[...] the play boasts as compelling an opening scene as could be imagined, as Johnson takes the oath of office in the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963; and concludes with the decisive triumph of Johnson's landslide victory in November 1964, winning his own full term as president. Setting those parameters for the play enabled Schenkkan to make the primary thrust of Act…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 02:56PM on January 29, 2016