The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 17 years old

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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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Cast

Name Character
Robert Prosky He was 75, 77 years old when he died as Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Morgan Freeman He was 68, now 86 years old as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Annette Bening She was 47, now 65 years old as Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Charles S. Dutton He was 55, now 73 years old as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Kevin Kline He was 58, now 76 years old as Hamlet (segment "Hamlet")
Gary Sinise He was 51, now 69 years old as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Margaret Tyzack She was 74, 79 years old when she died as Lotte Schoen (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Joan Allen She was 49, now 67 years old as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
James Earl Jones He was 75, now 93 years old as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
John Lithgow He was 60, now 78 years old as René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
Viola Davis She was 40, now 58 years old as Tonya (segment "King Hedley II")
Victor Garber He was 57, now 75 years old as Max (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Harvey Fierstein He was 51, now 69 years old as Host
S. Epatha Merkerson She was 53, now 71 years old as Berniece (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Courtney B. Vance He was 46, now 64 years old as Corey (segment "Fences")
Sam Waterston He was 65, now 83 years old as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Tim Daly He was 50, now 68 years old as Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Ron Silver He was 59, 62 years old when he died as Charlie Fox (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Amy Morton She was 48, now 66 years old as Nurse Ratched (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Robert Klein He was 64, now 82 years old as Mervyn Kant (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
BD Wong He was 45, now 63 years old as Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
Delroy Lindo He was 53, now 71 years old as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Maggie Smith She was 71, now 89 years old as Lettice Douffet (segment "Lettice and Lovage")
Michele Lee She was 63, now 81 years old as Lee (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Peter Friedman He was 57, now 75 years old as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Art Carney He was 87, 85 years old when he died as Andy Tracey (segment "Lovers")
Jane Alexander She was 66, now 84 years old as Eleanor Bachman (segment "The Great White Hope") / Sara Goode (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Joe Mantegna He was 58, now 76 years old as Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow")
Len Cariou He was 66, now 84 years old as James Tyrone (segment "Long Day's Journey Into Night")
Brian Stokes Mitchell He was 48, now 66 years old as King (segment "King Hedley II")
Madeline Kahn She was 63, 57 years old when she died as Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
Linda Lavin She was 68, now 86 years old as Marjorie (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Rocky Carroll He was 42, now 60 years old as Lymon (segment "The Piano Lesson")
Tony Roberts He was 66, now 84 years old as Ira (segment "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife")
Anna Manahan She was 81, 84 years old when she died as Hanna (segment "Lovers")
Philip Bosco He was 75, 88 years old when he died as Saunders (segment "Lend Me a Tenor")
Tim Sampson as Chief Bromden (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Mel Winkler He was 64, now 82 years old as Seth Holly (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")

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  • Release day: Tuesday, May 02, 2006