The Great Society
The Powerful Sequel to the Tony Award-Winning All The Way
by Robert Schenkkan
directed by Ron Peluso
With Pearce Bunting as LBJ, Shawn Hamilton as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Erskine Wheeler as Hubert H. Humphrey and Randy Schmeling as Robert F. Kennedy
Please note: Contains Strong language.
October 6–October 28, 2018
1965. 1966. 1967. 1968. LBJ has just been elected to a second term. Dr. King’s “March on Selma” is at the forefront as LBJ battles to pass historic legislation on health care, education, poverty – and then, there’s the growing specter of Vietnam as the election of 1968 grows near with Bobby Kennedy, Gene McCarthy, HHH and Richard Milhous Nixon all making a run for the White House. The Great Society depicts the larger-than-life LBJ’s tragic fall from grace, as his accomplishments are overshadowed by the bitter failure of Vietnam.
"Impressive in its scope, surprisingly energetic and shines a bright, clear light on a pivotal moment in American history....I came away more impressed than I was with All the Way -- and, ultimately, more moved."
- Charles Isherwood, New York Times
Reviews are in:
- The Great Society is towering, tragic (Dominic Papatola, Pioneer Press)
- Fascinating look at LBJ (John Olive, howwastheshow.com)
- Consummate Performance Anchors The Great Society (broadwayworld.com)
- The Great Society is top notch (Arthur Dorman, talkinbroadway.com)
- History Theatre's LBJ's play buyoed by great performances (Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune)
- The Great Society is..extremely rewarding, and important to examine our history (cherryandspoon.com)
Inside The Great Society
- Watch Making History: The Great Society
- Twin Cities' 10 can't miss productions of the fall (Star Tribune, 9/13/18)
- The Conversation Continues with The Honorable Walter Mondale and Bill Green (mpr, 10/19/18)