The New York Musical Theatre festival and Paul Hodge present

CLINTON
www.ClintonTheMusical.com

Book by PAUL HODGE & MICHAEL HODGE
Music & Lyrics by PAUL HODGE

Featuring
KARL KENZLER, DUKE LaFOON, ALET TAYLOR, TOM SOUHRADA, KEVEN ZAK
NATALIE GALLO, KARA GUY, and JOHN GREGORIO

Directed by ADAM ARIAN
Musical Direction by JAMES DOBINSON
Choreography by EMILY McNAMARA
Scenic Design: DAVID GALLO
Lighting Design: GREG MITCHELL
Costume Design: DAVID WOODARD
Sound Design: SHANNON SLATON

Orchestra
Musical Director/Keys 1: JAMES DOBINSON
Assistant Musical Director/Keys 2: ARI ROSSEN
Drums: YUICHI MIRAKAWA
Reeds: JASON CURRY

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
(212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org
7/18 @ 8 PM; 7/19 @ 9 PM; 7/20 @ 4 PM; 7/22 @ 9 PM; 7/25 @ 1 PM; 7/26 @ 5 PM

Michael and Paul Hodge’s CLINTON is a raucous, racy, and rollicking musical inhabited by some of the most unforgettable and unconventional characters ever to grace the American political stage. As if one wasn’t enough, there are two Clintons – serious statesman WJ (Karl Kenzler) and mischievous Billy C (Duke LaFoon) – and together they manage to stir up a great deal of trouble and fun. Alet Taylor is marvelous as Hillary. And they are joined by nemesis Newt Gingrich (Tom Souhrada), tenacious Kenneth Starr (the hilarious Kevin Zak), advisor Dick Morris (John Gregorio), Monica Lewinsky (Natalie Gallo) and of course Eleanor Roosevelt (Kara Guy). Together these folks resurrect fond memories – Newt’s Contract with America, Starr’s White Water/Monica Lewinsky investigations, and the shutdown of the government to name a few. Interweave these with a strip tease, a boxing match, the Macarena, and high-energy singing and dancing, and you can’t help but have a good ole time.

What’s truly entertaining is to reminisce of this momentous time in light of current-day events. Double entendres become triple entendres as the past and the present collide in hilarious fashion. What’s old is new again, and how fortunate are we that we not only got to live through the events but also experience it again through a delightful musical. CLINTON – may the name ring on into our future!

- Laurie Lawson -