Movie Description
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(2006)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Christopher A. Cohen
- Writer : Steven Hecht
- Editor : Anita Robertson
- Cast : Harvey Fierstein,James Earl Jones,Jane Alexander,Gary Sinise,Amy Morton,Tim Sampson,Maggie Smith,Margaret Tyzack,John Lithgow,BD Wong,Sam Waterston,Robert Prosky,Annette Bening,Tim Daly,Madeline Kahn,Robert Klein,Art Carney,Anna Manahan,Joan Allen,Peter Friedman,Linda Lavin,Michele Lee,Tony Roberts,Joe Mantegna,Ron Silver,Philip Bosco,Victor Garber,Charles S. Dutton,Rocky Carroll,Carl Gordon,S. Epatha Merkerson,Courtney B. Vance,Brian Stokes Mitchell,Viola Davis,Delroy Lindo,Ed Hall,Mel Winkler,Kevin Kline,Len Cariou,Morgan Freeman
Cast
Host
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")
Hanna (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")
Doaker (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")
Bynum Walker (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")
Posters
Facts
Original TitleThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Status Released
Release Information
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2006-05-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CompaniesAcorn Media Enterprises
Genres
- Documentary
