Donald Trump hadn't even won his first Republican primary when Henri Becque's comedy of sexual liberation, La Parisienne, created such an uproar at its 1895 Paris premiere. But while the current president never makes an appearance in Beau Willimon's new version of the story, The Parisian Woman, the current White House resident is certainly on the tips of everyone's tongues.
- 12/1/2017
- by Michael Dale
- BroadwayWorld.com
It’s odd that a four-year-old play would need an update for its Broadway premiere. But then Donald Trump got elected president of the United States. If memory serves, “The Parisian Woman” that I reviewed at South Coast Rep in 2013 was not set in a Barack Obama-specific Washington, D.C., but rather a capital city from almost any recent era. After all, in his playwriting effort Beau Willimon (“House of Cards”) was “inspired” by an 1885 play by Henri Becque, titled “La Parisienne.” Trump’s name is now mentioned only near the very end of this 90-minute play, but along the way we’re.
- 12/1/2017
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
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