About The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
- Released on May 02, 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.
Full Cast of The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Harvey Fierstein plays Host
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best ...
See Harvey Fierstein's other roles →James Earl Jones plays Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for ...
See James Earl Jones's other roles →Jane Alexander plays Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American actress, author, and fo...
See Jane Alexander's other roles →Gary Sinise plays Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director, humanitarian, and musician. Among other a...
See Gary Sinise's other roles →Amy Morton plays Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Amy Morton is an American actress and director, best known for her work in theatre. She was nominated two times for a...
See Amy Morton's other roles →Tim Sampson plays Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Maggie Smith plays Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive career on ...
See Maggie Smith's other roles →Margaret Tyzack plays Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
John Lithgow plays René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage, Lithgow...
See John Lithgow's other roles →BD Wong plays Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
BD Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor, best-known for his roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, ...
See BD Wong's other roles →Sam Waterston plays John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. A...
See Sam Waterston's other roles →Robert Prosky plays Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Annette Bening plays Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her ca...
See Annette Bening's other roles →Tim Daly plays Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor and producer. H...
See Tim Daly's other roles →Madeline Kahn plays Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Robert Klein plays Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor. He is known for his appeara...
See Robert Klein's other roles →Art Carney plays Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Anna Manahan plays Hanna (segment "Lovers")
Joan Allen plays Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early...
See Joan Allen's other roles →Peter Friedman plays Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, screen, and television actor. Born in New York City, Fried...
See Peter Friedman's other roles →Linda Lavin plays Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Michele Lee plays Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michele Lee (born June 24, 1942) is an American singer, dancer, actress, prod...
See Michele Lee's other roles →Tony Roberts plays Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Joe Mantegna plays Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American ac...
See Joe Mantegna's other roles →Ron Silver plays Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Philip Bosco plays Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Victor Garber plays Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is perha...
See Victor Garber's other roles →Charles S. Dutton plays Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Rocky Carroll plays Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is known f...
See Rocky Carroll's other roles →Carl Gordon plays Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")
S. Epatha Merkerson plays Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a ...
See S. Epatha Merkerson's other roles →Courtney B. Vance plays Corey (segment "Fences")
Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in ...
See Courtney B. Vance's other roles →Brian Stokes Mitchell plays King (segment "King Hedley II")
Brian Stokes Mitchell (born October 31, 1957) is an American actor and singer. A powerful baritone, he has been one o...
See Brian Stokes Mitchell's other roles →Viola Davis plays Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of numerous accolades, Davis is...
See Viola Davis's other roles →Delroy Lindo plays Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Delroy Lindo is an English director, writer and actor for stage and screen, best known for his film roles as West Ind...
See Delroy Lindo's other roles →Ed Hall plays Bynum Walker (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Mel Winkler plays Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Kevin Kline plays Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
Kevin Kline is an American actor and singer. He was born on October 24, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri. Kline is regard...
See Kevin Kline's other roles →Len Cariou plays James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor, be...
See Len Cariou's other roles →Morgan Freeman plays Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice...
See Morgan Freeman's other roles →Crew of The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Discover the backstage crew of The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays →- Harvey Fierstein
- James Earl Jones
- Jane Alexander
- Gary Sinise
- Amy Morton
- Tim Sampson
- Maggie Smith
- Margaret Tyzack
- John Lithgow
- BD Wong
- Sam Waterston
- Robert Prosky
- Annette Bening
- Tim Daly
- Madeline Kahn
- Robert Klein
- Art Carney
- Anna Manahan
- Joan Allen
- Peter Friedman
- Linda Lavin
- Michele Lee
- Tony Roberts
- Joe Mantegna
- Ron Silver
- Philip Bosco
- Victor Garber
- Charles S. Dutton
- Rocky Carroll
- Carl Gordon
- S. Epatha Merkerson
- Courtney B. Vance
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Viola Davis
- Delroy Lindo
- Ed Hall
- Mel Winkler
- Kevin Kline
- Len Cariou
- Morgan Freeman