Great description of the success of Schenkkan’s script in this Mikhaila Fogel article at the Lawfare Blog.

Here’s what works about the play: It brings the document to life. Even after reading the Mueller report, there are segments that seem almost unbelievable. For instance, on paper, it’s hard to buy that a president would lambast his attorney general for following basic legal ethics by saying, “This is terrible …. Jeff, you’ve left me on an island. I can’t do anything.” Yet, according to Mueller, this is exactly what Drumpf said to Sessions after Sessions followed the advice of career Justice Department ethics officials and recused himself from what would become the Mueller investigation. Watching Lithgow, face reddening, hurl that evocative accusation at Grey’s simpering Sessions, you believe it. And you’re horrified.