“This one-man show, written by Robert Myers and starring L.A. actor Bruce McIntosh, uses Atwater’s own words: some vicious, some funny, showing a zeal to do anything to win.”
Continue reading“Myers and McIntosh bring out all the charisma and seductiveness of Atwater’s breezy brilliance. The guy’s vital, he’s fun, he ups the ante in a gathering just by entering the room.
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“In his one-man play, “Fixin’ to Die: A Visit to the Mind of Lee Atwater,” which has been produced in Los Angeles and Charleston, South Carolina, Robert Myers has the Atwater character going on rat-a-tat (and appealingly) about his dirty tricks.”
Read article“Fixin’ to Die: A Visit to the Mind of Lee Atwater, tells of Atwater’s rise to power as an adviser to George Bush’s 1988 campaign, and how, at the end of life he apologized to those he felt he had hurt.”
Continue reading“I believe the play is fairly balanced and benign,” said Ed McQuire, dean of the College of Charleston’s arts school. “I also don’t think a university ought to take the position of not producing a play because it is savage.”
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“While watching Robert Myers’ seductive one-man play, “Fixin’ to Die: A Visit to the Mind of Lee Atwater,” you keep wondering what Atwater would think of George Bush’s inept reelection campaign.”
Read article“People see it as an important piece of theatre that really can allow them to look in the mirror and say, ‘This shouldn’t happen,’ Wells says.”
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