After leaving politics when she was beaten badly by former President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tried her hand at producing Broadway musicals.
And she failed. Big time, according to Breitbart.
The musical "Suffs," which lists Clinton as a producer, failed to turn a profit in its first six months and has formally been tossed in the trash after running for only eight months.
The cast, which are all women and "non-binary" actors, apparently didn't have the talent or the story backing to wow audiences into coming back.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, "Suffs," a play about the women's suffrage movement, cost a staggering $19 million to produce.
The play is apparently such a drag that it can't recoup its operating costs from ticket sales, and has failed to turn a profit.
Hillary Clinton‘s Feminist Musical ‘Suffs‘ Bombs, Will Close After 8 Months on Broadway https://t.co/pbmafwU8Io via @BreitbartNews pic.twitter.com/INVeUFU6Hf
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The show has a tie to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Breitbart noted:
Producers announced Friday that Suffs will close January 5 — only running for eight full months since its opening on April 18, 2024. Among the show’s other producers is Meena Harris, the niece of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Upon announcing that she was a major producer of the Broadway show, Clinton aggressively marketed it through late-night talkshows and other media allies. Still, even they couldn't convince enough people to buy tickets to keep the show afloat.
Clinton was widely mocked across social media for not being able to keep the show alive for more than eight months
"It’s the name behind the musical that made it a failure. When will people learn. No one likes her or supports her," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "It is possible visitors to New York don't want to hear women complaining about being born female when they attend a Broadway show."
Breitbart noted:
As Breitbart News reported, the musical showed signs of struggle early in its run, with attendance dipping as low as 78 percent in May, just a month after opening — a troubling sign for a show that was in the midst of prime Broadway season.
