In 1930s New York, Orson Welles (Angus Macfadyen) tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theatre Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of industrial unrest and red activity. Meanwhile Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) gets the foyer of his company headquarters decorated and an Italian countess sells paintings for Mussolini.

New York County Supreme Court, 60 Centre Street and Worth Street, Manhattan.

Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan.

Times Square (Broadway, 7th Avenue, West 42nd and 47th Streets) Manhattan.