59th Tony Awards

59th Tony Awards
Official poster for the 59th annual Tony Awards
Date	June 5, 2005
Venue	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Host	Hugh Jackman
TV in the United States
Network	CBS
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The 59th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 5, 2005 at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast by CBS television. Hugh Jackman hosted for the third time in a row.

This was the first year the craft category awards (Costume, Scenic, Lighting) were divided into plays and musicals.

The ceremony

For the opening number Bernadette Peters sang "Another Op’nin’ Another Show" from Kiss Me, Kate, which was followed by a video montage of the musicals that opened during the 2004-2005 season, as well as short excerpts of those performing that evening. In other special performances, Hugh Jackman sang and danced in a tribute to songs about dancing and Aretha Franklin and Hugh Jackman performed a duet of "Somewhere" from West Side Story.

Laura Linney gave a tribute to the late Arthur Miller and Jesse L. Martin and the cast of Chicago performed "Razzle Dazzle" in memory of Jerry Orbach and Fred Ebb.

The award presenters included: Angela Bassett, Matthew Broderick, Don Cheadle, Sally Field, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Hathaway, Nathan Lane, Sandra Oh, James Earl Jones, Bernadette Peters, and Chita Rivera.

Shows that performed:

New Musicals

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Norbert Leo Butz, John Lithgow and members of the company performed "Great Big Stuff".
• The Light in the Piazza: Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara with Matthew Morrison and members of the company performed "Statues and Stories".
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: The company, joined by Al Sharpton, performed the title song and "Prayer of the Comfort Counselor."
• Monty Python's Spamalot: Sara Ramirez and Tim Curry performed "Find Your Grail" with the company, as well as the voice of John Cleese.

Revivals

• Sweet Charity: The company did a medley from the show. The female chorus performed "Hey, Big Spender" and Christina Applegate performed 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' and 'I'm a Brass Band'
• La Cage aux Folles: Gary Beach and the company performed the title song.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold

Production

Best Play

• Democracy by Michael Frayn
• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
• Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
• The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

Best Musical

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• The Light in the Piazza
• Monty Python's Spamalot
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Revival of a Play

• Glengarry Glen Ross
• On Golden Pond
• Twelve Angry Men
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Revival of a Musical

• La Cage aux Folles
• Pacific Overtures
• Sweet Charity

Performance

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Billy Crudup in The Pillowman
• Brian F. O'Byrne in Doubt
• James Earl Jones in On Golden Pond
• Philip Bosco in Twelve Angry Men
• Bill Irwin in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Cherry Jones in Doubt
• Phylicia Rashad in Gem of the Ocean
• Mary-Louise Parker in Reckless
• Laura Linney in Sight Unseen
• Kathleen Turner in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• John Lithgow in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Gary Beach in La Cage aux Folles
• Hank Azaria in Monty Python's Spamalot
• Tim Curry in Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Erin Dilly in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Sherie Rene Scott in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza
• Sutton Foster in Little Women
• Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Alan Alda in Glengarry Glen Ross
• Gordon Clapp in Glengarry Glen Ross
• Liev Schreiber in Glengarry Glen Ross
• Michael Stuhlbarg in The Pillowman
• David Harbour in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Heather Goldenhersh in Doubt
• Adriane Lenox in Doubt
• Dana Ivey in The Rivals
• Amy Ryan in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Mireille Enos in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Marc Kudisch in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Matthew Morrison in The Light in the Piazza
• Michael McGrath in Monty Python's Spamalot
• Christopher Sieber in Monty Python's Spamalot
• Dan Fogler in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Joanna Gleason in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Kelli O'Hara in The Light in the Piazza
• Sara Ramirez in Monty Python's Spamalot
• Celia Keenan-Bolger in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Craft

Best Book of a Musical

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Jeffrey Lane
• The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas
• Monty Python's Spamalot by Eric Idle
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
• The Light in the Piazza, Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
• Monty Python's Spamalot, Music by John Du Prez, Eric Idle; Lyrics by Eric Idle
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Best Direction of a Play

• Doug Hughes for Doubt
• Joe Mantello for Glengarry Glen Ross
• John Crowley for The Pillowman
• Scott Ellis for Twelve Angry Men

Best Direction of a Musical

• Jack O'Brien for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Bartlett Sher for The Light in the Piazza
• Mike Nichols for Monty Python's Spamalot
• James Lapine for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Choreography

• Jerry Mitchell for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Jerry Mitchell for La Cage aux Folles
• Casey Nicholaw for Monty Python's Spamalot
• Wayne Cilento for Sweet Charity

Best Orchestrations

• Harold Wheeler for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce Coughlin for The Light in the Piazza
• Larry Hochman for Monty Python's Spamalot
• Jonathan Tunick for Pacific Overtures

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• John Lee Beatty for Doubt
• David Gallo for Gem of the Ocean
• Santo Loquasto for Glengarry Glen Ross
• Scott Pask for The Pillowman

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Anthony Ward for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Michael Yeargan for The Light in the Piazza
• Tim Hatley for Monty Python's Spamalot
• Rumi Matsui for Pacific Overtures

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Constanza Romero for Gem of the Ocean
• Jess Goldstein for The Rivals
• William Ivey Long for A Streetcar Named Desire
• Jane Greenwood for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• William Ivey Long for La Cage aux Folles
• Catherine Zuber for The Light in the Piazza
• Tim Hatley for Monty Python's Spamalot
• Junko Koshino for Pacific Overtures

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Pat Collins for Doubt
• Donald Holder for Gem of the Ocean
• Brian MacDevitt for The Pillowman
• Donald Holder for A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Mark Henderson for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Kenneth Posner for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Christopher Akerlind for The Light in the Piazza
• Hugh Vanstone for Monty Python's Spamalot

Special Tony Awards

Best Special Theatrical Event

• Billy Crystal 700 Sundays
• Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance
• Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore
• Whoopi: The 20th Anniversary Show

Regional Theatre Tony Award

• Theatre de la Jeune Lune

Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

• Edward Albee

Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre

• Peter Neufeld
• Theatre Communications Group

See also

Tony Award

External links

• The Official Website of the Tony Awards