Written by Peter Morgan
Directed by Michael Grandage
Synopsis: David Frost's interviews with Richard Nixon, following the Watergate scandal and the President's humiliating resignation, drew the largest audience ever for a news interview. Could this British talk-show host, with no known political convictions and a playboy reputation, be the one to elicit an apology from the man who committed one of the biggest felonies in American political history?
NEW YORK TIMES:
"Television mows down a titan in “Frost/Nixon,” the briskly entertaining new play by Peter Morgan about the 1977 face-off between its title characters, the British talk show host (as in David) and the former American president (as in Richard M.). But let it be proclaimed, with drums and fanfare, that theater decisively trumps television in the production that opened last night..."
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NEW YORK POST:
"You watch with the kind of fascinated delight rare in the theater as Langella and Sheen go at one another with the dedicated skill of a Muhammad Ali and a Joe Frazier."
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VARIETY:
"A hit in London, Michael Grandage's lucid production burnishes the play's merits as stage writing, but there's no question about the potency of Frank Langella and Michael Sheen's blazing performances."
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THEATERMANIA:
"Impersonations are certainly all I expected when I saw the play at London's Donmar Warehouse some months ago. No way was I prepared for a Shakespearean work about the repercussions of hunger for lost power. But that -- not to mention the best play of the year -- is what I got."
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TIME OUT NY:
"Don’t expect sound history or great drama here, but the performances are top-notch. Or you could just wait for the movie."
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NEWSDAY:
"Peter Morgan's facile script and Michael Grandage's slick production have the oversimplified distortions of a historical coloring book and the phony significance of a high-toned "Rocky" movie."
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NEW YORK SUN:
"More than a decade after his death, America's similarly fraught relationship with Richard Nixon shows no sign of abating. Thanks to Mr. Morgan's padded but engaging efforts, we have Nixon to kick around once again. And thanks to the triumphant Mr. Langella, Tricky Dick is kicking right back."
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WASHINGTON POST:
"The play enabling this fascinating exploration of this truly odd man, which opened last night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is worth the price for Langella alone."
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