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POTUS (play)
''POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive'' is a play by Selina Fillinger that opened on Broadway theatre, Broadway on April 27, 2022 at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway), Shubert Theatre. The original Broadway production was directed by Susan Stroman and starred Lilli Cooper (Chris), Lea DeLaria (Bernadette), Rachel Dratch (Stephanie), Julianne Hough (Dusty), Suzy Nakamura (Jean), Julie White (Harriet), and Vanessa Williams (Margaret). Plot summary The show centers around a PR nightmare for the White House while seven women try to keep the President out of trouble. Cast Reception Jesse Green, chief theatre critic for ''The New York Times'', gave the production a mixed review, stating, "As a farce, 'POTUS' still plays by old and almost definitionally male rules; farce is built on tropes of domination and violence. On the other hand, and more happily, 'POTUS' lets us experience the double-bind of exceptional women unmediated by the men who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selina Fillinger
Selina Fillinger is a Broadway theatre, Broadway-produced playwright, TV writer, and screenwriter. Early life and education Fillinger was born in Berkeley, California. She is Jewish. When she was three her family moved to Eugene, Oregon, where she grew up. She went to South Eugene High School before attending Northwestern University, where she studied acting and playwriting. While at Northwestern she received the first Judith Barlow Prize, an annual student award given to work inspired by a historic female playwright. She was one of three playwrights selected for Northwestern's Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, two years in a row. Career During her senior year at Northwestern, Fillinger was commissioned by two local theaters, Northlight Theatre and Sideshow Theatre. Her play ''Faceless'' was produced at Northlight in January 2017 and was Fillinger's first professional production, opening only six months after she graduated. Her Sideshow commission, ''Something Clean'', premiered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |