I can't tell you how happy I am that CanStage is presenting this play this month. I just finished reading it, by coincidence and it is really good. I posted about it a few weeks ago on the Emerging Art blog. This play was amazing on Broadway, from what I hear, despite its rather short run. I hope it is better received in Toronto.
For anyone who doesn't know the story of the Frost-Nixon interviews it's a pretty incredible piece of television history. David Frost, British, playboy, TV presenter scores the biggest interview, possibly of all times, with Nixon. And he's the one to get the first admission of guilt out of Nixon for the Watergate cover-up. It was Nixon's first interview after his resignation,and he and his manager Swifty Lazar chose Frost because they were going to make tons of money on the deal, and they figured he wouldn't be hard-hitting. I would love to see the original footage, maybe it's on youtube?
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan (The Canadian Stage Company). A dubious talk-show host elicits an apology and confession from Richard Nixon. Opens Oct 13 and runs to Nov 8, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $20-$90. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canstage.com.
