Cygnet Theatre - Rolando (San Diego, CA)
The Cygnet Theatre Company presents Atwater: Fixin' to Die. This acclaimed one man portrait explores the extraordinary stratagems, cynicism and passion brought to politics by Lee Atwater, self-styled master of negative campaigning and the fun-lovin' Dixie dude equally at home in the world of delta blues and "dirty tricks" political strategies. Atwater is played by Jeffrey Jones who recently was honored with a San Diego Critic's Circle award for Outstanding Performance in Cygnet's Burn This.
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A wonderful, intimate, and newly renovated 146 seat theatre with beautifully restored vintage theatre seats and upgraded lighting and sound equipment. Every seat has a great view.
The Cygnet Theatre Company is run by award winning actor and director Sean Murray. Previous to the Cygnet, Murray ran the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach.
The truth isn't always pretty; and it's not very simple either. In Robert Myers' Atwater: Fixin' to Die, portrayed with warts and all, Atwater is a complex, sympathetic and likable character. Atwater is played by Jeffrey Jones who recently was honored with a San Diego Critic's Circle award for Outstanding Performance in Cygnet's Burn This.
According to SignOnSanDiego:
Lee Atwater has played many roles. Once the trusted advisor of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, Atwater was notorious for his attack politics. Atwater's ability to spin and spread vicious rumors about his candidates' opponents earned him the nickname "Darth Vader of the Republican Party."
But probably to most Democrats' annoyance, the Republican bad boy was as adept in R&B music as he was with his politics. He recorded "Red, Hot and Blue" with B.B. King and other noted musicians to critical acclaim. R&B fans found it hard to swallow that the searing vocalist was also close friends with the young George W. Bush.
The real drama of Atwater's life climaxed when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1990 shortly after being named chairman of the National Republican Committee. During the last few months of his life, Atwater converted to Catholicism and made a number of public and written apologies.
Now his character returns from the dead to take the spotlight in the Cygnet Theatre's production "Atwater: Fixin' to Die." Robert Myers' script explores the last stage of the Master of Spin's life, where he spoke out against the "spiritual vacuum of American society, this tumor of the soul."
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