The Waldorf Conference

On November 24, 1947, the most powerful men in American film met in New York’s plush Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to decide how to address the Communist witch hunt being carried out by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Twenty-four hours later they emerged having created the Hollywood Blacklist. The Waldorf Conference by Nat Segaloff, Daniel M. Kimmel and Arnie Reisman dramatically speculates on what went on in that room.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Edward Asner as Louis B. Mayer Shelley Berman as Samuel Goldman Charles Durning as James F. Byrnes David Ellenstein as William Goetz John Kapelos as Spyros Skouras Bill Macy as Barney Balaban Richard Masur as Mendel Silberberg George Murdock as Nicholas Schenck John Randolph as Harry Cohn Ron Rifkin as Dore Schery William Schallert as Albert Warner John Schuck as Eric Johnson

Directed by John de Lancie. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in October of 1993.

© 2009 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580816632

Release date

Audiobook: 16 December 2009