New York Premiere of Good Bobby Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 14

By Adam Hetrick
14 Oct 2009

Good Bobby star Brian Lee Franklin
Good Bobby star Brian Lee Franklin
Photo by Ed Krieger

Brian Lee Franklin, who also penned the play, portrays late American politician Robert F. Kennedy in Good Bobby, which officially opens Off-Broadway Oct. 14.

Pierson Blaetz directs the New York premiere of the play that began previews Oct. 8 and will continue through Nov. 8. (Good Bobby makes its New York premiere following two engagements at Los Angeles' Greenway Court Theatre.)

The cast also features Sile Bermingham, Joe Hindy, Dan Lauria, William Mahoney, Paul Marius, Steve Mendillo, Barry Primus and Lisa Richards.

Good Bobby, according to press notes, "recounts the formative adult years of Robert F. Kennedy, one of history's great 'what ifs.' From his battles with Jimmy Hoffa on the Labor Rackets Committee to his stint as Attorney General to the assassination of his brother President John Kennedy, RFK struggles to find his own voice and step out of the enormous shadows created by a domineering father, a larger-than-life brother and the expectations of a mother who forever believes in the man he ultimately becomes."

Good Bobby has set design by Victoria Bellocq, lighting design by Jeremy Pivnick, video/sound design by Fritz Davis, costume design by Naila Aladdin Sanders and Scott Horstein as dramaturg.



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