2005 Drama Desk Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 22, 2005.

Outstanding PlayDoubt
Outstanding MusicalMonty Python's Spamalot
Outstanding Musical RevivalLa Cage aux Folles
Outstanding Play RevivalTwelve Angry Men
Best Actor in a PlayBrian F. O'Byrne, Doubt
Best Actress in a PlayCherry Jones, Doubt
Best Featured Actor in a PlayMichael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman
Best Featured Actress in a PlayAdriane Lenox, Doubt
Best Actor in a MusicalNorbert Leo Butz. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Best Actress in a MusicalVictoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Best Featured Actor in a MusicalDenis O'Hare, Sweet Charity
Best Featured Actress in a MusicalJan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Best Director of a PlayDoug Hughes, Doubt
Best Director of a MusicalJames Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
Best ChoreographyJerry Mitchell, La Cage aux Folles
Best Book of a MusicalRachel Sheinkin, The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
Best MusicAdam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Best LyricsEric Idle, Monty Python's Spamalot
Outstanding OrchestrationsTed Sperling, Adam Guettel, Bruce Coughlin, The Light in the Piazza
Outstanding Set Design of a PlaySanto Loquasto, Glengarry Glen Ross
Outstanding Set Design of a MusicalMichael Yeargan, The Light in the Piazza
Outstanding Costume DesignTim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
Outstanding Lighting DesignChristopher Akerlind, The Light in the Piazza
Outstanding Sound DesignPaul Arditti, The Pillowman
Outstanding Solo PerformanceBilly Crystal, 700 Sundays
Unique Theatrical ExperienceSlava's Snowshow
Outstanding Ensemble PerformancesCast of Glengarry Glen Ross and cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Career AchievementJulie Harris
Special AwardsKeen Company and The Public Theater

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