The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Cast

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

Host

Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best...

James Earl Jones

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...

Jane Alexander

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...

Gary Sinise

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...

Amy Morton

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...

Tim Sampson

Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")

Maggie Smith

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...

Margaret Tyzack

Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

John Lithgow

René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

John Arthur Lithgow (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. Prolific in films, television and on stage,...

BD Wong

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,...

Sam Waterston

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....

Robert Prosky

Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

Annette Bening

Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her...

Tim Daly

Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor and producer....

Madeline Kahn

Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

Robert Klein

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...

Art Carney

Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")

Joan Allen

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...

Peter Friedman

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,...

Linda Lavin

Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")

Michele Lee

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,...

Tony Roberts

Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")

Joe Mantegna

Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American...

Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. Garber is...

Charles S. Dutton

Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Rocky Carroll

Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is known...

S. Epatha Merkerson

Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a...

Courtney B. Vance

Corey (segment "Fences")

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in...

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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...

Viola Davis

Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of numerous accolades, Davis...

Delroy Lindo

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...

Mel Winkler

Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")

Kevin Kline

Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")

Kevin Kline is an American actor and singer. He was born on October 24, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri. Kline is...

Len Cariou

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,...

Morgan Freeman

Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep...

Anna Manahan

Hanna (segment "Lovers")

Carl Gordon

Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Ed Hall

Bynum Walker (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays