The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

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The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
Cast
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
Host
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander
Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise
Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Amy Morton
Amy Morton
Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Tim Sampson
Tim Sampson
Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Tyzack
Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
BD Wong
BD Wong
Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky
Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Annette Bening
Annette Bening
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Tim Daly
Tim Daly
Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Madeline Kahn
Madeline Kahn
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Robert Klein
Robert Klein
Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Art Carney
Art Carney
Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Anna Manahan
Hanna (segment "Lovers")
Joan Allen
Joan Allen
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin
Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Michele Lee
Michele Lee
Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts
Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna
Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Ron Silver
Ron Silver
Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Victor Garber
Victor Garber
Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Charles S. Dutton
Charles S. Dutton
Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Carl Gordon
Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")
S. Epatha Merkerson
S. Epatha Merkerson
Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance
Corey (segment "Fences")
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell
King (segment "King Hedley II")
Viola Davis
Viola Davis
Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Delroy Lindo
Delroy Lindo
Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Ed Hall
Bynum Walker (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Mel Winkler
Mel Winkler
Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
Len Cariou
Len Cariou
James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
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