Ed Asner as FDR April 26, 2010

An Evening with Ed Asner as FDR.
Monday April 26, 2010 at 7pm.

The John Paul Theatre at Phoenix College.
Call 602.264.0402 for more information
Or visit our website: www.azjewishtheatre.org.

Tickets: $54 and $72 with sponsorships at $108 (which includes post-show Reception with Mr. Asner).

This one-man show takes us through FDR’s White House years including the Depression, the steps leading up to WWII and the war years. Ed Asner shows us why this president was know as “that man in the White House,” scorned by many and admired by most.

We see and hear his fireside chats; his controversial packing of the Supreme Court; his personal life with Eleanor and his discreet affair with Lucy Mercer; his courage to break the Neutrality Act; his manipulation of Congress (in order to get the country to have a draft); the Pearl Harbor controversy and the benevolent dictatorship he called the presidency from 1933–44, which made him the first man in history to be elected to four terms.

Ed Asner is magnificent as FDR and delivers a fearless performance of this dynamic and powerful world leader. This is Mr. Asner’s only scheduled appearance in Arizona.

Please join us for this fascinating evening! Proceeds benefit the Arizona Jewish Theatre Company.