All the Way is a gripping new play about a pivotal moment in American history. This drama will take audiences behind the doors of the Oval Office and inside the first years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, and his fight to pass a landmark civil rights bill. Bryan Cranston, Michael McKean and Brandon J. Dirden will be joined by an ensemble cast playing additional roles such as Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, Robert McNamara, Coretta Scott King, Lady Bird Johnson, Bob Moses, Roy Wilkins, Lurleen Wallace, Stokely Carmichael, Walter Jenkins, Stanley Levison, George Wallace, Ralph Abernathy and Judge Smith.
All the Way was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle and premiered at OSF in 2012. It then went on to play a sold-out and critically acclaimed run at the A.R.T. from September 13-October 12, 2013 starring Cranston. The play was awarded the 2013 inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, established through Columbia University in honor of the late Senator Kennedy, honoring new plays or musicals exploring US history and issues of the day.
Bryan Cranston is the big draw in 'All The Way,' a biographical drama about President Lyndon B. Johnson. And while the 'Breaking Bad' star actually exceeds the hype, the best news is that the play does, too. With 20 actors in dozens of roles, this is high drama spanning the year between the Kennedy assassination and the '64 election. The main focus is the intense fight to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As staged, the legislation is treated with the gravity of our nation's founding and the suspense of a first class thriller, and despite knowing the ending, we're on the edge of our seats.
What do you say we take up a collection and send every one of those clowns in Congress to 'All the Way,' Robert Schenkkan's jaw-dropping political drama about President Lyndon B. Johnson's Herculean efforts (and Pyrrhic sacrifices) to get the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed. Bryan Cranston - three-time Emmy winner and everybody's favorite bad boy as the scholarly drug czar in 'Breaking Bad' - owns the role of LBJ, cracking the politician's hard shell to expose the man's personal crisis of conscience. But the shocker is watching real legislators legislating, crossing the aisle, however reluctantly, to get difficult things done.
2014 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bryan Cranston |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Bill Rauch |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Robert Schenkkan |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Shawn Sagady |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Paul James Prendergast |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Bryan Cranston |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | All the Way |
2014 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Best American Play | 0 |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Bryan Cranston |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Bill Rauch |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | John McMartin |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | All the Way |
2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Bryan Cranston |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Bryan Cranston |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | American Repertory Theater |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Will Trice |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Cheryl Wiesenfeld |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Gabrielle Palitz |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | JAM Theatricals |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Gutterman Chernoff |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Caiola Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | William Berlind |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Harvey Weinstein |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Barbara H. Freitag |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott M. Delman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Rebecca Gold |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Double Gemini Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Stephanie P. McClelland |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Jerry Frankel |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Louise Gund |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Jeffrey Richards |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Schenkkan |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Gene Korf |
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