The Tony Award winners are the cream of the crop in New York theatre. Here are the Asian American winners.
Asian American Performers Action Coalition, Special Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, 2022
Linda Cho, Best Costume Design of a Musical for A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, 2014
Best Costume Design for a Musical, The Great Gatsby, 2014- Kai Harada, Best Sound Design for a Musical, The Band’s Visit, 2018
- David Henry Hwang, Best Play, M. Butterfly, 1988
- Yasuhiro Kawana, Producer, Best Musical, Kinky Boots, 2013
- Hana Kim, with Brian MacDevitt, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, The Outsiders, 2024.
- Willa Kim, Best Costume Design, The Will Rogers Follies, 1991
Best Costume Design, Sophisticated Ladies, 1981 - Ming Cho Lee, Best Scenic Design, K2, 1983
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2013 - Mimi Lien, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, 2017
- Robert Lopez , Best Original Score, Avenue Q, 2004
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Book of Mormon, 2011
Best Book of a Musical, Book of Mormon, 2011 - Ruthie Ann Miles, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, The King and I, 2015
- Diane Paulus, Best Direction of a Musical, Pippin, 2013 (First Asian American to win a directing award)
- Raymond Poliquit, Producer, Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, 2017
- Clint Ramos, Best Costume Design in a Play, Eclipsed, 2016.
- Lea Salonga, Best Actress in a Musical, Miss Saigon, 1991
- Jhett Tolentino, Producer, Best Musical, A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, 2014
Producer, Best Revival of a Play, A Raisin in the Sun, 2014
Producer, Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, 2013 - B. D. Wong, Best Featured Actor in a Play, M. Butterfly, 1988
- Baayork Lee, Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, 2017