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
James Earl Jones plays Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Jane Alexander plays Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Gary Sinise plays Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Amy Morton plays Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Tim Sampson plays Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Maggie Smith plays Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Margaret Tyzack plays Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
John Lithgow plays René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
BD Wong plays Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
Sam Waterston plays John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Robert Prosky plays Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Annette Bening plays Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Tim Daly plays Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Madeline Kahn plays Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Robert Klein plays Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Art Carney plays Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Anna Manahan plays Hanna (segment "Lovers")
Joan Allen plays Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Peter Friedman plays Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Linda Lavin plays Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Michele Lee plays Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Tony Roberts plays Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Joe Mantegna plays Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
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")
Charles S. Dutton plays Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Rocky Carroll plays Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Carl Gordon plays Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")
S. Epatha Merkerson plays Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Courtney B. Vance plays Corey (segment "Fences")
Brian Stokes Mitchell plays King (segment "King Hedley II")
Viola Davis plays Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Delroy Lindo plays Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
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")
Len Cariou plays James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
Morgan Freeman plays Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Crew of The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
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Editing
Production
Art
Writing
Directing
- 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