The play was directed by Joe Mantello and starred Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Ethan Phillips, Michael Nichols, and Dylan Baker.
The reading starred John Malkovich, Patti LuPone, Dylan Baker, Ethan Phillips and Michael Nichols, and was directed by David Mamet.
[6] Billed as a comedy, November centers on President Charles Smith (originally played by Nathan Lane) several days before his second election.
[7] Ben Brantley in The New York Times wrote that it is a "glib and jaunty new play", and that "Mr. Lane, it goes without saying, knows exactly how to pitch such lines, with a time-honed style that allows him to put the maximum spin on poisonous zingers and still keep the audience on his side.
Each of them is outstanding, and bears Mamet’s trademarks – rhythmic and witty dialogue, erudition, flawless musicality – while being similar in construction and in how their big ideas are explored.