TOP SECRET: THE BATTLE FOR THE PENTAGON PAPERS
N.Y. Theatre Workshop
Feb. 24 - March 28, 2010
http://www.nytw.org/top_secret_info.asp
Description:
It’s 1971 and the nation is at war. The intractable conflict escalates in
Vietnam while here at home the battle for public opinion rages.A federal
court blocks The New York Times from publishing the top-secret history of
US involvement in Vietnam. Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham
has a single day to decide whether to print these Pentagon Papers. When
the Nixon administration closes in and charges treason, the fight for a free press explodes. Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aaron’s riveting and suspenseful TOP SECRET: THE BATTLE FOR THE PENTAGON PAPERS animates the frontline clash between the government’s need for secrecy and the public’s right to know. TOP SECRET is a triumphant reminder of the importance of
the continuing battle fought in the name of the First Amendment.
Read more from the playwright Geoffrey Cowan at www.topsecretplay.org.
Dates:
First preview, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8pm;
Opening night, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7pm;
Final performance, Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 7pm.
