The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

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.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Harvey Fierstein

Host

James Earl Jones

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

Jane Alexander

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

Gary Sinise

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

Amy Morton

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

Tim Sampson

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

Maggie Smith

Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")

Margaret Tyzack

Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")