Murrow’s Boys
The Murrow’s Boys
“How does art take on a world in which facts have become irrelevant, in which the President of the United States lies with impunity, and in which the plethora of damning information seems to fall on deaf ears to a world that has become numbingly inured to what is taking place?” – Jim Niesen
In 1940 Ed Murrow’s nightly reports from London were instrumental in bringing America out of its isolationism to a place where it was willing and able to join in the fight against fascism. In 1954, Murrow’s report on “See It Now” was instrumental in ending the Red Scare and the home grown tyranny of Joe McCarthy, and in 1968, following an in depth and lengthy visit to Viet Nam, Walter Cronkite delivered a damning commentary to end his nightly broadcast on the CBS Evening News. President Lyndon Johnson, watching live in the White House, reportedly then turned to aides and said, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”
Directed by Jim Niesen.
Reserve Tickets
December 6 | Friday at 7:30pm
Free Admission
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn,NY 11217
What they Say
Press
- 02.22.19 – BK Reader – In Times of Lies and Polarized Politics, Irondale’s ‘Galileo’ Goes on a Quest for Truth
- 02.22.19 – The Theatre Times – Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater
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