The Best of the Tony Awards: The Plays on Video - 2005

Four-time Tony®-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein is your host for a compilation of amazing dramatic performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars perform key scenes from 19 legendary shows, performances seen only once in their original telecast. Collected here with commentary by a Broadway veteran, they become a treasure-trove for fans of great drama.

James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, cast, THE GREAT WHITE HOPE

Gary Sinise, Tim Sampson, cast, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack, LETTICE AND LOVAGE

John Lithgow, B. D. Wong, M. BUTTERFLY

Robert Prosky, Sam Waterston, A WALK IN THE WOODS

Annette Benning, Timothy Daly, COASTAL DISTURBANCES

Robert Klein, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, SISTERS ROSENSWEIG

Art Carney, Anna Manahan, LOVERS

Joan Allen, Peter Friedman, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES

Michele Lee, Linda Lavin, Tony Roberts, THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE

Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver, SPEED-THE-PLOW

Philip Bosco, Victor Garber, LEND ME A TENOR

Charles S. Dutton, Rocky Carroll, Carl Gordon, S. Epatha Merkerson, THE PIANO LESSON

James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance, FENCES

Viola Davis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, KING HEDLEY II

Ed Hall, Delroy Lindo, Mel Winkler, JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE

Kevin Kline, HAMLET

Len Cariou, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Morgan Freeman, AS YOU LIKE IT

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Starring:
James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, cast, THE GREAT WHITE HOPE

Gary Sinise, Tim Sampson, cast, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack, LETTICE AND LOVAGE

John Lithgow, B. D. Wong, M. BUTTERFLY

Robert Prosky, Sam Waterston, A WALK IN THE WOODS

Annette Benning, Timothy Daly, COASTAL DISTURBANCES

Robert Klein, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, SISTERS ROSENSWEIG

Art Carney, Anna Manahan, LOVERS

Joan Allen, Peter Friedman, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES

Michele Lee, Linda Lavin, Tony Roberts, THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE

Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver, SPEED-THE-PLOW

Philip Bosco, Victor Garber, LEND ME A TENOR

Charles S. Dutton, Rocky Carroll, Carl Gordon, S. Epatha Merkerson, THE PIANO LESSON

James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance, FENCES

Viola Davis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, KING HEDLEY II

Ed Hall, Delroy Lindo, Mel Winkler, JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE

Kevin Kline, HAMLET

Len Cariou, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Morgan Freeman, AS YOU LIKE IT

Studio: Acorn Media

Filmed: 2005 - Released: 2005

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