2005 Tony Award Winners Announced

Doubt won four Tonys including Best Play at the 59th annual Tony Awards. Monty Python's Spamalot took home the Tony for Best Musical and Bill Crystal won the award for Best Special Theatrical Event for 700 Sundays. A list of the winners is below. Broadway.com has a report on the Tony Award winners and the offical Tony Awards website also has a list of the winners with additional details about each play.

  • Best Play: Doubt
  • Best Musical: Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Best Book of a Musical: Rachel Sheinkin for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Adam Guettel for The Light in the Piazza
  • Best Revival of a Play: Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Best Revival of a Musical: La Cage aux Folles
  • Best Special Theatrical Event: Billy Crystal 700 Sundays
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Bill Irwin for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play: Cherry Jones for Doubt
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Victoria Clark for The Light in the Piazza
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Liev Schreiber for Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Adriane Lenox for Doubt
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Dan Fogler for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Sara Ramirez for Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Best Scenic Design of a Play: Scott Pask for The Pillowman
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Michael Yeargan for The Light in the Piazza
  • Best Costume Design of a Play: Jess Goldstein for The Rivals
  • Best Costume Design of a Musical: Catherine Zuber for The Light in the Piazza
  • Best Lighting Design of a Play: Brian MacDevitt for The Pillowman
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Christopher Akerlind for The Light in the Piazza
  • Best Direction of a Play: Doug Hughes for Doubt
  • Best Direction of a Musical: Mike Nichols for Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Best Choreography: Jerry Mitchell for La Cage aux Folles
  • Best Orchestrations: Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin for The Light in the Piazza
  • Regional Theatre Tony Award: Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Edward Albee


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    Posted on June 6, 2005
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