Vanessa Williams Reveals How Her 'POTUS' Costumes Were Inspired by Former First Ladies

Vanessa Williams and Rachel Dratch are promoting their new Broadway comedy POTUS!

The ladies joined forces for an appearance on The Today Show on Thursday morning (April 21) in New York City.

Here is the play’s synopsis: “One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.”

During the interview, Vanessa, who plays the First Lady in the show, opened up about how her costumes in the play are inspired by some of our former First Ladies.

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“There are a couple of nods. I start act one in red, so that’s kind of close to the Nancy Regan red because that’s when I met her, I was 20-years-old, I had just been crowned Miss America,” she said. “I have a headband in act two, so that’s kind of a nod to Hillary. I have met, as you can see, many First Ladies.”

POTUS is currently in previews on Broadway ahead of an official opening on April 27.