He's urged to resign, then he's threatened with impeachment. Meanwhile, contributors to the president's campaign are staying in the White House bedrooms. These aren't recent developments. Not that all of the surprisingly timely references in the show were originally intended as satire. Arthur Allan Seidelman's staging certainly lights the candles in high style.
Some extraordinary performances arise from the supporting cast.
An audience who heard Hillary Clinton's early remarks about baking cookies can sympathize with Lee's disdain for the attention paid to the first lady's kitchen skills. Jason Graae, knowing a chance to do broad shtick when it pops up, makes the most of the French ambassador who takes up the jilted girl's cause. And Lenny Wolpe, Craig Wasson and Gus Corrado are an amusingly contrasted trio of bosses behind the scenes. Broadway's Best in Concert production. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.