Monday, March 11, 2024

‘Something Clean’ is compelling in its regional premiere at Dobama by Alan Smason

By ROY BERKO Northwestern grad, Selina Fillinger, was the first Judith Barlow Prize winner, an annual student award given to work inspired by a historic female playwright.  “In 2019, her …

SOURCE: TheatreCriticsm.com at 06:56PM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive’ at City of Fairfax Theatre Company by Jeannette Mulherin

City of Fairfax Theatre Company’s current production of “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive,” features witty dialogue, a creative set, and a…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:31AM
Monday, January 29, 2024

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Steven Morris

The post POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive appeared first on Stage Raw - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:01PM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

‘A Quick 5’ with Heather Plank, Actor, ‘POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive’ at the City of Fairfax by Susan Brall

Starting February 2, 2024, the City of Fairfax Theatre Company will be performing “POTUS” by Selina Fillinger. It is directed by Jack Lockrem and produced by Amanda Herman Snellings and …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:04PM
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Hail to the Chief: A Review of “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” at Steppenwolf by Ted C. Fishman

The title character of the President of the United States never appears in "POTUS," a riotous political farce with an all-women cast. The comedy does, however, begin with a crisis he created.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Video: First Look at All New Clips From POTUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

 Steppenwolf Theatre Company has released all new video footage from the Chicago premiere of Selina Fillinger’s outrageous farce POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM
Friday, October 20, 2023

A rollicking ‘POTUS’ kicks dumbass at Arena Stage by D.r. Lewis

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive opens with a single, shocking utterance of the C-word. Yes, that C-word (or an adjectival variation of it, at l…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:51PM

Photos: First Look at POTUS at Arena Stage

All new photos have been released from POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Check out th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25AM
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

“POTUS” Sports White House Crew of Talented Comedic Women—at Berkeley Rep by Erin Weitzman

Millennial Notes Selina Fillinger Shocks US, Humors US, Makes US Think by Erin Weitzman While the U.S.  has yet to elect a female president, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Sev…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:57PM
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Women in the White House make for a crude, funny POTUS at Berkeley Rep by Chad Jones

ABOVE: (from left) Stephanie Styles is Dusty, Deirdre Lovejoy is Harriet, Kim Blanck is Jean and Allison Guinn is Bernadette in Selina Fillinger’s feminist satire POTUS: Or, Behind Every G…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:53PM
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Concord Theatricals Acquires Licensing Rights for POTUS

Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English language stage licensing rights to Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PM
Monday, August 15, 2022

A Life in the Theatre: Julie White of POTUS, The Little Dog Laughed, and Airline Highway by Margaret Hall

White just completed her run as Harriet, the overworked Chief of Staff in Broadway's POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Tony-Winning Smash Hamilton Celebrates Seven Years by Lindsey Sullivan

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton celebrated seven years since it opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on August 6, 2015. While the musical can be viewed…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PM
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

‘POTUS’ to be filmed on Broadway on Aug. 2 by Caitlin Hornik

“POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” will be filmed on Aug. 2 for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the …

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:27AM
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Tony-Winning Company Revival Ends the Party Strong by Lindsey Sullivan

Marianne Elliott's production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company closed at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on July 31, and audienced flocked to take in its final week. The product…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Audiences Rush to See Stranger Things' Gaten Matarazzo in Dear Evan Hansen by Caitlin Moynihan

Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, which is in its final two months on Broadway, is back in the top five thanks audiences rushing to catch Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo's first …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Audiences Spellbound by Summer's Into the Woods by Lindsey Sullivan

Fans of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods are well-aware that the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn and the slipper as pure as gold …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Why POTUS Might Be For You by Christian Lewis

The Broadway Applause Series Salutes POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Audience at POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE On Broadway React In Light Of Roe V. Wade Overturn

Last night, audiences reacted strongly to dialogue that states 'affordable safe reproductive healthcare is a basic human right'.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AM
Monday, June 13, 2022

Hilarity back on Broadway in POTUS by Cogency

In these trying times (do I sound like a politician yet?), we could all use a good laugh. Broadway isn’t always hospitable to farces, not since The Play That Goes Wrong opened in 2017 ha…

SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 07:07PM
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Phylicia Rashad Wins Second Tony Award for Skeleton Crew by Lindsey Sullivan

Phylicia Rashad earned her second Tony Award for her performance in Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew. The win was announced at the 2022 Tony Awards ceremony on June 12 at Radio City Mus…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:24PM
Friday, June 10, 2022

AND THE WINNER IS… by Ron Fassler

Jaquel Spivey, John-Michael Lyles and James Jackson, Jr. at the first Broadway preview curtain call for “A Strange Loop” (Photo: Jeenah Moon for The New York Times).I’ve been handicap…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:00PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Take Me Out Brings in Audiences During Final Weeks by Lindsey Sullivan

Play ball! Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg's play about baseball and unspoken prejudices is Tony-nominated for Best Play Revival and for stars Jesse Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Michae…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM

Debbie Downer No More! Rachel Dratch on Tony Award Nomination for the 'Joy Bomb' POTUS by Broadway.com

Broadway's biggest night is just days away, and The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek sat down with Gir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PM
Monday, June 6, 2022

VIDEO: Rachel Dratch Says Her Tony Nomination 'Wasn't Even on [Her] Dreamboard!'

One of the seven reasons that audiences are on their feet every night at the Shubert Theatre is Rachel Dratch, who is up for her very first Tony Award for her hysterical performance in POTU…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AM
Thursday, May 26, 2022

VIDEO: Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, & Julianne Hough Talk POTUS on THE VIEW

Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, and Julianne Hough sat down with the women of The View to discuss POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. The stars d…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Broadway Grosses: Audiences Head to the Underworld to See André De Shields Before His Hadestown Departure by Lindsey Sullivan

With awards season in full swing, spring offerings like The Music Man, Plaza Suite, Six and Funny Girl continue to pack houses. Nevertheless, the long-running, Tony-winning musical Hadestown…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM

VIDEO: Lea DeLaria Discusses Celebrating Her Birthday With Her POTUS Co-Stars on WENDY

Lea DeLaria sat down on the Wendy Show with guest host Sherri Shepherd to discuss her current Broadway run in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PM

Julianne Hough is making moves — and a Broadway debut in ‘POTUS’ by Chuck Arnold

Before Julianne Hough even made her Broadway debut in the new political farce “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” the 33-year-old dancer, ac…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:10AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards