Straight Line Crazy

T2016195192
David Hare's blazing account of the life of a man whose iron will exposed the weakness of democracy in the face of charismatic conviction. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York. Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City's workers, he created new parks, new bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. But in the 1950s, groups of citizens at grass roots began to organize against his schemes and against the motor car, campaigning for a very different idea of what a city was and for what it should be.

Author

David Hare

Archive :: production:T2016195192, play:S01536399949, venue:V01649084045

Special Performances

31 May 22 Captioned
4 Jun 22 Audio Described

Performance

Venue	Bridge Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	14th March 2022
Opened	23rd March 2022
To	18th June 2022
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Wed, Sat Mats 14:30
Prices	From £15.00. To £67.50.
What is currently on at Bridge Theatre (V01649084045)

Reviews

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Company

Director	Nicholas Hytner
Design	Bob Crowley
Performer	Ralph Fiennes (Robert Moses)
Performer	Alisha Bailey (Mariah Heller)
Performer	Samuel Barnett (Ariel Porter)
Performer	David Bromley (Stamford Fergus)
Performer	Al Coppola (Walter McQuade)
Performer	Siobhan Cullen (Finnuala Connell)
Performer	Ian Kirkby (Lewis Mumford)
Performer	Alana Maria (Shirley Hayes)
Performer	Dani Moseley (Carol Ames)
Performer	Guy Paul (Henry Vanderbilt)
Performer	Helen Schlesinger (Jane Jacobs)
Performer	Mary Stillwaggon Stewart (Nicole Sawyer)
Performer	Danny Webb (Governor Al Smith)

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