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Talk around Ashland is that All the Way is the favorite play of the season. All the Way is a World Premiere written by Robert Schenkkan for OSF's American Revolutions series.
All the Way is a brilliant script. I especially enjoyed the unconventional staging and unusual act development. Each scene is very short and flows quickly into the next. Transitions take place with the aid of lighting as actors who are on stage seated in a "witness galley" stand to deliver their lines in place or move forward to front center for bigger scenes. Oversized screens at the rear of the stage project historical footage, provide backdrops for sets, and give us the names of the characters/historical figures active in each fast-paced scene.
The story takes place during the 11 months between Johnson assuming the presidency after Kennedy's assassination and his nomination for President at the Democratic National Convention of 1964. Keenly aware of his status as a rare Southern President, Johnson decides to make Civil Rights legislation the top priority of his 11-month term of office.
As an historical piece, the focus is on LBJ's political saavy--how he knew just what to say to get what he wanted out of people. And what he wanted was two-pronged: the Presidency for the next four years and passage of landmark Civil Rights legislation. We watch with fascination as Johnson manipulates Hubert H. Humphrey to "rally the Liberals" and mollify Martin Luther King and his followers.
This play will surely breakout to a wider audience and more venues. It's exciting to see a World Premiere of a play that's destined to become a classic.
Talk around Ashland is that All the Way is the favorite play of the season. All the Way is a World Premiere written by Robert Schenkkan for OSF's American Revolutions series.
ReplyDeleteAll the Way is a brilliant script. I especially enjoyed the unconventional staging and unusual act development. Each scene is very short and flows quickly into the next. Transitions take place with the aid of lighting as actors who are on stage seated in a "witness galley" stand to deliver their lines in place or move forward to front center for bigger scenes. Oversized screens at the rear of the stage project historical footage, provide backdrops for sets, and give us the names of the characters/historical figures active in each fast-paced scene.
The story takes place during the 11 months between Johnson assuming the presidency after Kennedy's assassination and his nomination for President at the Democratic National Convention of 1964. Keenly aware of his status as a rare Southern President, Johnson decides to make Civil Rights legislation the top priority of his 11-month term of office.
As an historical piece, the focus is on LBJ's political saavy--how he knew just what to say to get what he wanted out of people. And what he wanted was two-pronged: the Presidency for the next four years and passage of landmark Civil Rights legislation. We watch with fascination as Johnson manipulates Hubert H. Humphrey to "rally the Liberals" and mollify Martin Luther King and his followers.
This play will surely breakout to a wider audience and more venues. It's exciting to see a World Premiere of a play that's destined to become a classic.