I just found out that one of my favorite theater companies is performing this production for just one weekend—this one! If you can get to see Tea for Three rest assured that What Exit? Theatre Company is accomplished at producing comedies.
Lady Bird, Pat and Betty: Tea for Three
Written by Eric Weinberg and Starring Emmy-Winner Elaine Bromka as all 3 First Ladies!
WHEN: October 8–10; Friday and Saturday, 8 PM; Sunday, 3 PM
WHERE: Burgdorff Center, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood
TICKETS: 15–$25. Call box office 973.763.4029 for info & tickets
Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three reveals a gallery of intimate portraits of three remarkable, radically different First Ladies. We discover each at a threshold moment in her life, and learn the personal cost of what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.”
Particularly apt in a time of heightened politics, this one-woman show is both funny and deeply moving, a thought-provoking exploration of these fascinating women and what they faced in this most unusual job.
Emmy Award–winning actress Elaine Bromka, with 30 years in film, television, Broadway and Off-Broadway, starred opposite Rich Little in the P.B.S. show The Presidents and impersonated the last eight First Ladies. Intrigued by their stories, she went on to collaborate with playwright Eric H. Weinberger, focusing on Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford.
And the result? Eighty-five minutes of heartwarming delight!
