Betsy Morgan, Barbara Walsh, and Caissie Levy in First Daughter Suite, a new musical by Michael John LaChiusa, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, running at The Public Theater.

Singing and Dancing Along With the Women of the White House

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 29, 2015

Tony nominee Michael John LaChiusa discusses his new musical, “First Daughter Suite,” along with actors Alison Fraser, and Caissie Levy. The show imagines the inner lives and dreams of America's best-known daughters. Fraser plays Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan, and Levy stars as Julie Nixon and Patti Davis. At The Public Theater Through November 22.

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