The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Christopher A. Cohen
2006-05-02


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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

Name Character Team
Harvey Fierstein Host Unowned
James Earl Jones Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") Unowned
Jane Alexander Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") Unowned
Gary Sinise Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") Unowned
Amy Morton Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") Unowned
Tim Sampson Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") Unowned
Maggie Smith Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage") Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Margaret Tyzack Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage") Unowned
John Lithgow René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly") Zac E. Chan
BD Wong Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly") Unowned
Sam Waterston John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods") Unowned
Robert Prosky Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods") Unowned
Annette Bening Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances") Goutbreak
Tim Daly Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances") Unowned
Madeline Kahn Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") Unowned
Robert Klein Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig") Unowned
Art Carney Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers") Unowned
Anna Manahan Hanna (segment "Lovers") Unowned
Joan Allen Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles") Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Peter Friedman Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles") Unowned
Linda Lavin Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife") Unowned
Michele Lee Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife") Unowned
Tony Roberts Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife") Unowned
Joe Mantegna Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow") Unowned
Ron Silver Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow") Unowned
Philip Bosco Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor") Unowned
Victor Garber Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor") Unowned
Charles S. Dutton Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson") Unowned
Rocky Carroll Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson") Unowned
Carl Gordon Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson") Unowned
S. Epatha Merkerson Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson") Unowned
Courtney B. Vance Corey (segment "Fences") Unowned
Brian Stokes Mitchell King (segment "King Hedley II") Unowned
Viola Davis Tonya (segment "King Hedley II") The Free Refills
Delroy Lindo Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone") The Free Refills
Ed Hall Bynum Walker (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone") Unowned
Mel Winkler Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone") Unowned
Kevin Kline Hamlet (segment "Hamlet") Unowned
Len Cariou James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night") Unowned
Morgan Freeman Jaques (segment "As You Like It") Calvin and Nobbs