The scene is Philadelphia, as convention delegates prepare to nominate their presidential candidate.
Explosive charges involving the private lives of the leading contenders are about to detonate.
A gaggle of reporters stands ready to pounce on the scandalous rumors. The time, however, is not this year's election, though it might easily be. The Best Man, which is being revived on Broadway this season. The play features two candidates who become mired in a war of mutual destruction as they rummage around in each other's private lives and find some very hidden and lethal skeletons. One candidate has had a nervous breakdown, while the other has been accused of homosexuality.