TV: DCPA Theatre Company's ALL THE WAY Cast Celebrates MLK Day

The DCPA Theatre Company will soon present Robert Schenkkan's Tony-Award winning play All The Way, which will be directed by Anthony Powell (Lord of the Flies), Jan. 29-Feb. 28 in the Stage Theatre. Below, watch as the cast highlights the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in honor of MLK Day.

The political drama will feature a cast of Theatre Company veterans and actors making their Denver Center debuts. C. David Johnson, who starred for eight years on the dramatic TV series Street Legal in his native Canada, will play President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Terence Archie, who played John in The 12, will play Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The large cast includes 18 actors who have performed with the DCPA Theatre Company over the past three seasons.

All the Way vividly portrays one of the most controversial, ambitious and ruthless figures of the 20th century - President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Set in the pivotal year between John F. Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's re-election, LBJ hurls himself at the Civil Rights Act, determined to rebuild the country into The Great Society by any means necessary.

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