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.
SUBMIT UPDATES
The Granite Theatre continues with its soft-opening and return to live stage performances and in-theatre audiences presenting TEA FOR THREE. Performances begin tomorrow night, August 20 and run through September 12.
Videos
La Cage aux Folles
Trinity Repertory Company (5/30 - 6/30) | ||
The Cemetery Club
Newport Playhouse (5/29 - 6/30) | ||
Crimes of the Heart
The Arctic Playhouse (5/16 - 6/2) | ||
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
Burbage Theatre Co (5/30 - 6/16) | ||
Richard III
Roundabout Productions (6/14 - 6/23) | ||
Newport Contemporary Ballet presents the Newport Dance Festival
Great Friends Meeting House (7/17 - 7/21) | ||
TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL)
Attleboro Community Theatre (5/31 - 6/16) | ||
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