Susan Stroman for President? ‘POTUS’ Proves Again She Really Runs the Show
The sly wit and inspired goofiness of this staging owes much to the unique imagination she has brought even to lesser musicals, such as adaptations of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Bullets Over Broadway.’
Sometimes all it takes to get a play off the ground is a musical comedy genius.
The promisingly titled “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” marks the Broadway debut of the young playwright and screenwriter Selina Fillinger, a contributor to Apple TV’s “The Morning Show.” It also heralds the return of director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose flair for finding hilarity and poignance in physical and visual expression has benefited original productions and revivals of shows such as “Contact,” “The Music Man,” and, most famously, “The Producers.”
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