Straight Line Crazy

About This Show

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.

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: 14 March 2022 Final Performance: 18 June 2022

WhatsOnStage Review

| | 24 March 2022
David Hare’s new play runs until 18 June

Cast

Ralph Fiennes Robert Moses
Alisha Bailey Mariah Heller
Samuel Barnett Ariel Porter
David Bromley Stamford Fergus
Al Coppola Walter McQuade
Siobhan Cullen Finnuala Connell
Ian Kirkby Lewis Mumford
Alana Maria Shirley Hayes
Dani Moseley Carol Ames
Guy Paul Henry Vanderbilt
Danny Webb Governor Al Smith

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