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Julianne Hough & Vanessa Williams Celebrate With Their Cast at 'POTUS' Opening Night Party

Julianne Hough steps out in a bright yellow dress for the opening night party for POTUS held at The Shubert Theater on Sunday (May 1) in New York City.

The 33-year-old actress joined all her costars – Vanessa Williams, Gisela Chipe, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Julie White, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Suzy Nakamura, Anita Abdinezhad, and Jennifer Fouche, as well as director Susan Stroman at the party following the premiere of the new Broadway play.

Celeb guests at the event included Lea Michele, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan and her husband, Jason Ralph, Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer.

Teri Hatcher was also in attendance, supporting her former Desperate Housewives co-star Vanessa.

Just last month, Julianne had to miss several performances of the show. Find out why here!

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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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Julianne Hough, Vanessa Williams, & More Celebrate First Performance of New Play 'POTUS' on Broadway!

Julianne Hough raises her champagne glass in a toast to her new Broadway play POTUS while attending a celebration following the first preview performance.

The 33-year-old actress was joined by Vanessa Williams and the rest of the cast while celebrating the show at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday night (April 14) in New York City.

Also starring in the play are Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, and Lilli Cooper. They were joined by playwright Selina Fillinger at the celebration.

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is playing a limited run through August 14. 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.”

The show is already getting raves from fans after just one performance.

“This was the most unhinged night of theatre I’ve ever experienced and I loved every, single minute of it. GO SEE POTUS!! @potusbway,” user @Rebecca_Mich tweeted.

“Good f–king God. There is nothing like this show. Go see @potusbway NOW,” user @KyleMFox tweeted.

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Julianne Hough to Make Broadway Debut Alongside Star-Studded Cast

Julianne Hough is heading to Broadway!

On Tuesday (March 1), it was announced that the 33-year-old Dancing with the Stars alum will be making her Broadway debut in the new play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive – and she’ll be appearing on stage alongside some very big stars.

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Michael Urie Tells Cool Story of How He Turned Marc Into a Series Regular Role on 'Ugly Betty'

Michael Urie‘s role on Ugly Betty was initially going to be much smaller than it turned out to be.

The 41-year-old actor had his big break while playing Marc St. James on the beloved ABC series and he’s sharing the cool story about how he turned his role into a series regular gig.

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'Queen of the Universe' Cast Includes 'American Idol' & 'Drag Race' Alums - Queens Revealed!

There are many familiar faces in the cast of Queen of the Universe!

The upcoming drag singing competition series, set to premiere on Paramount+ on December 2, includes 14 contestants from a variety of different backgrounds, including plenty of former reality TV stars.

The new cast of 14 queens represents 10 regions around the world, including the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, Australia, Canada, England, France, China, and India, and features several pageant winners and alums from The X Factor, American Idol and RuPaul’s Drag Race, as well as The Switch.

Each episode, the queens will perform in front of a live audience and judges Michelle Visage, Trixie Mattel, Vanessa Williams and Leona Lewis. Graham Norton will host the competition.

The winner will receive a $250,000 prize.

Find out who is competing…

Joshua Jackson, Yvonne Orji, & More Stars Attend the International Emmy Awards Event in NYC

Joshua Jackson looks so handsome while walking the red carpet at the 2021 International Emmy Awards on Monday (November 22) in New York City.

Lots of stars were in attendance at the event, including Insecure‘s Yvonne Orji, The Big Leap‘s Piper Perabo, Succession‘s Brian Cox, West Side Story‘s Brian d’Arcy James, ShadowhuntersEmeraude Toubia, Elementary‘s Aidan Quinn, Ugly Betty‘s Vanessa Williams, and Power Book II: Ghost‘s Method Man.

Yvonne hosted the event at the Great Hall of Casa Cipriani.

The 11 winning International Emmy programs and performances span 8 countries: France, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, PR China, Thailand, the UK and the US.

FYI: Joshua is wearing Dolce&Gabbana. Yvonne is wearing a marigold ballgown by Nicole + Felicia Couture. Piper is wearing a St. John gown. Emeraude is wearing a RaisaVanessa dress and Stuart Weitzman heels.

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