Mikaal Sulaiman Shares Reaction to Tony Win for Death of a Salesman Sound Design

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Death of a Salesman is currently playing at the Winter Garden Theatre.

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Earlier tonight at the 79th Annual Tony Awards, Mikaal Sulaiman took home a Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for Arthur Miller 's Death of a Salesman. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Originally from Rochester New York, Mikaal Sulaiman currently resides in Los Angeles working primarily as a sound designer and composer. He attended the University of the Arts receiving a BFA and later studied the Jacque Lecoq approach to avant-garde theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts. Mikaal also writes and directs from time to time. He is currently writing and devising a new headphone play titled Project Black Plague. PBP has received artist residencies at Space on Ryder Farm in upstate New York, UCross Foundation in Wyoming, as well as VoxFest at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Mikaal’s sound design credits on world premiere shows include: Rags Parkland (Ars Nova; Lucille Lortel Award winner), Fairview (Soho Rep; Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova; Obie Award winner). He has received nominations from Bay Area Theatre Critics, Audelco Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama Desk Award for sound design.

Arthur Miller 's DEATH OF A SALESMAN is the most nominated play of the year with 9 Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Play, Best Leading Actor in a Play ( Nathan Lane ), Best Featured Actress in a Play ( Laurie Metcalf ), Best Featured Actor in a Play ( Christopher Abbott ), Best Direction of a Play ( Joe Mantello ), Best Original Score ( Caroline Shaw ), Best Scenic Design of a Play ( Chloe Lamford ), Best Lighting Design of a Play ( Jack Knowles ), and Best Sound Design of a Play ( Mikaal Sulaiman ). The production stars Nathan Lane , Laurie Metcalf , Christopher Abbott , and Ben Ahlers .

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Watch in this video as 2026 Tony Award nominee Christopher Abbott chats more about the importance of the theatre community, his long journey in the industry so far, and so much more.

For the PBS culture series CANVAS, arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown caught up with Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, who have received Tony nominations for their fresh performances in Death of a Salesman. Watch the full segment, which also features footage from the production.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Video-Mikaal-Sulaiman-Reacts-to-Tony-Win-for-Best-Sound-Design-of-a-Play-for-DEATH-OF-A-SALESMAN-20260607)._