{"id":447045,"date":"2022-05-14T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vanessa-williams-is-a-natural-in-broadways-potus\/"},"modified":"2022-05-14T19:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:31:14","slug":"vanessa-williams-is-a-natural-in-broadways-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vanessa-williams-is-a-natural-in-broadways-potus\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vanessa Williams is a natural in Broadway&#8217;s &#8216;POTUS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289675829a3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289675829a3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vanessa-williams-is-a-natural-in-broadways-potus\/#%E2%80%9CVanessa_Williams_is_a_natural_in_Broadways_%E2%80%98POTUS%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Vanessa Williams is a natural in Broadway&#8217;s &#8216;POTUS&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Vanessa Williams is a natural in Broadway&#8217;s &#8216;POTUS'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She went from being crowned Miss America \u2014 to being elected First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Williams stars as the First Lady in Broadway\u2019s \u201cPOTUS\u201d\u00a0\u2014a role she\u2019s been gathering material for her entire life.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve met five first ladies in my lifetime, which has been pretty extraordinary, so I\u2019ve got some great history to pull from,\u201d the 59-year-old told The Post via Zoom on Friday. \u201cBecause they\u2019re all amazing, graceful, smart, passionate, dedicated women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her first encounter with the president\u2019s other half came after getting crowned Miss America in 1983\u00a0\u2014when she attended the state dinner at the White House and met President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy.<\/p>\n<p>In the play, which has been nominated for three Tony Awards, audiences never see the president, but learn a salacious fact about him\u00a0\u2014that he got a young woman, played by Julianne Hough, pregnant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"Williams was crowned Miss America in 1983.\" class=\"wp-image-22271853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-miss-america-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Williams was crowned Miss America in 1983.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The actress and \u201cSave the Best for Last\u201d singer\u00a0\u2014who invited her Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>aqua neighbor Hillary Clinton to see the show\u00a0\u2014shrugged off any hint of irony. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you know what \u2026 there\u2019s been lots of scandals, John F. Kennedy, I mean, there\u2019s been scandal across the board,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most recent scandals to rock the Great White Way is the leak of a cell phone video and images of a nude Jessie Williams in \u201cTake Me Out.\u201d The mom of four and first-time grandmother says that\u2019s par for the course and \u201cpart of the risk of doing a show where you\u2019re full frontal and full rear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former pageant queen understands the risks firsthand, having had naked photos of herself emerge after winning Miss America, which led her to ultimately resign.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she first got the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that her \u201cPenthouse\u201d photos went public without her permission from a New York Post reporter during an interview in 1984\u00a0\u2014which was also about a woman in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeraldine Ferraro was running as the ticket for female vice president \u2026 It was July 13th, Friday the 13th, when I had the interview \u2026 At the very end, he said, \u2018Oh, by the way, we heard from a reliable source. And I was like, \u2018I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"Williams on stage in POTUS.\" class=\"wp-image-22271873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Williams on stage in \u201cPOTUS.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Kolnik<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Williams\u00a0\u2014who won Miss America while she was still a student at Syracuse University\u00a0\u2014said she didn\u2019t experience the same pressures as other\u00a0beauty\u00a0competitors\u00a0had.<\/p>\n<p>This was because the Bronx native, who grew up in Millwood, was awarded the title after participating in only a handful of contests, including Miss New York, a title she was awarded just a few months prior to Miss America.<\/p>\n<p>She met Miss Universe winner Chelsie Kryst, who committed suicide in January by jumping off her Midtown building, when the Extra correspondent interviewed her virtually in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did one interview with her during the pandemic,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I had no idea. She did not look like she had any mental issues that she was dealing with at all. So I have no idea what was going on in her life, but to take your life in that manner, it\u2019s a very strong declaration of wanting to be seen and heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For her character, Margaret, who Williams calls a \u201cbadass,\u201d the actress does her own makeup. And as for accessories, she took inspiration from real-life White House women.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cI\u2019ve met five first ladies in my lifetime, which has been pretty extraordinary, so I\u2019ve got some great history to pull from,\u201d Williams said.\" class=\"wp-image-22271879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/vanessa-williams-potus-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve met five first ladies in my lifetime, which has been pretty extraordinary, so I\u2019ve got some great history to pull from,\u201d Williams said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Kolnik<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le strand of pearls is definitely very Barbara Bush,\u201d she said. \u201cThe headband that I wear in Act II, Hillary went through her headband phase. The jumpsuit, I think Michelle Obama is probably the only First Lady that\u2019s ever done a jumpsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And speaking about signature accessories, Williams still has her Miss America crown in a box at home. \u201cI resigned, no one came to my house to dethrone me,\u201d she said, laughing.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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