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
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")
John Lithgow
René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly")
BD Wong
Song Liling (segment "M. Butterfly")
Sam Waterston
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Robert Prosky
Andrey Botvinnik (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Annette Bening
Holly Dancer (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Tim Daly
Leo Hart (segment "Coastal Disturbances")
Madeline Kahn
Gorgeous Teitelbaum (segment "The Sisters Rosensweig")
