The Best Man |
New York |
Gore
Vidal's The Best Man comes to Broadway in an all-star
theatrical event with two time Tony Award winner James Earl Jones,
Tony and Emmy Award winner John Larroquette, Emmy and Golden Globe
winner Candice Bergen, Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack, Tony
Award winner Jefferson Mays, Drama Desk Award winner and Academy
Award nominee Michael McKean and five time Tony Award winner
Angela Lansbury.
A play about power, ambition, political secrets, ruthlessness and
the race for the presidency, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man
is set at the national convention where two candidates are vying
for their party¹s nomination during the primary season. It's an
inside look at the dirt-digging, double-dealing, triple-crossing
chicanery of presidential electioneering…and what could be more
fun in a Presidential campaign season than these theatrical
fireworks.
The award winning creative team behind the scenes includes
director Michael Wilson (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award
for Horton Foote’s Orphans), Tony Award winner
designers Derek McLane (set) and Ken Posner (lighting) and this
year’s Theatre Hall of Fame inductee, the legendary Ann Roth
(costume design).
This marks the first major revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best
Man since it received a Tony Award nomination and won the
Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle in 2000.