Which sound designer won for Ragtime at the 2026 Tony Awards?

Kai Harada won Best Sound Design of a Musical at the 2026 Tony Awards for Ragtime.

Harada was recognized for the sound design of Ragtime, which won Best Revival of a Musical at the ceremony. The sound-design award is a technical honor that recognizes the shaping, amplification, balance, and presentation of a musical’s sonic world.

Ragtime also won acting honors for Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy. Those performance awards and the revival award are separate from Harada’s design prize, even though all three relate to the same production.

The Tony Awards distinguish sound design of a musical from sound design of a play. In 2026, Mikaal Sulaiman won the play category for Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, while Harada won the musical category.