"Schenkkan doesn't need to draw any diagrams to make us feel how relevant the issues it explores remain. . . . impressive in its scope, surprisingly energetic and shines a bright, clear light on a pivotal moment in American history . . . I came away more impressed than I was with All the Way--and, ultimately, more moved."--Charles Isherwood, New York Times

"Panoramic, instructive and generally enthralling . . . We view an onslaught of challenges and crises, from Johnson's increasingly embattled viewpoint -- brilliantly counterpointed by the parallel experience of civil-rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. . . . forcefully evokes a tumultuous era, one (as Schenkkan pointedly reminds us) that set the stage for our current political and social landscape."--Seattle Times

"The Great Society continues a profound and searching engagement with a key era of recent US history . . . moves at top speed, hurtling onwards. There is hardly a slack moment . . . Schenkkan is a master of one and two line scenes that quickly shift focus. . . . it all works brilliantly. . . . When the lights came on at around 4:15 PM on opening day and we had to file out into the screaming late July Ashland sun, I was a little sad that we weren't heading off on a dinner break before returning to follow the story ever onward - through Nixon, and Ford, and Carter."--Portland Theater Scene

"The Great Society speaks powerfully to today through the politics of yesterday . . . A taut political thriller . . . Schenkkan's writing shines as he crafts potent drama . . . A necessary [play], and . . . a vital study for all those who wish to learn from the past in order to gain some idea of what we might do in the present."--American-Statesman (Austin 360)

"Engrossing . . . A monumental achievement . . . Through the genius of The Great Society, we relive Selma. We relive the Watts riots in Los Angeles. We relive the Chicago race riots and Mayor Richard J. Daley . . . A great play."--Queen Anne News

Praise for All the Way:

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play

"All the Way puts the theater of politics on stage, and produces a masterful story that all Americans should see."--Nancy Pelosi

"Jaw-dropping political drama . . . Johnson was famously crude, rude, and ruthless. Schenkkan, a Pulitzer Prize winner for The Kentucky Cycle, packs all that into his rich character-study . . . [A] beautifully built dramatic piece."--Marilyn Stasio, Variety

"One of the most fabulous theater things ever . . . You'll see and understand better the towering ego, political acumen, power-grabbing personality, honesty, the truth, and the lies of one of the greatest characters America has ever produced . . . Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to recent history made real again, in All the Way."--Huffington Post

"All the Way is a great history lesson for voters and politicians who are concerned about the quality of America's civic life."--CNN

"An action packed new play about a seismic moment in American history."--Variety

"With a cinematic sweep and an eye toward teasing out parallels to our current political gridlock, Schenkkan artfully traces the first year of LBJ's presidency."--Entertainment Weekly