What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United Statesand she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This witty, sly and deeply moving script explores the hopes, fears and loves of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford. In three scenes taking place in the family quarters of the White House just prior to the end of living there as the wife of a president, each of the women confides alone to the audience. Secrets are spilled about their early years, their husbands rise to power, their romances with the men, their unique paths as wives in the White House, and their feelings about imminent retirement. Each of the three portraits becomes intimate, by degrees, as the women wrestle with what Pat Nixon called the hardest unpaid job in the world.
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The Drowsy Chaperone
Granite Theatre (7/12 - 8/4) | |
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The Cemetery Club
Newport Playhouse (5/29 - 6/30) | |
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MJ
Providence Performing Arts Center (1/21 - 1/26) | |
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Mamma Mia!
Providence Performing Arts Center (11/12 - 11/17) | |
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Richard III
Roundabout Productions (6/14 - 6/23) | |
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Providence Performing Arts Center (6/10 - 6/15) | |
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A Beautiful Noise
Providence Performing Arts Center (9/21 - 9/28) | |
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Newport Contemporary Ballet presents the Newport Dance Festival
Great Friends Meeting House (7/17 - 7/21) | |
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