There are a total of 83 Black Tony Award winners, here are over 40 them!
Celebrating Black Tony Award Winners was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
1. Audra McDonald – Six-Time Tony Award Winner
2014: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill – Best Lead Actress in a Play
2012:The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
2004:A Raisin in the Sun – Featured Actress in a Musical
1998:Ragtime – Featured Actress in a Musical
1996:Master Class – Featured Actress in a Musical
1994:Carousel – Featured Actress in a Musical
2. Hinton Battle – Three-Timee Tony Award Winner
1981:Sophisticated Ladies – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
1984:The Tap Dance Kid
1991:Miss Saigon – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
3. George C. Wolfe (as Director) – Two-Time Tony Award Winner
2002:Elaine Stritch at Liberty
2003:Take Me Out – Best Play
4. James Earl Jones – Two-Time Tony Award Winner
1969:The Great White Hope – Best Performance by an Actor in a Play. Also, the first African American winner in a play.
1987:Fences – Best Performance by an Actor in a Play.
5. Viola Davis – Two-Time Tony Award Winner
2001:King Hedley II – 1987:Fences – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
2010:Fences – Best Performance by an Actress in a Play. Best Performance by an Actress in a Play.
6. Bill T. Jones – Two-Time Tony Award Winner
2010:Spring Awakening – Best Choreography
2010:Fela! – Best Choreography
7. Gregory Hines – Two-Time Tony Award Winner
1992: Jelly’s Last Jam – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
8. Juanita Hall, First African American Tony Winner
1950:South Pacific – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
9. Harry Belafonte – First African American Male Winner
1954: John Murray Anderson’s Almanac – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
10. Lorraine Hansberry, Playwright
2014:A Raisin in the Sun – Best Revival of a Play
11. Joseph A. Walker, Playwright
1974: The River Niger – Best Play
12. Whoopi Goldberg , Producer
2002:Thoroughly Modern Millie – Best Musical
13. Tamara Tunie, Producer
2007:Spring Awakening – Best Musical
14. August Wilson, Playwright
1988:Fences – Best Play
15. LaChanze
2006: The Color Purple – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
16. Leslie Uggams
1986: Hallelujah, Baby! Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical
17. Brian Stokes Mitchell
2000:Kiss Me, Kate – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
18. Ben Harney
1982: Dreamgirls – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
19. Virginia Capers
1974:Raisin – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
20. Cleavon Little
1965: Purlie – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
21. Ben Vereen
1973: Pippin – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
22. Billy Porter
2013:Kinky Boots – Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical.
23. Diahann Carroll
1962:No Strings – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical. Also, the first African American winner in a lead role.
24. Jennifer Holliday
1982:Dreamgirls – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
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26. Ruth Brown
1989:Black and Blue- Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical
27. Patina Miller
2013:Pippin – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
28. Heather Headley
1987:Aida – Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.
29. Kenny Leon
2014: A Raisin in the Sun – Best Director of a Play
30. Phylicia Rashad
2004:A Raisin in the Sun – Best Performance by an Actress in a Play.
31. Laurence Fishburne
1992:Two Trains – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
32. Nell Carter
1975:The Wiz – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
33. Mary Alice
1987:Fences – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
34. Ron Simons
2013:Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Best Play
35. Sarah Jones
2006: Bridge & Tunnel – Special Tony Award
36. Stew
2008:Passing Strange – Best Book of a Musical
37. George Faison
1975:The Wiz – Best Choreography
38. Cicely Tyson
2013:The Trip to Bountiful – Best Performance by an Actress in a Play.
39. Savion Glover
1989:Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk – Best choreography
40. Jeffrey Wright
1994:Angels in America: Perestroika – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
41. Courtney B. Vance
2013:Lucky Guy – Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
42. Anika Noni Rose
2004:Caroline, or Change – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
43. Lena Horne
1981: Lena Horne: The Lady & Her Music – Special Tony Award
44. Pearl Bailey
1968: Special Tony Award
45. Melba Moore
1970:Purlie – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
46. Lynn Thigpen
1997:An American Daughter -Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
47. Nikki James
2011:The Book of Mormon – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
48. Dee Dee Bridgewater
1975: The Wiz – Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
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