2005 Tony Winners

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:

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:

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