Gore Vidal's The Best Man
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 17, 2000
Closed Dec 31, 2000
Opened Sep 17, 2000
Closed Dec 31, 2000
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Virginia Theatre is home to the 40th Anniversary revival production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man. Directed by Ethan McSweeny, this gripping drama deals with power, ruthlessness, ambition, and politics, all centered around the race for the presidency. This production features Charles Durning, Spalding Gray, and Chris Noth, among others.
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Virginia Theatre
245 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
From 1925 to 1943, this playhouse was the Theatre Guild's flagship home. Virginia and James Binger, founders of Jujamcyn company (which is named from their children), took over the theater in 1981. The theater was then renamed for the owner's wife. [...] Read More
245 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
From 1925 to 1943, this playhouse was the Theatre Guild's flagship home. Virginia and James Binger, founders of Jujamcyn company (which is named from their children), took over the theater in 1981. The theater was then renamed for the owner's wife. [...] Read More
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The Best Man premiered in March 1960 when Gore Vidal was 34 years old and the top Broadway ticket price was $8.60. Both the author and Broadway tickets are now 75; and The Best Man is back, playing a limited engagement (through the final night of this year) at the Virginia Theatre on West 52nd Street.
On Broadway in 1960, The Best Man was one of many straight plays, serious in purpose if not necessarily solemn in tone. In 2000, with Broadway nearly bereft of non-musical plays, Vidal's comic melodrama is sui generis, hyped to a fare-thee-well, and studded with stars.
The biggest star involved is Gore Vidal himself, who has been close to the American limelight since birth. He's the grand[...]