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

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Directed by Christopher A. Cohen

Written by Steven Hecht

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Overview

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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Status: Released

Cast

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Host

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

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

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

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

Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

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

Amy Morton

Amy Morton

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

Tim Sampson

Tim Sampson

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

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

Margaret Tyzack

Margaret Tyzack

Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

BD Wong

BD Wong

Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

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

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

Tim Daly

Tim Daly

Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")

Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

Robert Klein

Robert Klein

Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")

Art Carney

Art Carney

Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")

Anna Manahan

Hanna (segment "Lovers")

Joan Allen

Joan Allen

Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

Linda Lavin

Linda Lavin

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

Michele Lee

Michele Lee

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

Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts

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

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

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

Ron Silver

Ron Silver

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

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")

Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton

Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Rocky Carroll

Rocky Carroll

Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Carl Gordon

Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Corey (segment "Fences")

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell

King (segment "King Hedley II")

Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

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

Ed Hall

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

Mel Winkler

Mel Winkler

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

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")

Len Cariou

Len Cariou

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

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

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