Zach Theatre is casting a union or nonunion actor to portray the supporting role of President Richard Nixon in the stage drama, “The Great Society,” centered upon a different president: Texas’ own Lyndon B. Johnson. The production seeks a male actor aged 50–60 to play Nixon who, during the play’s time period of 1965–68, will serve as the “next President of the United States.” The piece is the second Lbj drama by playwright Robert Schenkkan, who also penned 2014’s Tony-winning “All the Way,” which was subsequently adapted into an HBO film starring Bryan Cranston. Auditions will be held by appointment at Nola Studios in New York City, Dec. 16. A run is slated for Jan. 25–March 5, 2017 in Austin, Texas. To learn more about “The Great Society,” see the full listing here. And see more Texas opportunities in Backstage casting. For industry insight on nailing your next audition, check out Backstage’s YouTube channel!
- 12/8/2016
- backstage.com
Accidental president. Vietnam. Civil Rights Act. Bully. This is Lyndon B. Johnson’s legacy, or at least how he’s often remembered. New HBO film All the Way seeks to illuminate many sides of the man who stepped into the highest office in the land after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Bryan Cranston plays Lbj in the film, premiering on HBO tonight, following his Tony-winning turn as the president in All the Way on Broadway. After he’d already done extensive research and study of the play’s text (itself thoroughly researched by playwright Robert Schenkkan), Cranston went on a second visit to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, TX, and that’s where the person of Lbj really clicked for the actor. “The character is always outside of you until you hopefully allow it to seep in. Then it becomes a part of you,” Cranston told HitFix.
- 5/21/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Appropriate to this presidential election cycle for the ages, Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys event launched today with panels on political projects from HBO. First up: All The Way, an adaptation of the Tony-winning play starring the Tony-winning Bryan Cranston as Lbj. It premieres on the network May 21. All The Way takes President Johnson through the controversial period of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Playwright Robert Schenkkan also wrote a sequel, The Great Society…...
- 4/10/2016
- Deadline TV
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