Brian Cox to play LBJ on Broadway in 'The Great Society,' Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan's second drama to explore the legacy of the 36th U.S. president, following 'All the Way'
Five years after winning the Tony Award for best play with , Robert Schenkkan's drama about the 36th U.S. president's combative first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act, the playwright will return this fall with his second work exploring LBJ's legacy,, will be played this time by Brian Cox, currently appearing as the patriarch on HBO's, the new play will be directed by Bill Rauch, who first staged both works at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Billed as "Part II of The LBJ Plays," it chronicles the defining era in American history that came between Johnson's landslide election victory and his pained decision just three years later not to run for a second term. The period had brought innovative social programs as well as the untold losses of an intractable conflict in Vietnam, which caused deep divisions in the leadership of the Democratic Party.
Joining Cox in the cast will be Marc Kudisch as Richard J. Daley, Grantham Coleman as Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Thomas as Hubert Humphrey. Additional cast, including actors playing the roles of Richard Nixon, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, Lady Bird Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, Governor George Wallace and Robert McNamara, are to be announced.
Previews begin Sept. 6 at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater, with an official opening to be scheduled. The 12-week limited engagement is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Louise Gund, Rebecca Gold, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jacob Soroken Porter and Lincoln Center Theater. The production's design team includes sets by David Korins, costumes by Linda Cho, lighting by David Weiner, music and sound by Paul James Pendergast and projections by Victoria Sagady., which was produced on Broadway the following year. In addition to adapting
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