| Description |
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation; stereo. |
| Performer |
Harvey Fierstein, host. |
| Credits |
Executive producers, Christopher A. Cohen, Steven Hecht ; associate producer, Sharon Radcliffe ; research, Susan Fraser ; editor, Anita Robertson. |
| Summary |
Dramatic performances from the archives of the Tony Awards broadcasts; contains scenes from 19 shows. |
| Contents |
The great white hope / by Howard Sackler (James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander) -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / by Dale Wasserman (Gary Sinise, Tim Sampson) -- Lettice and lovage / by Peter Shaffer (Maggie Smith, Margaret Tyzack) -- M. Butterfly / by David Henry Hwang (John Lithgow, B.D. Wong) -- A walk in the woods / by Lee Blessing (Robert Prosky, Sam Waterston) -- Coastal disturbances / by Tina Howe (Annette Benning [i.e. Bening], Timothy Daly) -- The sisters Rosensweig / by Wendy Wasserstein (Robert Klein, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn) -- Lovers / by Brian Friel (Art Carney, Anna Manahan) -- The Heidi chronicles / by Wendy Wasserstein (Joan Allen, Peter Friedman) -- The tale of the allergist's wife / by Charles Busch (Michele Lee, Linda Lavin, Tony Roberts) -- Speed-the-plow / by David Mamet (Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver) -- Lend me a tenor / by Ken Ludwig (Philip Bosco, VIctor Garber) -- The piano lesson / by August Wilson (Charles S. Dutton, Rocky Carroll, Carl Gordon, S. Epatha Merkerson) -- Fences / by August Wilson (James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance) -- King Hedley II / by August Wilson (Viola Davis, Brian Stokes Mitchell) -- Joe Turner's come and gone / by August Wilson (Ed Hall, Delroy Lindo, Mel Winkler) -- Hamlet / by William Shakespeare (Kevin Kline) -- Long day's journey into night / by Eugene O'Neill (Len Cariou) -- As you like it / by William Shakespeare (Morgan Freeman). |
| Note |
Special features: original Playbill cover art. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Tony Awards.
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| Genre/Form |
Musical -- Excerpts.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Cohen, Christopher A.
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Hecht, Steven.
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Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
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Jones, James Earl.
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Alexander, Jane, 1939-
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Sinise, Gary.
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Sampson, Tim.
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Smith, Maggie, 1934-
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Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011.
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Lithgow, John, 1945-
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Wong, B. D.
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Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008.
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Waterston, Sam.
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Bening, Annette.
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Daly, Tim, 1956-
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Klein, Robert, 1942-
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Kahn, Madeline.
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Carney, Art, 1918-2003.
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Manahan, Anna.
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Allen, Joan, 1956-
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Friedman, Peter.
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Lee, Michele.
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Lavin, Linda, 1937-
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Roberts, Tony, 1939-
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Mantegna, Joe.
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Silver, Ron, 1946-2009.
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Bosco, Philip.
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Garber, Victor.
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Dutton, Charles S.
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Carroll, Rocky.
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Gordon, Carl, 1932-2010.
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Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952-
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Vance, Courtney B.
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Davis, Viola.
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Mitchell, Brian Stokes.
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Hall, Ed.
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Lindo, Delroy, 1952-
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Winkler, Mel.
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Kline, Kevin.
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Cariou, Len.
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Freeman, Morgan.
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Christopher A. Cohen Productions.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Plays |
| ISBN |
1569388075 |
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9781569388075 |
| Standard No. |
054961807598 |
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