January 12, 2009

By By Mitchell Peters, L.A.

Former U.S. VP Al Gore, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and many others political figures will appear in various cities as part of MSG Entertainment's second annual Speaker Series: The Minds That Move the World.

From March through June, New York's Radio City Music Hall, Boston's Citi Performing Arts CEnter/Wang Theatre and the Chicago Theatre will each host four evenings with various political figures. Other speakers scheduled to participate include Mike Huckabee, James Carville, Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Chris Matthews, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper and Al Sharpton, among others.

A full schedule is available at speakerseries2009.com. Tickets are currently available through Ticketmaster.

This year's Speaker Series will allow each participant to speak on a various current event and national issues, which will be followed by a moderated question and answer session. Last year's inaugural series at Radio City featured Bill Clinton, Gore, Rudy Giuliani, Tim Russert and Cooper, among others.

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