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A Marriage And Political Ambitions Untangle Onstage In 'Hillary And Clinton'

The new Broadway play starring Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow is set in a New Hampshire hotel suite during the 2008 primaries — just as Hillary Clinton realizes she is being overtaken.
John Lithgow (left), as former President Bill Clinton, and Laurie Metcalf, as Hillary Clinton, onstage in "Hillary and Clinton." (Julieta Cervantes/Courtesy of the production)

There’s a new Broadway play that takes an imaginative look at Hillary and Bill Clinton during the 2008 primaries.

“Hillary and Clinton” is a tragedy. But there are also moments of comedy — like when John Lithgow, as Bill Clinton, makes an entrance: his gleaming white legs in way-too-short running shorts, flinging himself back in a chair with a pizza box.

But over the course of the play, the laughs subside.

“Hillary and Clinton” is set in a New Hampshire hotel suite, just as Hillary, played

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