NEW YORK -- Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing.
28.04.2022 - 19:49 / variety.com
Marilyn Stasio Theater CriticI am woman, hear me roar — with laughter, at “POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” playwright Selina Fillinger’s delicious feminist farce about the all-female staff that keeps the country out of war and other sticky situations while babysitting the dullard who holds the highest office in our beleaguered land. Playing characters largely unknown to the public within the world of the play are actors Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Rachel Dratch, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White and Vanessa Williams.
Director Susan Stroman’s ensemble is a bona-fide dream team.Fillinger writes for “The Morning Show” on Apple TV but is a newbie to Broadway, announcing her comic voice here with the smart dedication of her play to “any woman who’s ever found herself the secondary character in a male farce.” There are no secondary characters here, but a tight, fiercely funny ensemble of women who have devoted their lives and sacrificed their sanity to the political upkeep and personal maintenance of their figurehead boss, the President of these United States. Unseen (except for his lower legs in a funny compromising situation), this lucky dog has a woman for every necessity to maintain his office and affirm his questionable humanity.As befits modern farce, the basic plot seems absurdly simple until you start unpacking it.
In Act One, we learn about all the fraught political issues bedeviling the White House, the nation and the world. It’s hard not to howl — and then feel guilty about it — when Jean, the press secretary played with prissy political finesse by Nakamura, wonders aloud which of the scheduled callers might be cut from the morning’s lengthy guest list.
NEW YORK -- Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing.
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NEW YORK -- Friday's “Jeopardy!” match marked a turning point for the game show's latest mega-champ.The latest long-time champ on “Jeopardy!” has seen her winning streak end at 23 — by a single dollar.Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, saw her winning streak end at 23 — by a single dollar.Roach earned $560,983 during her run on the game show. She's has one of the five longest winning streaks in “Jeopardy!” history, but didn't come close to Ken Jennings' record of 74 consecutive wins.Danielle Maurer, a marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, beat Roach on Friday's show by a margin of $15,600 to $15,599.Unlike her second-to-last match, Roach went into the final question with the lead Friday.
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Frank Rizzo Sometimes being nice has its rewards.Take Buddy Young Jr., the bitter, self-centered, self-destructive comedian from the 1992 flop film “Mr. Saturday Night,” which Billy Crystal starred in, directed and co-wrote based on one of his ’80s sketch creations.
Like some strange brew blend of VEEP, Noises Off and one of the late Charles Ludlam’s outrageously vulgar (and still sorely missed) Ridiculous Theatrical Company follies, Selina Fillinger’s all-female, star-packed political satire POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is an occasionally glorious mess of a farce, sometimes chaotically funny and other times as what-were-they-thinking?? goofy as the last segment of a Saturday Night Live episode.