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	Monica! takes the world by storm! Here's the latest: We're opening! Painting the White House Blue, Monica! The Musical Premieres Sept. 21-Oct. 2 in NYMF By By Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com 21 September 2005 "American Idol" castoff Frenchie Davis plays President Bill Clinton's White House secretary Betty Currie in the Sept. 21 world premiere of Monica! The Musical! -- a show that started as a joke but expanded to a full production as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The frisky musical about the sexual scandal involving Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky has been seen in developmental stagings, including a May 2005 workshop in Manhattan. > more Scorching lesbian affair is right! Monica! The Musical onstage in NYC through October 2 20 September 2005 A comic look at a presidential scandal, Monica! The Musical opens Wednesday, September 21, and runs through Sunday, October 2, as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 307 W. 26th St. The show posits a scorching lesbian affair between Hillary Clinton and Janet Reno and features ousted American Idol vocalist Frenchie Davis as presidential secretary Betty Currie. > more We actually wrote this one... 30 Days of NYMF on BroadwayWorld Day 15: Monica! The Musical BroadwayWorld.com 16 September 2005 And now, a conversation occurring all over New York City at this very moment: Man: So, did you hear there's a new musical that's all about Monica Lewinsky? Woman: Really? What's it called? Man: Get ready for the massive creativity that went into coming up with THIS title. It's called "Monica! The Musical." Woman: Wow. Clever. Man: Isn't it? It's playing as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Woman: Did someone forget to tell NYMF that it was not, in fact, 1999? Because it's not. Man: Seriously. Pass me my pashmina shawl and let's all go listen to the Backstreet Boys. Woman: Heh. Man: We're funny. We understand those who have had this conversation. If we hadn't written the show, we'd be having it, too. > more We're a NYMF show to watch for! Bandits, Babes, Brains Fill Music Theater Fest By Barbara Hoffman, New York Post (free registration required) 12 September 2005 ANOTHER day, another festival. Or so it seems: Just weeks after the Fringe folded its tents comes the second annual New York Musical Theatre Festival. Starting today, it promises — or threatens, depending upon your appetite for the new — 34 musicals and 105 "events" (readings, concerts, seminars and other one-offs) sprawled over 26 venues around town. > more Monica's mentioned in paragraph three... Sonic Youths: A festival sets out to make musical theater seem hip again By David Kornhaber, The Village Voice 9 September 2005 According to the folks at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, live theater—not the Internet, digital music, or video games—is "the next frontier for young adults." Citing the success of shows like Rent and Avenue Q, the festival's producers refer freely to "an exciting revolution" and a "groundswell of creativity and young adult curiosity." As executive director Kris Stewart puts it, "We want the festival to prove that musical theater is living and vital and young and hip." > more Okay, we give. We're totally famous. That Woman: The Musical! By Shana Liebman, New York Magazine 5-12 September 2005 Just in time for Hillary Clinton's reelection campaign, Monica Lewinsky's back. This time, the ex-intern's just gonna open her mouth...and sing! Monica! The Musical starts September 21 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. > more NYMF madness! 30 Days of NYMF on BroadwayWorld Day 1: Bye, Bye Maria Von Trapp! Hello Monica! The Musical! BroadwayWorld.com 1 September 2005 September may mean the end of summer, but NYC theatre promises to be red hot this month with the return of The New York Musical Theatre Festival, a three-week celebration dedicated to bringing audiences a new brand of music theatre entertainment inspired by contemporary music, current events and shifting cultural attitudes. > more Broadway? This article is full of falsehoods, but then so is our show, so it's all oddly appropriate. Clinton Sex Scandal Ready for Broadway NewsMax.com 30 August 2005 A musical based on the sex scandal that turned Bill Clinton into the first elected president ever impeached is set to debut next month on Broadway. > more This article was reprinted in India, China and the UK. "American Idol" Castoff Is Bill Clinton's Secretary in Monica! The Musical Sept. 21-Oct. 2 in NYMF By Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com 29 August 2005 Frenchie Davis will play President Bill Clinton's White House secretary Betty Currie in the world premiere of Monica! The Musical! beginning Sept. 21 as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. > more Frenchie Davis stars as Betty Currie! Rent's Frenchie Davis Featured in Monica! The Musical, Sept. 21-Oct. 2 BroadwayWorld.com 29 August 2005 Rent star and ex-American Idol contestant Frenchie Davis will be featured in the cast of Monica! The Musical, a satirical show based on the presidential sex scandal that launched at least a thousand punchlines. It will run from September 21st to October 2nd at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St., between 8th and 9th Avenues) as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. > more The print article featured a lovely photo of Miss Christine DiGiallonardo as Monica Lewinsky... Women who achieve parody By Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News 27 June 2005 In the "olde" days, when women misbehaved they got run out of town. Now they get a Playbill. > more We just won't go away... Mistress Cycle, Orphan Train, Monica! The Musical Win Places in 2005 NY Musical Theatre Fest By Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com 24 May 2005 The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the 18 jury-selected musicals that will be part of the Next Link Project of the fest, to be held Sept. 12-Oct. 2 in midtown Manhattan. > more