2005 Tony Award nominations announced

The 2005 Tony Award Nominations where announced today at the Marriott Marquis Hotel by Alan Cumming, Lynn Redgrave, Kate Burton and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Monty Python's Spamalot leads the way with fourteen nominations, however Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Light In The Piazza each receive 11 nominations, so the competition to see which musical will receive the most Tony's is closely contended.

Doubt, with 8 nominations, is the most nominated play. Doubt, which has already won 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards and 5 Lucille Lortel Awards, seems set to win even further acclaimation with the 2005 Tony Awards. Three other plays each receive six nominations: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Pillowman.

The winners will be announced at the Tony 2005 Award ceremony at Radio City Music Hall on Sun 5 Jun, which will be hosted by Tony Award winner Hugh Jackson

The Regional Theatre Tony Award will be presented to Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre will this year be presented to Edward Albee.

2005 nominations by category are

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; Book by Jeffrey Lane, with music & lyrics by David Yazbek
• The Light in the Piazza ; Book by Craig Lucas, music & lyrics by Adam Guettel
• Monty Python's Spamalot ; Book by Eric Idle, with music and lyrics by John Du Prez and Eric Idle
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Best Revival of a Play:

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; by Edward Albee's
• Glengarry Glen Ross; by David Mamet
• On Golden Pond; by Ernest Thompson
• Twelve Angry Men; by Reginald Rose

Best Revival of a Musical:

• La Cage aux Folles; Book by Harvey Fierstein, based on the play by Jean Poiret, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
• Pacific Overtures; Music by Stephen Sondheim with lyrics by John Weidman
• Sweet Charity; Book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields

Best Special Theatrical Event :

• Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!
• Laugh Whore
• 700 Sundays
• Whoopi, the 20th Anniversary Show

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Philip Bosco; Twelve Angry Men
• Devanand Janki; Junie B. Jones
• Billy Crudup; The Pillowman
• Bill Irwin; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• James Earl Jones; On Golden Pond
• Br�an F. O'Byrne; Doubt

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:

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

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:

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

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical :

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

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:

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

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play :

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

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:

• Dan Fogler; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• 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

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:

• 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
• Sara Ramirez; Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Direction of a Play:

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

Best Direction of a Musical:

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

Best Choreography :

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

Best Orchestrations:

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

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics)
Written for the Theatre:

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

Best Book of a Musical:

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

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

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

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

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

Best Costume Design of a Play:

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

Best Costume Design of a Musical :

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

Best Lighting Design of a Play :

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

Best Lighting Design of a Musical :

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