Schulberg, Harvey Breit
- Nominee The Visit · Friedrich Dürrenmatt
12th Tonys · 1958
- Winner Sunrise at Campobello · Dore Schary, Dore Schary
- Nominee Look Back in Anger · John Osborne
- Nominee Romanoff and Juliet · Peter Ustinov
- Nominee The Dark at the Top of the Stairs · William Inge
- Nominee The Rope Dancers · Morton Wishengrad
- Nominee Look Homeward, Angel · Ketti Frings
- Nominee Two for the Seesaw · William Gibson
- Nominee Time Remembered · Jean Anouilh, Patricia Moyes
11th Tonys · 1957
- Winner Long Day's Journey into Night · Eugene O'Neill, Eugene O'Neill
- Nominee Separate Tables · Terence Rattigan
- Nominee The Potting Shed · Graham Greene
- Nominee The Waltz of the Toreadors · Jean Anouilh, Lucienne Hill
10th Tonys · 1956
- Winner The Diary of Anne Frank · Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee Bus Stop · William Inge
- Nominee Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee Tiger at the Gates · Jean Giraudoux, Christopher Fry
- Nominee The Chalk Garden · Enid Bagnold
7th Tonys · 1953
- Winner The Crucible · Arthur Miller