Hollywood star Kevin Kline picked up the award for outstanding actor in a play for his leading role in Cyrano de Bergerac, opposite Jennifer Garner.

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The supporting cast includes Dan Aykroyd (as Mack Sennett), Kevin Kline (as Douglas Fairbanks), Diane Lane (as Paulette Goddard), and Penelope Ann Miller (as Edna Purviance).

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In 1993, Kevin Kline starred in a movie titled "Dave, " the story of a temporary employment agency owner and presidential doppelganger who finds himself substituting as the President.

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Since then, there have been more than 150 productions, usually two each summer, featuring stars such as James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anne Hathaway.

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Leveaux, whose Broadway credits include the musical "Nine" with Antonio Banderas and "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Kevin Kline, found his Juliet after seeing "Stick Fly" on Broadway and immediately spotting the "luminous" Rashad, who was playing a maid with a secret.

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