'Frost/Nixon' Debuts At Mountain View Performing Arts Center

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- In keeping the holiday entertainment going, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will kick off the new year with the Tony and Olivier Award nominated drama "Frost/Nixon."

Peter Morgan won a Golden Globe for the production, which features English talk show host David Frost interviewing former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who resigned from office when facing impeachment during the Watergate scandal.

It's a riveting political prize fight as the cameras roll, the truth spins, and it becomes clear that he who controls the medium controls the message. With America caught in the riptides of Watergate and Vietnam, the former leader of the free world and a lightweight British talk-show host clash in a legendary series of television interviews.

"Frost/Nixon" - directed by Leslie Martinson - will be presented on stage from Jan. 16 to Feb. 10 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts located at 500 Castro Street. Tickets run $40 to $100. For more information, the public may visit www.TheatreWorks.org or call 650-463-1960.

"Frost/Nixon" debuted at London’s Donmar Warehouse in 2006 to critical acclaim, and then continued to the West End’s Gieldgud Theatre later that year, securing three Olivier Award nominations including “Best New Play.” Its 2007 Broadway premiere garnered a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for actor Frank Langella for his performance as Nixon, a Drama Desk Award for director Michael Grandage, and was nominated for three Tony Awards including “Best Play,” four Drama Desk Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Drama League Award.

The New York Times declared "Frost/Nixon" as “fast and fluid, a ticking-bomb thriller.” It was nominated for five Academy Awards and five Golden Globes.

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