Metropolitan
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The American Legacy
The American Legacy
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Metropolitan
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The American Legacy |
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 Directed by Frank Kuhn
Elisabeth Ahrens as Jacqueline Kennedy Sam Kitchin as Nikita Khrushchev Jed Peterson as John F. Kennedy Musical Arrangements by Jonathan Allentoff Video Arrangement by Alex Roe Click here for Cast and Crew Bios |
Love Letters
from the Cold War a documented drama by Joseph Ryan Khrushchev and Kennedy on the brink of the end of the world told through their personal letters.  |
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| John F. Kennedy and Nikita
Khrushchev maintained official but personal correspondence
that reveals respectful adversaries with a common goal: to stop the world tumbling into Armageddon. From the failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs through the Cuban Missile Crisis, a first nuclear summit, and the building of the Berlin Wall, all with the Space Race a proxy background battle, the two men form a precarious partnership, sundered with Kennedy's assassination. Discovered among US official papers by author and historian Joseph Ryan, these letters tell a fast-paced, eye-opening tale of statesmanship and brinksmanship with the highest stakes. Ryan's play brings the hearts of the era and these prominent figures to vivid life, including intimate reflections, public postures, occasional whimsy, and the surprising coda between Khrushchev and Jacqueline Kennedy in the wake of tragedy. |
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