Following an acclaimed run this spring at the Bridge Theatre in London, Straight Line Crazy, a new play by David Hare, will have its exclusive US engagement this fall at The Shed. Starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses and directed by Nicholas Hytner (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Jamie Armitage (Six), the play delves into Moses’s questionable legacy and enduring impact on New York City.
For 40 uninterrupted years, Moses was among the most powerful men in New York as he envisioned and built public works whose aftereffects determine how New Yorkers experience the city to this day. These public works were often realized at the expense of disempowered New Yorkers, particularly people of color, living in the way of and near his projects. 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.
2 hrs, 30 mins (with intermission)
October 18th, 2022
December 18th, 2022
Ages 12 and up
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By: David Hare
Director: Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage
Lighting: Jessica Hung Han Yun
Sound: George Dennis
Design: Bob Crowley
Costume: Bob Crowley
Cast list: Ralph Fiennes (as Robert Moses), David Bromley, Alana Maria, Guy Paul, Judith Roddy, Helen Schlesinger, Mary Stillwaggon Stewart, Danny Webb
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