‘HILLARY AND CLINTON’: TWO POLITICAL ANIMALS PLAY A HIGH-STAKES GAME ON BROADWAY

A long time ago in a universe far, far away, when election meddling was a cottage industry, not yet outsourced to the Russians, two people named Hillary and Bill Clinton meet in a New Hampshire hotel room to talk about life, liberty and the pursuit of the White House. The result is Hillary and Clinton, Lucas Hnath’s thoughtful and intelligent examination of marriage (specifically the Clintons') and politics (presidential and sexual).

Set in an alternate universe in the relatively calm time of January 2008, early in that election cycle’s primary season. Hillary is having a bad time of it: The Iowa caucuses didn’t go well, and her campaign is running low on money. She has just gotten an offer from Barack Obama to withdraw from the campaign and become his running mate. She needs advice and money. Who can she call? One of the best political strategists of recent times: Bill Clinton. But with him comes baggage, lots of it. Politicians make deals with the devil all the time—for some, life is one long series of Faustian bargains—but the devil usually doesn’t come in the form of one’s husband.



Hillary is going to run again is the final scene!