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| C.D. Macaulay and Steve Murphy Photo by John Menard |
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"...with today's politically charged climate Gore Vidal's The Best Man feels like it could have been written as a biting satire and cautionary tale of the result of last year's election. ...Director Jeanna Michaels has assembled a very competent cast to portray the vast range of characters. ...Steve Murphy and Matthew Cary portray Russell and Cantwell, respectively, and they are both well equipped to deliver the necessary gravitas of these vastly different opponents. ...C.D. Macaulay is excellent as the former president...Compass Players' production proves that Gore Vidal's The Best Man is still fresh and, unfortunately, still relevant today. Though the fact that some of the dialogue gets laughs now...only shows how forward-thinking Vidal was in crafting this intriguing expose into the political wheeling and dealing that goes on behind closed doors and how unfortunate and disgraceful the state of politics has become.. " -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
"Gore Vidal...In his 1960 play THE BEST MAN...skewers the people and the practices that then threatened the integrity of the electoral process....Compass Players, in an act of remarkable prescience, has resurrected the work, revealing that the more things political change, the more they remain the same. Imperfect candidates of different political and moral bents competing for their Party's Presidential nomination.... all the elements eerily and disquietingly familiar to today's audience, all compellingly played out to a surprise resolution by Compass's cast under the astute direction of Jeanna Michaels. Steve Murphy and Matthew Cary deliver solid performances as the two candidates in the political dogfight of their lives.....Vidal peels away at the onion, leaving the audience to wonder how in the world our democracy survives and where the best man and women are who will save us from ourselves. Questions worth contemplating ~ and, a show worth seeing!" - Herbert Paine, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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