National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy (2022)

National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy (2022)

2022-05-26 United Kingdom 150 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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 is Robert Moses
Robert Moses
Alisha Bailey is Mariah Heller
Mariah Heller
Samuel Barnett is Ariel Porter
Ariel Porter
David Bromley is Stamford Fergus
Stamford Fergus
Al Coppola is Sandy McQuade
Sandy McQuade
Siobhán Cullen is Finnuala Connell
Finnuala Connell
Ian Kirkby is Lewis Mason
Lewis Mason
Alana Maria is Shirley Hayes
Shirley Hayes
Dani Moseley is Carol Amis
Carol Amis
Guy Paul is Henry Vanderbilt
Henry Vanderbilt
Helen Schlesinger is Jane Jacobs