cold war and mccartyism felt fairly more he had a certain kind of reputation in new york city as fixers for people like the gambino crime company and the cardinal and donald trump, but he was not as well known around the country and certainly in the world at that point because people had sort of forgotten the mccarthy era. he s not having a big i sort of felt like he owed me one because i kept his name alive for one time, but now the president has certainly brought him back into everyone s consciousness. i m curious, this run versus the first run, how different is it for you and how much does this run and the difference from the first one have to do with the director, marion elliott? well, the first one was directed by the very great george c. wolf, who has a magnificent production of
an amazing cast. tell me what it feels like to do something that is incredibly special. i m so thankful to be aboard. we did the reading about a year ago, and i it was amazing. i got a nice note from norah afterward, we spent four days with her, with george c., and i thought that was the end of it, and i heard it was back again, and i have to say that george c. wolf s vision, i think we all agree, the cast would agree, the vision is so enormous, we had no idea the play was as big. he always says irehearsal, h says there is an easy way to do this play and we re not doing it it s massive, complex. logistics are hard. you are in a way, set the tone with the way you sort of set up the feeling of sort of tabloid
country s first plaque president is running for re-election. while race relations have improved over the years, stereotypes about african-americans still exist. actress jasmine guy and director kenny leon are directing a play that tackles these issues and takes a closer look at what it means to be black in america. it is this week s edition of what matters. they took me, washington, and i love to party. we re doing the colored museum right now. that play was written by george c. wolf and was done like in the mid 80s. i thought jasmine was the perfect person to direct it because she didn t see the original. when you do that it looks like the room is rising. i think it is important to bring broadway caliber theater to the people. my younger friends, some of them have never seen the play. and i m trying to say, no, it s cool to go to plays. so speak in the volume that you usually perform in. this play brings up a lot of