The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Christopher A. Cohen
Writing:
- Steven Hecht
Stars:
Release Date: 2006-05-02
- Country: US
- Language: English
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Corey (segment "Fences")
King (segment "King Hedley II")
Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
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