[Capdist-announce] The Best Man by Gore Vidal - This Weekend

[Theater Voices]

Coming up this weekend!


Theater Voices will present the first production of its 2008-2009  
season,

THE BEST MAN by Gore Vidal, directed by Chris Foster.

Performances of THE BEST MAN will be given at Steamer No. 10 Theatre,  
500 Western Avenue in Albany, on Friday, October 17 at 8:00 PM;  
Saturday, October 18 at 3:00PM and 8:00 PM; and Sunday, October 19 at  
3:00 PM. Admission is free.

William Russell, the ex-Secretary of State, is a wit and scholar with  
high liberal principles, beloved of the eggheads and suspected by  
practical politicians. Joseph Cantwell is a ruthless and hard-driving  
young man, a dirty fighter who will let no scruples stand in the way  
of his ambitions. And Arthur Hockstader is an ex-President, who loves  
politics for their own sake, admires a rough-and-tumble battler more  
than a chivalrous one, and is determined to have the final say in the  
selection of his party's candidate…The ruthless young man has got  
hold of papers indicating that his rival once suffered from a mental  
crackup, which he is all set to use. Then his scrupulous antagonist  
comes across some incriminating evidence about Cantwell, which he is  
loath to produce. The scruples don't appeal to the ex-President, who  
enjoys seeing the boys fight. All of this provides the framework for  
some vivid and interesting scenes in which Mr. Vidal contrasts the  
minds, emotions and fighting spirits of the two candidates.

Contact: www.theatervoices.org 
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