Mastergate » (Unabridged, 2 CDs, 118 min.)

The Tony Award-winning playwright and creator of TV's M*A*S*H has fashioned a wickedly funny satire about the Iran-Contra Senate hearings and their participants. A top-notch Hollywood cast, headed by Walter Matthau, brings this scathing comedy to life.

Library Journal

The late Tony Award-winning playwright Gelbart's tour de force political satire about the Iran-Contra Senate hearings is enough to make listeners cry with laughter and also to shed a few real tears over the realistic nature of it all. Double-speak and triple-speak rule the day in a way that would make George Orwell proud; Gelbart reveals a mastery of puns and double entendres that indicates that his abilities have only improved since his work on TV's M*A*S*H. The sound production is top-notch, while the performances of the 16-person cast, headed by Walter Matthau and Edward Asner, are all stellar in tone, emphasis, and execution. Strongly recommended.—Lance Eaton, Peabody, MA