About the film
The Best of The Tony Awards : The Plays
Release Date: May 02, 2006
| Year | : | 2006 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Companies | : | Acorn Media Enterprises |
| Director | : | Christopher A. Cohen |
| Producers | : | Steven Hecht, Christopher A. Cohen, Sharon Radcliffe, Emily Scheible, Brian Currie, Susan Fraser |
| Writers | : | Steven Hecht |
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.
Main Actors
Harvey Fierstein
Character : Host
James Earl Jones
Character : Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Jane Alexander
Character : Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Gary Sinise
Character : Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Amy Morton
Character : Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Tim Sampson
Character : Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Maggie Smith
Character : Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Margaret Tyzack
Character : Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
John Lithgow
Character : René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
BD Wong
Character : Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
Sam Waterston
Character : John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Robert Prosky
Character : Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Annette Bening
Character : Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Tim Daly
Character : Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Madeline Kahn
Character : Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Robert Klein
Character : Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Art Carney
Character : Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Anna Manahan
Character : Hanna (segment "Lovers")
Joan Allen
Character : Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Peter Friedman
Character : Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Linda Lavin
Character : Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Michele Lee
Character : Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Tony Roberts
Character : Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Joe Mantegna
Character : Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Ron Silver
Character : Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Philip Bosco
Character : Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Victor Garber
Character : Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Charles S. Dutton
Character : Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Rocky Carroll
Character : Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Carl Gordon
Character : Doaker (segment "The Piano Lesson")
S. Epatha Merkerson
Character : Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Courtney B. Vance
Character : Corey (segment "Fences")
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Character : King (segment "King Hedley II")
Viola Davis
Character : Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Delroy Lindo
Character : Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Ed Hall
Character : Bynum Walker (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Mel Winkler
Character : Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Kevin Kline
Character : Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
Len Cariou
Character : James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
Morgan Freeman
Character : Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
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