“The Great Society”

What is it with Lyndon Johnson and epic biographies? In the tradition of Robert Caro’s multivolume series, playwright Robert Schenkkan has written ambitious separate works that together tell the 36th President’s tale. Part one, All the Way,was an Arena hit in 2016. Now most of that cast reunites for the local premiere of the conclusion, which finds LBJ trying to make America great via a host of social-welfare programs.