NEW YORK ¨C The family of reality show star turned U.S. President Donald Trump has inspired a new off-Broadway cabaret spoof promoted by former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.
The entrepreneur and political consultant, who was fired from the White House after an 11-day stint a year ago, lent his name to ¡°The 1st Annual Trump Family Special,¡± which opens in New York on Sept. 13, saying that its ¡°kernels of truth make good satire.¡±
¡°I think they¡¯d find this very funny,¡± Scaramucci said of the first family at a news conference. ¡°They know how to take a joke.¡±
Scaramucci and Trump do not appear in the sendup, whose characters include the president¡¯s children, Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric, along with ex-wives Ivana Trump and Marla Maples, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Gina Gershon, best known for the title role in the kitsch movie classic ¡°Showgirls,¡± will star as first lady Melania Trump in the show modeled after old TV specials featuring such 1970s acts as ¡°The Osmonds,¡± ¡°The Brady Bunch¡± and ¡°The Partridge Family.¡±
Gershon, who has also acted as a kinky lesbian in ¡°Bound¡± and Donatella Versace, sister of assassinated designer Gianni Versace, was a dead ringer for Mrs. Trump at the news conference.
¡°It goes without saying that this show will be best,¡± she said as Melania Trump. ¡°I think this would be a very, a be best, very encouraging and lively show that shows the family exactly as they are.¡±
Lyrics from the show, which will run through December, comment on headlines ¡°written by the liberal fake news.¡±
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