Rachel Dratch, Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White and Vanessa Williams will star in the just-announced Broadway comedy POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive this spring.The play by Selina Fillinger begins a strictly limited engagement at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday, April 14, with opening night set for Monday, May 9.
Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys)will direct. The limited engagement will run through Sunday, August 14.Produced by the Tony Award-winning production company Seaview (Slave Play), Lynette Howell Taylor’s 51 Entertainment, Glass Half Full Productions and Tony-winning entertainment company Level Forward (What the Constitution Means to Me), the production will mark the world premiere of POTUS.POTUS is described as a modern farce: “One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.”In an exclusive statement to Deadline, former Saturday Night Live cast member Dratch said, “I’m thrilled to be making my Broadway debut in POTUS, a play packed with lady power!!
I’m so looking forward to working with this cast of super-talented women, in a play written by a woman, all under the direction of the legendary Susan Stroman, or as I shall be calling her, from here on out, ‘Stro.’”Director Susan Stroman stated, “I could not be more excited to be headed to the Shubert Theatre this spring with Selina Fillinger and POTUS.
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