National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction?

Cast

Ralph Fiennes Robert Moses Alisha Bailey Mariah Heller Samuel Barnett Ariel Porter

David Bromley Stamford Fergus

Al Coppola Sandy McQuade

Siobhán Cullen Finnuala Connell

Ian Kirkby Lewis Mason

Alana Maria Shirley Hayes

Dani Moseley Carol Amis

Guy Paul Henry Vanderbilt

Helen Schlesinger Jane Jacobs

Mary Stillwaggon Stewart Nicole Savage

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