Michael Moore's plans to go after Trump with a one-man Broadway show

"Can a Broadway show take down a sitting president?”
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Michael Moore's plans to go after Trump with a one-man Broadway show
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Director Michael Moore is always game to go after the U.S. government, particularly conservative presidents (let's all remember the George W. Bush years).

Beginning in July, Moore will take his high-level criticism to Broadway for The Terms of My Surrender, a one-man play about -- well, about "a country that’s just elected a madman," Moore told The New York Times. "I mean, there’s really no other way to put it."

“If one was going to stand on a stage and do the things that I’m going to do, there’s only one place to do it, and it’s here in this city and it’s right here at the epicenter of creative expression and free speech," Moore elaborated to the Times.

The Terms of My Surrender -- the poster of which asks, "Can a Broadway show take down a sitting president?” -- will occupy the same theater that hosted Hedwig and the Angry Inch in its revival run.

The show isn't meant to be strictly activism; Moore described it as both humorous and provocative.

“Can something like this unravel an unhinged man?” he asked the Times. “I think that discombobulation might be our most effective path to undoing his presidency.”

The Terms of My Surrender begins July 28 at the Belasco Theater.

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Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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