Where the 2005 Tony Nominees Went to College

<p>I couldn't find anything on a few of them, but here's where most of the 2005 Tony Nominees went to school:</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men – BA, Catholic University
Billy Crudup, The Pillowman – BA, UNC-Chapel Hill; MFA, NYU/Tisch
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? BA, Oberlin College; Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond – BFA, University of Michigan
Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt - Samuel Beckett Center; Trinity College, Dublin</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Cherry Jones, Doubt – BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen – BA, Brown University; Moscow Arts Theater School; Juilliard School
Mary-Louise Parker, Reckless – Diploma in Acting, North Carolina School of the Arts
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean – BFA, Howard University
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - BA, University of Maryland</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot - BFA, Tufts University
Gary Beach, La Cage aux Folles – BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – BFA, Webster University; MFA, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Tim Curry, Monty Python's Spamalot - Cambridge and Birmingham
John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – BA History, Harvard University; London Academy of Music and Drama</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity - None
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza – Music Degree from Yale University
Erin Dilly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – BFA, University of Michigan
Sutton Foster, Little Women - Carnegie Mellon University (left to go pro after one year)
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross- BA, Fordham University
Gordon Clapp, Glengarry Glen Ross – BA, Williams College
David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf – BA, Dartmouth College
Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross – BA, Hampshire College; MFA, Yale School of Drama; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman – BFA, Juilliard School</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - BFA, Brigham Young University
Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt – BFA, Juilliard School
Dana Ivey, The Rivals – BA, Rollins College; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Adriane Lenox, Doubt - Lambuth University
Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire - ???</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee –BFA, Boston University
Marc Kudisch, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – BFA, Florida Atlantic University
Michael McGrath, Monty Python's Spamalot - ???
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza – BFA, Tisch/CAP21
Christopher Sieber, Monty Python's Spamalot – American Music and Dramatic Academy</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - UCLA and BA, Occidental College
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – BFA, University of Michigan
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - ???
Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza – BM, Oklahoma City University
Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot- BFA, Juilliard School</p>

<p>I know Amy Ryan, the one who is playing Stella right now, didn't go to college.</p>

<p>In the same vein, here is a thread from the BroadwayWorld message board listing colleges attended by current Broadway performers:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=846306&boardname=bway%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=846306&boardname=bway&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Not sure if all the information is accurate.</p>

<p>THANK YOU so much for taking the time to post this! How interesting! Looks like Christina Applegate got off easy :)</p>

<p>No prob. I'm all gradumacated and don't start work until next week so I've been VERY bored. ;) Christina Applegate has been performing on-camera her whole life and I imagine she must have trained at a pro studio at some point or at least worked with a coach. It's nice to know she's capable of something beyond "Kelly Bundy" though I'll admit I loved her in that role. It's weird the way they rarely include pro training in their bios.</p>