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

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

  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Christopher A. Cohen
  • Production companies: Acorn Media Enterprises
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 5/2/2006

Movie description

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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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Role(s): Host

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

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

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Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

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

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Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

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

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Amy Morton

Amy Morton

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

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