'Clinton the Musical' to wow drama lovers
(MENAFN- Arab News) NEW YORK: Bill and Hillary Clinton are going back to the White House this spring onstage that is.
'Clinton the Musical' the brainchild of two Australian brothers makes its off-Broadway debut in April with a hysterical premise and a gentle look back at the '90s.
The play celebrates the first baby-boomer president the one who preferred briefs to boxers played a sax on national TV presided over an economic boom and got himself impeached.
'The thing that endeared Bill Clinton and continues to endear him to the American public is that he was a very identifiable human being' said Paul Hodge who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the story. 'He was clearly human and he had flaws like everyone.'
The cast of characters includes Dick Morris Newt Gingrich Monica Lewinsky and former Clinton special prosecutor Kenneth Starr who sings 'A Starr Is Born' and 'Relations.' There's a dancing press corps and music that takes you back to Celine Dion Hanson and the Spice Girls.
'It really does its job of taking down America and uplifting it at the same time in a weird sort of way' said Dan Knechtges the Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer. 'Nothing is sacred.'
'Clinton the Musical' the brainchild of two Australian brothers makes its off-Broadway debut in April with a hysterical premise and a gentle look back at the '90s.
The play celebrates the first baby-boomer president the one who preferred briefs to boxers played a sax on national TV presided over an economic boom and got himself impeached.
'The thing that endeared Bill Clinton and continues to endear him to the American public is that he was a very identifiable human being' said Paul Hodge who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the story. 'He was clearly human and he had flaws like everyone.'
The cast of characters includes Dick Morris Newt Gingrich Monica Lewinsky and former Clinton special prosecutor Kenneth Starr who sings 'A Starr Is Born' and 'Relations.' There's a dancing press corps and music that takes you back to Celine Dion Hanson and the Spice Girls.
'It really does its job of taking down America and uplifting it at the same time in a weird sort of way' said Dan Knechtges the Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer. 'Nothing is sacred.'
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