Jun 5, 2005
"Spamalot" came into the 59th annual Tony Awards with a whopping 14 nominations, but took home only three awards - however one of those was for Best Musical.
"Doubt" was a big winner with four awards including Best Play, as was "The Light in the Piazza" which took six awards - three of them for scenery, lighting, and costumes.
Who Won Tony Awards in 2005?
| Tony Award: Best Musical | |
| Monty Python's Spamalot |    |
| Other Nominees: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Light in the Piazza; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
| Tony Award: Best Play | |
| Doubt | |
| Other Nominees: Democracy; Gem of the Ocean; The Pillowman | |
| Tony Award: Best Book of a Musical | |
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
| Rachel Sheinkin | |
| Other Nominees: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Light in the Piazza; Monty Python's Spamalot | |
| Tony Award: Best Original Score | |
| The Light In the Piazza | |
| Other Nominees: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Monty Python's Spamalot; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Musical | |
| La Cage aux Folles | |
| Other Nominees: Pacific Overture; Sweet Charity | |
| Tony Award: Best Revival of a Play | |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | |
| Other Nominees: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; On Golden Pond; Twelve Angry Men | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Musical | |
| Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) | |
| Other Nominees: Hank Azaria (Monty Python's Spamalot); Gary Beach (La Cage aux Folles); Tim Curry (Monty Python's Spamalot); John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actor in a Play | |
| Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) | |
| Other Nominees: Philip Bosco (Twelve Angry Men); Billy Crudup (The Pillowman); James Earl Jones (On Golden Pond); Brian F O'Byrne (Doubt) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Musical | |
| Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Applegate (Sweet Charity); Erin Dilly (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang); Sutton Foster (Little Women); Sherie Rene Scott (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) | |
| Tony Award: Best Leading Actress in a Play | |
| Cherry Jones (Doubt) | |
| Other Nominees: Laura Linney (Sight Unseen); Mary-Louise Parker (Reckless); Phylicia Rashad (Gem of the Ocean); Kathleen Turner (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical | |
| Dan Fogler (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) | |
| Other Nominees: Marc Kudisch (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang); Michael McGrath (Monty Python's Spamalot); Matthew Morrison (The Light in the Piazza); Christopher Sieber (Monty Python's Spamalot) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play | |
| Liev Schreiber (Glengarry Glen Ross) | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Alda (Glengarry Glen Ross); Gordon Clapp (Glengarry Glen Ross); David Harbour (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musical | |
| Sara Ramirez (Monty Python's Spamalot) | |
| Other Nominees: Joanna Gleason (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels); Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee); Jan Maxwell (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang); Kelli O'Hara (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
| Adriane Lenox (Doubt) | |
| Other Nominees: Mireille Enos (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); Heather Goldenhersh (Doubt); Dana Ivey (The Rivals); Amy Ryan (A Streetcar Named Desire) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Musical | |
| Mike Nichols (Monty Python's Spamalot) | |
| Other Nominees: James Lapine (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee); Jack O'Brien (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels); Bartlett Sher (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Tony Award: Best Direction of a Play | |
| Doug Hughes (Doubt) | |
| Other Nominees: John Crowley (The Pillowman); Scott Ellis (Twelve Angry Men); Joe Mantello (Glengarry Glen Ross) | |
| Tony Award: Best Choreography | |
| Jerry Mitchell (La Cage aux Folles) | |
| Other Nominees: Sweet Charity; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Monty Python's Spamalot | |
| Tony Award: Best Orchestrations | |
| Ted Sperling (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Adam Guettel; Bruce Coughlin | |
| Other Nominees: Monty Python's Spamalot; Pacific Overtures; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Musical | |
| Michael Yeargan (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Other Nominees: Monty Python's Spamalot; Pacific Overtures; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | |
| Tony Award: Best Scenic Design of a Play | |
| Scott Pask (The Pillowman) | |
| Other Nominees: Doubt; Gem of the Ocean; Glengarry Glen Ross | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Musical | |
| Catherine Zuber (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Other Nominees: Monty Python's Spamalot; Pacific Overtures; La Cage aux Folles | |
| Tony Award: Best Costume Design of a Play | |
| Jess Goldstein (The Rivals) | |
| Other Nominees: Jane Greenwood (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); William Ivey Long (A Streetcar Named Desire); Constanza Romero (Gem of the Ocean) | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Musical | |
| Christopher Akerlind (The Light in the Piazza) | |
| Other Nominees: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Monty Python's Spamalot | |
| Tony Award: Best Lighting Design of a Play | |
| Brian MacDevitt (The Pillowman) | |
| Other Nominees: Doubt; Gem of the Ocean; A Streetcar Named Desire | |
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