The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2006-05-02
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Acorn Media Enterprises
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Christopher A. Cohen

Summary

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.

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  • Harvey Fierstein

    as Host

  • James Earl Jones

    as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

  • Jane Alexander

    as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

  • Gary Sinise

    as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")

  • Amy Morton

    as Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")

  • Tim Sampson

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

  • Maggie Smith

    as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

  • Margaret Tyzack

    as Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

  • John Lithgow

    as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

  • BD Wong

    as Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")

  • Sam Waterston

    as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

  • Robert Prosky

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

  • Annette Bening

    as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

  • Tim Daly

    as Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

  • Madeline Kahn

    as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

  • Robert Klein

    as Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

  • Art Carney

    as Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")

  • Anna Manahan

    as Hanna (segment "Lovers")

  • Joan Allen

    as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

  • Peter Friedman

    as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

  • Linda Lavin

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

  • Michele Lee

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

  • Tony Roberts

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

  • Joe Mantegna

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

  • Ron Silver

    as Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")

  • Philip Bosco

    as Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

  • Victor Garber

    as Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

  • Charles S. Dutton

    as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

  • Rocky Carroll

    as Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")

  • Carl Gordon

    as Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")

  • S. Epatha Merkerson

    as Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

  • Courtney B. Vance

    as Corey (segment "Fences")

  • Brian Stokes Mitchell

    as King (segment "King Hedley II")

  • Viola Davis

    as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")

  • Delroy Lindo

    as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")

  • Ed Hall

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

  • Mel Winkler

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

  • Kevin Kline

    as Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")

  • Len Cariou

    as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")

  • Morgan Freeman

    as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Production Steven Hecht Executive Producer
Production Christopher A. Cohen Executive Producer
Sound Michael Terry Music
Production Emily Scheible Production Assistant
Production Brian Currie Production Assistant
Art Robert Fredette Graphic Designer
Sound Jay Stollman Music
Directing Christopher A. Cohen Director
Production Sharon Radcliffe Associate Producer
Sound Jay Stollman Music Supervisor
Production Susan Fraser Researcher
Editing Anita Robertson Editor
Sound Chris Denman Music Editor
Sound Ashley Malcolm Music Supervision Assistant
Writing Steven Hecht Writer

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