“ Though Vidal's play bowed on the stage in 1960 -- as the Eisenhower years were about to cede to Kennedy's "Camelot" days -- it retains the delicious smell of fresh ink and hot blood. The characters' clothing may be vintage (credit designer Cybele Moon), but there's little else that is not very much of the moment -- whether it's talk about the candidates' character, the careful massaging of image, the impact of polls, the temptation for mud-slinging, the propensity for womanizing, or the do's and don'ts of political wives.”

Hedy Weiss