The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
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Released May 02, 2006
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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.
Cast

Harvey Fierstein
as
Host

James Earl Jones
as
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

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

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

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

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

Maggie Smith
as
Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

Margaret Tyzack
as
Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

John Lithgow
as
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")

BD Wong
as
Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")

Sam Waterston
as
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

Robert Prosky
as
Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Crew
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Ashley Malcolm
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Music Supervision Assistant
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Michael Terry
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Music
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Chris Denman
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Music Editor
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Christopher A. Cohen
as
Executive Producer
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Steven Hecht
as
Executive Producer
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Anita Robertson
as
Editor
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Jay Stollman
as
Music Supervisor
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Steven Hecht
as
Writer
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Brian Currie
as
Production Assistant
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Christopher A. Cohen
as
Director
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Sharon Radcliffe
as
Associate Producer
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Susan Fraser
as
Researcher