(L-R) Actors Natalie Gallo as former White House intern Monica Lewinsky Aviles Hurtado Copa Mundial Camiseta , Karl Kenzler as former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Alet Taylor as former first lady and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton practice a piece from 'Clinton: The Musical' in the hallway before the New York Musical Theatre Festival preview in New York July 2, 2014. "Clinton: The Musical," a bawdy, raucous farce parodying the sex scandal that rocked the White House, with two actors portraying the dual sides of Bill Clinton, makes its U.S. debut this month during the New York Musical Theater Festival.
Critics have described the show that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland in 2012 before transferring to London as "witty Eder Alvarez Balanta Copa Mundial Camiseta , quirky" and a "delicious political satire."
The musical depicts Bill and Hillary Clinton's attempts to save the presidency following his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
"Our play is a loving poke at Bill Clinton," Duke LaFoon, who portrays the Bill who gets into trouble, said at a preview. "He is quite the character, so there is a lot there to mine for jokes."
Karl Kenzler, as WJ Clinton William Tesillo Copa Mundial Camiseta , is the idealistic politician who genuinely wants to change the country and help his fellow man.
"Ultimately this show is a sharp farce. It's a parody and people make a lot of comparisons to 'South Park' and 'The Book of Mormon'," Kenzler said, referring to the TV comedy and hit Broadway play.
Written by Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge, the show has performances between July 18 and 25th at the festival, a showcase for new musicals.
The musical premieres in New York following publication of Hillary Clinton's memoir "Hard Choices," with the country guessing about whether she will run for president in 2016.
The Clintons did not respond to a request for comment about the show. There are also portrayals of Lewinsky Davinson Sanchez Copa Mundial Camiseta , former Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich and Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor who issued a report on the scandal.
"When she is asked specifically about the scandal her answer is, 'I'm over that,'" said Alet Taylor, who plays Hillary. "She wants to move forward, so I don't know that our musical represents moving forward Jefferson Lerma Copa Mundial Camiseta , but I think she is aware of it."
Paul Hodge decided to write the musical after seeing a play in Australia with his family about a former Australian prime minister. The idea emerged when his dad suggested that Clinton's story would make a great musical.
Hodge was initially reluctant about having two actors play the former U.S. leader, as suggested by his brother. Then he read Clinton's autobiography.
"He, himself, said he felt like he had led these two parallel lives and other people like his political advisor Dick Morris had little names for him like 'Saturday night Bill' and 'Sunday morning president' or the 'the boy scout and the politician,'" said Hodge.
Director Adam Arian collaborated with Hodge for nearly a year to bring the musical to the United States.
"I think Bill Clinton has a certain humanity that endears him to people and that he has both strengths and weaknesses and I think people understand that he is a human being," said Hodge.
BEIJING Edwin Cardona Copa Mundial Camiseta , Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan, rather than China, is the country that has unilaterally "altered the status quo" in the East China Sea region in a longstanding dispute with China over the Diaoyu Islands.
The Diaoyu Islands have been part of China's sacred territory since ancient times -- a claim supported by historical facts and jurisprudential evidence.
There is a long list of historical facts to prove China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islets in the East China Sea.
The Diaoyu Islands were first discovered, named and exploited by the Chinese people. The Chinese book "Voyage with a Tail Wind" recorded the names of the islands that Chinese voyagers passed en route from Fujian to Ryukyu, such as "Diaoyu Islet" and "Chikan Islet," known today as the Diaoyu Island and Chiwei Islet.
In 1561 Giovanni Moreno Copa Mundial Camiseta , the "Illustrated Compendium on Maritime Security" compiled by Zheng Ruozeng under the auspices of Hu Zongxian, supreme commander of the southeast coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) court, included the Diaoyu Islands on the "Map of Coastal Mountains and Sands" and incorporated them into the jurisdiction of the coastal defense of the Ming imperial court.
Volume 86 of the "Recompiled General Annals of Fujian," a book compiled by Chen Shouqi and others in 1871, included the Diaoyu Islands as a strategic location for coastal defense and placed the islands under the jurisdiction of Gamalan, Taiwan.
The territorial dispute around the Diaoyu Islands started with Japan's illegal occupation of the islands in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
In 1895 Farid Diaz Copa Mundial Camiseta , when the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) government's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War was all but certain, Japan illegally occupied the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands. After that, Japan forced the Qing government to sign the unequal Treaty of Shimonoseki and cede to Japan "the island of Formosa (Taiwan), together with all islands appertaining or belonging to the said island of Formosa."
On Dec. 1, 1943, China Frank Fabra Copa Mundial Camiseta , the United States and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration, which stated in explicit terms that "all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and Pescadores" shall be restored to the Chinese. In international law, the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands have been returned to China since then.
On July 26 Felipe Pardo Copa Mundial Camiseta , 1945, the Potsdam Proclamation was issued. It reaffirmed that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out."
Therefore, after the end of World War II, China recovered its territory invaded and occupied by Japan.
The United States administered the islands as part of the U