ALL THE WAY
WRITER - ROBERT SCHENKKAN
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROJECT FOR THE NOËL COWARD THEATRE, LONDON
"ALL THE WAY TELLS US A STORY OF THE TUMULTUOUS FIRST YEAR OF THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON. THRUST INTO POWER FOLLOWING THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND FACING AN UPCOMING ELECTION IN JUST ONE YEAR. JOHNSON IS NEVERTHELESS DETERMINED TO END THE LEGACY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE IN AMERICA AND REBUILD IT INTO THE GREAT SOCIETY-BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
IN 1964, THIS PIVOTAL YEAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY, LBJ STRUGGLES TO OVERPOWER OPPOSITION TO CHANGE IN CONGRESS WHILE ALSO TRYING TO FORGE A COMPROMISE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE INCREASINGLY FRACTIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IN ORDER TO PASS THE LANDMARK 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL."
