Keith Reddin's examination of the early career of Richard Nixon. Set in a suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a paranoid Dick Nixon is an idealistic young congressman who is ambivalent about resorting to a monumentally underhanded "dirty trick". This was orchestrated by Nixon's conniving campaign official Roy Day against his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas-the so-called 'Pink Lady'. Nixon's victory launches his career as a politician. A Goodman Theatre co-production.
Directed by Michael Maggio.
An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:
Timothy Carhart as Nixon Harry Groener as Melvyn Gary Houston as Roy Leslie Lyles as Helen David Shapiro as Stan
Live Sound Effects, Jill Kellogg. Recording Engineer, Chris Willis. Radio Producer, Robert Neuhaus. A co-production with the Goodman Theatre.
Recorded in Chicago before a live audience at Chicago's Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in October of 1998.
