With apologies to Ken-- and in recognition of all the work he's done to make sure everyone at DWT knows everything there is to know about The Nutcracker-- I wanted to mention something not many people do remember about the score to that 1892 ballet.
No shrinking violet she: Al Kamen reports that former LBJ chief of staff Jim Jones "said there was a scene where Johnson dismissed [Lady Bird] with a curse -- which he said 'would never happen.' "by KenSince I devoted a post last week ("Bryan Cranston as LBJ, according to people who worked with him") to Al Kamen's WaPo "In the Loop" item "
Bryan Cranston portrays former President Lyndon B. Johnson on Broadway in Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way, directed by Bill Rauchby KenEven those of us whose strong memories of Bryan Cranston go back beyond Breaking Bad not just to hilariously bumbling but dangerous dad Hal on Malcolm in the Middle but to his appearances as agenda-driven dentist Tim Whatley on Seinfeld, his post-Breaking Bad incarnation as former President Lyndon B.
Absent greater transparency, Americans should assume the worst