Sadly, this one is no longer online... Monica! fits the bill onstage By Blake Green, NEWSDAY 22 May 2005 Even as life zooms forward, some things have a tendency to be rehashed. And rehashed. In that category, put the seemingly forever-fascinating sexual adventures of former President William Jefferson Clinton, its current example being Monica! The Musical, which opened a one-week run Friday night Off-Broadway at Theatre Three. Urinetown Vets Star in New Monica! The Musical, About a Certain Intern By Robert Simonson, Playbill.com 18 May 2005 Monica Lewinsky, the only intern in the history of humankind to be universally known by her first name, is the subject of the long-in-development show Monica! The Musical, which will a limited run at Manhattan's Theatre Three May 20-27. > more Just one more step towards international fame...and we'll lobby for Murray, by the way: Monica! The Musical: The Movie By Leslie Felperin, TIMES ONLINE (UK) 29 April 2004 NEW YORK friends inform us that film producers have been talking to the writers of Monica! the Musical, a song-and-dance fest about Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton.... > more Thanks, Donna Lynne! We like you too... A Chat With Donna Lynne Champlin By Heather Smith, broadwayworld.com 8 Jan 2004 ...At first when she asked me to play Janet Reno, I laughed. And then I read the script and heard some of the songs and laughed my ass OFF. I think the trick to pulling off Janet is that she is one of the most honest and noble characters in this piece, so - to make fun of her in any way would be a mistake. She's a woman with very particular physicality regarding voice and stature - but other than that, she's just an intelligent woman surrounded by idiots and a lonely woman looking for a little love. Earnest people in absurd circumstances - you can't lose, really. > more We love this totally nice little article... Champlin, Evan Featured in Reading of Monica, the Musical, Oct. 26 By Robert Simonson, Playbill.com 21 Oct 2003 It was probably inevitable. The world's most famous intern, Monica Lewinsky, has become the subject of a musical, aptly titled Monica, the Musical. The show, with book and lyrics by Daniel J. Blau and Tracie Potochnik and music by Adam Blau, will get a concert reading on Oct. 26 and 27 in Manhattan. Casey Hushion will direct. The reading is for industry people only. > more Not more than a laugh, a tear, and a few (musical) notes... "Cultuur & Lifestyle: Bill en Monica" Thank you, Studio Brussel for this ringing endorsement in such a hilarious language!! That we don't understand!! We tried three different online free translators, and came up with the following three versions of the text, any of which could be the correct one (we vote for #2): Clenched and Monica (from freetranslation.com) The coincidence want that neat now Hillary from the confession claps over the affair from Clenched, the musicalscène self can please over Monica - the Musical. Finally becomes the story of the president and be stagaire on the stage brought. Not more than a laugh, a tear and a few (musical) notes. Buttocks and Monism (from InterTran) The hazard wish who rope now Hillary out of the confession slap via the matter with Buttocks, the musicalscneè themselves pitcher look forward to via 'Monica the Musical. Ultimately is being the tale with the chairman and one's stagaire worn the shelf brought. Not more than one smile, one tear and one couple (musical) staff. Bill and Monica (from Systran) The chance wants that exactly now Hillary from the biecht applaud concerning the affair of Bill, the musicalscène can delight itself concerning ' Monica - the musical '. At last the tale of the president becomes and stagaire on the beams has been brought. No longer than laugh, a tear and a couple (musical) notes. And things get even more random... Incredibly enough the paragon of journalism, FOX NEWS, talked about Monica! The Musical in their "Quick Takes on the Media" on April 26. Our first foray into television was mostly memorable for the following commercial teaser, *"You've heard of Cats...You've heard of Les Miz...But have you heard of Monica! The Musical? Stay tuned for a sneak peak."* And then there was this: "At Home, Shocked and Awed by Other News" by James P. Pinkerton Newsday April 29, 2003 ...Meanwhile, plans are afoot for Monica! The Musical. The New York Observer reports that the show - sample lyric from the Lewinsky character: "My poor dreams do need some dusting/Dreams of presidential thrusting" - opens May 7. All of which proves that the world's most famous ex-intern is getting more than her 15 minutes. Doesn't anybody have a stopwatch? And, of course, the one that started it all... "Monica! (The Musical?)" by Rebecca Traister The New York Observer April 16, 2003 The state of political satire is in jeopardy. While Saturday Night Live struggles to address an unfunny war, and the best unintentional parody around involves photo-shopped weasels on the cover of the New York Post, one team of composers has chosen to take another route to controversy by setting their new musical in the blowjob-heavy, war-light days of the Clinton administration. Monica! The Musical will get its first reading at the Manhattan Theatre Club on May 7. Its creators, Daniel Blau, Adam Blau and Tracie Potochnik, hope that the reading will lead to a stage berth here in New York, where it would join unlikely post-post-ironic musicals such as Debbie Does Dallas, Urinetown and the new Zanna, Don't! > Read the full article Notable Quotables Playbill.com says: "It was probably inevitable." Studio Brussel says: "Het toeval wil dat net nu Hillary uit de biecht klapt over de affaire van Bill, de musicalscène zich kan verheugen over 'Monica - the Musical'." Fox News says: "You've heard of Cats...You've heard of Les Miz...But have you heard of...Monica! The Musical?" The New York Observer says: "The state of political satire is in jeopardy." Newsday says: "Doesn't anybody have a stopwatch?" Mike Benedetto says: "I suppose this is one thing you can do with a Vassar education and some years of acappella singing under your belt."