Tony Awards 2005
The 59th Tony Awards · Held June 5, 2005 · 18 categories · everything in 2005
Best Play
- Winner Doubt · John Patrick Shanley, John Patrick Shanley
- Nominee Democracy · Michael Frayn
- Nominee Gem of the Ocean · August Wilson
- Nominee The Pillowman · Martin McDonagh
Best Musical
- Winner Spamalot
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Nominee The Light in the Piazza
Best Actor in a Play
- Winner Bill Irwin · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Nominee Brían F. O'Byrne · Doubt
- Nominee James Earl Jones · On Golden Pond
- Nominee Billy Crudup · The Pillowman
- Nominee Philip Bosco · Twelve Angry Men
Best Actress in a Play
- Winner Cherry Jones · Doubt
- Nominee Phylicia Rashad · Gem of the Ocean
- Nominee Laura Linney
- Nominee Mary-Louise Parker
- Nominee Kathleen Turner · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actor in a Musical
- Winner Norbert Leo Butz · Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee John Lithgow · Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee Gary Beach · La Cage aux Folles
- Nominee Tim Curry · Spamalot
- Nominee Hank Azaria · Spamalot
Best Actress in a Musical
- Winner Victoria Clark · The Light in the Piazza
- Nominee Sherie Rene Scott · Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee Erin Dilly
- Nominee Sutton Foster
- Nominee Christina Applegate · Sweet Charity
Best Book of a Musical
- Winner The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · Rachel Sheinkin
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · Jeffrey Lane
- Nominee Spamalot · Eric Idle
- Nominee The Light in the Piazza · Craig Lucas
Best Choreography
- Winner La Cage aux Folles · Jerry Mitchell
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · Jerry Mitchell
- Nominee Spamalot · Casey Nicholaw
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Wayne Cilento
Best Direction of a Musical
- Winner Spamalot · Mike Nichols
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · Jack O'Brien
- Nominee The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · James Lapine
- Nominee The Light in the Piazza · Bartlett Sher
Best Direction of a Play
- Winner Doubt · Doug Hughes
- Nominee Glengarry Glen Ross · Joe Mantello
- Nominee The Pillowman · John Crowley
- Nominee Twelve Angry Men · Scott Ellis
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Winner Dan Fogler · The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Nominee Marc Kudisch · Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Nominee Michael McGrath · Spamalot
- Nominee Christopher Sieber · Spamalot
- Nominee Matthew Morrison · The Light in the Piazza
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Winner Liev Schreiber · Glengarry Glen Ross
- Nominee Gordon Clapp · Glengarry Glen Ross
- Nominee Alan Alda · Glengarry Glen Ross
- Nominee Michael Stuhlbarg · The Pillowman
- Nominee David Harbour · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Winner Sara Ramirez · Spamalot
- Nominee Jan Maxwell · Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Nominee Joanna Gleason · Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger · The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Nominee Kelli O'Hara · The Light in the Piazza
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Winner Adriane Lenox · Doubt
- Nominee Amy Ryan · A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Dana Ivey
- Nominee Heather Goldenhersh · Doubt
- Nominee Mireille Enos · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Orchestrations
- Winner The Light in the Piazza · Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce Coughlin
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · Harold Wheeler
- Nominee Pacific Overtures · Jonathan Tunick
- Nominee Spamalot · Larry Hochman
Best Original Score
- Winner The Light in the Piazza · Adam Guettel
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · David Yazbek
- Nominee Spamalot · Eric Idle, John Du Prez
- Nominee The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · William Finn
Best Revival of a Musical
- Winner La Cage aux Folles
- Nominee Pacific Overtures
- Nominee Sweet Charity
Best Revival of a Play
- Winner Glengarry Glen Ross
- Nominee On Golden Pond
- Nominee Twelve Angry Men
- Nominee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?