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This Week/THEATRE: Top Secret: The
Battle for the Pentagon Papers |
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At What Cost Security in TOP SECRET
It’s the right of the press to inform the American
People versus national security in Geoffrey Cowan’s and
Leroy Aaron’s TOP SECRET, THE BATTLE FOR THE
PENTAGON PAPERS. For it is with these immortal
words: “A cantankerous press must be suffered by those
in authority in order to preserve…the right of the
People to know." that a Federal judge hands a momentous
victory to the American press in 1971. |
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When the Washington Post decides to publish the
infamous Pentagon Papers detailing U.S. involvement
in Vietnam, the Nixon Administration pulls out all
the stops to suppress it. Reminiscent of “The Great
Tennessee Monkey Trial”, this riveting docudrama
follows the intrepid Post reporters as they struggle
to balance free speech and national security. A star
studded cast including Gregory Harrison, John Heard
and Susan Sullivan help bring this intense drama to
its shattering conclusion. Those that do not learn
from history are bound to repeat it.
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WHAT: |
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers |
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WHERE: |
LA Theatre Works, Skirball Cultural
Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Drive, Los Angeles
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WHEN: |
March 12-16, Wed-Fri at 8pm, Sat at 3pm and Sun at 4pm |
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TICKETS: |
$20 - $47 |
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INFO: |
310.827.0889,
www.latw.org |
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