WHEN:
October 18th-December 18th, 2022
Sundays - 3 pm
Tuesdays - 7 pm
Wednesdays - 7 pm
Thursdays - 7 pm
Fridays - 8 pm
Saturdays - 2 pm and 8 pm
WHERE:
The Bloomberg Building
545 West 30th Street
New York, New York
CAST:
Alisha Bailey as Mariah Heller
David Bromley as Stamford Fergus
Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses
Andrew Lewis as Lewis Mumford
Alana Maria as Shirley Hayes
Guy Paul as Henry Vanderbilt
Krysten Peck as Carole Ames
Judith Roddy as Finnuala Connell
Helen Schlesinger as Jane Jacobs
Adam Silver as Ariel Porter
CREATIVE TEAM:
Directed by Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage
Written by David Hare
Set and costume design by Bob Crowley
Lighting design by Jessica Hung Han Yun
Sound design by George Dennis
Music composition by George Fenton
Casting by Robert Sterne
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...Straight Line Crazy delves into the questionable legacy of Robert Moses and his enduring impact on New York. The play presents an imagined retelling of the arc of Moses’s controversial career in two decisive moments: his rise to power in the late 1920s and the public outcry against the corrosive effects of that power in the mid-1950s..."
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Photos: Manuel Harlan