Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow to Star on Broadway in 'Hillary and Clinton'
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Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow to Star on Broadway in 'Hillary and Clinton'
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Lucas' play is that rare kind of blow-the-door-off-its-hinges new work that I will always respond to and want to present," Rudin told The Hollywood Reporter.
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It's a political play — but not in the way I think anybody will expect.
It treats the Clintons like Shakespeare treated real people in his history plays — it is both fundamentally truthful and also wildly imaginative.
It's not in any way a docudrama or a work of nonfiction but rather an exploration of power and how it works, not only in the canvas of a political campaign but inside an enduring marriage.
"It's funny and smart and intensely theatrical and, I think, very moving," added Rudin. "It has that particular kind of energy of the best backstage dramas — it's a deep dive into a pivotal moment we think we know a lot about, but that in fact we actually know very little about.
I found it both shrewd and, in its way, revelatory in the way it posits a behind-the-curtain look at how history might have occurred."
The play starts
previews March 16 ahead of an April 18 opening at a Broadway theater to be announced, along with casting of the remaining roles. The production will be eligible for 2019 Tony Awards consideration, giving Metcalf a shot at three in a row.
Broadway writers take on "
a pivotal moment we think we know a lot about, but that in fact we actually know very little about. "
Metcalf & Lithgow will play their roles with the emotion of what occurs in the privacy of a power couple when cameras aren't there.
Out of curiosity, & love for Broadway production, & of course Metcalf & Lithgow, I would love to see this Show.
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