Theater for the New City Presents

HEATHER SMILEY FOR PRESIDENT

155 First Avenue
NY NY

1-25 October2015

Book and Lyrics by Tom Attea
Music by Arthur Abrams
Directed by Mark Marcante
Choreography by Angela Harriell
Musical Direction by Annie Lebeaux

Featuring Rebecca Holt, Joris Stuyck, Todd Lewis, Carol Tammen, Nellesa Walthour, David F. Slone, Jacob Storms, Melissa Carlile-Price

Political satire is common, but not easy. HEATHER SMILEY FOR PRESIDENT is like a lame Saturday Night Live Skit put to mediocre music. Despite a talented and hard-working cast, the writing is not clever and the music is not melodic. The characters are one-note, generic caricatures. With the exception of Joris Stuyck’s spot on Bill Clinton voice, they aren’t even good imitations.

Skip this show, and watch Saturday Night Live instead.

- Jean Tait -