Bay City Players to Stage THE BEST MAN, Begin. 3/4

Bay City Players will present The Best Man, by Gore Vidal, March 4 - 6 & 11 - 13, 2016 at the Bay City Players, 1214 Columbus Avenue, in Bay City. Performance times are 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets are available by visiting our website www.baycityplayers.com or by contacting the Bay City Players box office Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at (989) 893-5556. Evening box office hours begin on Friday, March 4, 2016. Hours are Friday and Saturday, March 4, 5, 11 & 13 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6 & 13 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Ticket prices are Students: $10.00, Senior: $16.00 and Adults: $18.00.

The New York Post describes the plot as follows: "...William Russell, the ex-Secretary of State, is a wit and scholar with high liberal principles, beloved of the eggheads and suspected by practical politicians. Joseph Cantwell is a ruthless and hard-driving young man, a dirty fighter who will let no scruples stand in the way of his ambitions. And Arthur Hockstader is an ex-President, who loves politics for their own sake, admires a rough-and-tumble battler more than a chivalrous one, and is determined to have the final say in the selection of his party's candidate...The ruthless young man has got hold of papers indicating that his rival once suffered from a mental crackup, which he is all set to use. Then his scrupulous antagonist comes across some incriminating evidence about Cantwell, which he is loath to produce. The scruples don't appeal to the ex-President, who enjoys seeing the boys fight. All of this provides the framework for some vivid and interesting scenes in which Mr. Vidal contrasts the minds, emotions and fighting spirits of the two candidates..."