By Playbill Staff Show: The Best Man
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Playbill Video interviews the cast:
15 Mar 2012
Theatre: Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Preview: March 6, 2012
Opening: April 1, 2012
Closing: Open-ended
Creators: Play by Gore Vidal. Direction by Michael Wilson.
Original Principal Cast: James Earl Jones as Former President Arthur Hockstader, Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge, John Larroquette as Secretary William Russell, Candice Bergen as Alice Russell, Eric McCormack as Senator Joseph Cantwell, Kerry Butler as Mabel Cantwell, Jefferson Mays as Sheldon Marcus and Michael McKean as Dick Jensen.
Synopsis: "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 party's nomination during the primary season," according to press notes. "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."
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