Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Baines Johnson

Bryan Cranston, as President Lyndon Baines Johnson

The play begins with the Kennedy assassination and depicts the first year of Johnson’s presidency, focusing mostly on his leadership savvy in brokering passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Among the other major characters in “All the Way” are Martin Luther King Jr., J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. 

Written by the Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan (“The Kentucky Cycle”), the production runs three hours, which will make it one of the longest plays on Broadway in recent years.

Reference:  Bryan Cranston is Headed to Broadway.

The shift from sold-out performances in Cambridge, to a yet-to-be-determined theater on Broadway, is no small production.  Not only is it a real-time evolution of dramatic art  - Schenkkan is rewriting parts of the script - but also it calls for a $3.5 million budget.  Producer Jeffrey Richards is counting on Cranston's "Breaking Bad" star power - and no doubt his acting, three-time Emmy Award-winning, talent as well - to draw more ticket sales.