The New York Times calls 'Top Secret' play, by CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan "cogent" and "intelligent and informative."……
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Scoop up this one about the Pentagon Papers
The New York Post writes: "Scoop up this one about the Pentagon Papers. … Playwrights Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons have done an excellent job of dramatizing the story of how the newspaper battled the Nixon administration in court for the right to print their story."……
Top Secret lifts veil on Pentagon Papers fight
The Associated Press writes, "This love affair with journalistic revelations in the face of great odds is artfully rekindled in 'Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers,' an engaging, well-acted, historical drama by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. With cloak-and-dagger intrigue, government suppression, courtroom drama and an unusual theatrical format, the play will please theater enthusiasts and history buffs alike. … The 'write what you know' maxim couldn't be more apropos in this case, evidenced by Cowan and Aarons' clear presentation of the facts and splendidly nuanced dialogue, which consistently rings true."……
Top Secret Talks: The tension between national security and a free press is the focus of a groundbreaking CCLP series in New York
In conjunction with the Off-Broadway debut of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, conversations spotlight journalists, scholars, jurists and public policy leaders With the nation involved in two wars and facing continuing threats of terrorism, USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) presents TOP SECRET TALKS, a timely examination of the tension between the government's need for secrecy and the public's right to know, in conjunction with the New York production of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers…….