Farragut North is a 2008 play written by Beau Willimon, loosely based on the 2004 Democratic primary campaign of Howard Dean. The original script won the 2005 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest (a festival of new plays), where it was first produced, to rave reviews by critics and a warm response from audiences.
The play is billed as "a classic tale of hubris set against a contemporary landscape — about the lust for power and the costs one will endure to achieve it". It is titled after Farragut North, a Washington Metro station, on the Red Line. Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square near Connecticut Avenue. Willimon, who worked for Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and former Governor of Vermont and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, titled the play for the Metrorail station located nearest the district's center for think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.
It was slated to open on Broadway in 2008, in the lead up to the 2008 United States presidential election
The production premiered at the Linda Gross Theater of the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. The production was directed by Doug Hughes and starred John Gallagher, Jr., Chris Noth, Olivia Thirlby, Kate Blumberg and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. The production ran from October 22, 2008 – November 29, 2008 with official opening on November 12.[1] On June 24, 2009 the production transferred to Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse with Noth, Thirlby and Whitlock Jr reprising their roles. Chris Pine joined the cast.[2] Concurrently it received a production at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in July 2009.[3]
The play has since been turned into a film, The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney, and was released by Sony Pictures in October 2011.[4]
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