Meghan McCain attends the 26th annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 21, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo:Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
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Meghan McCainwon’t be buying a ticket to theOff-BroadwaymusicalGhost of John McCain.
“This is trash,” she posted on Wednesday, April 3. “I hope it bombs.”
PEOPLE reached out to representatives for the show.
Her words came as news broke thatGhost of John McCainwould be making its world premiere at the Soho Playhouse in New York City this fall. Performances begin Labor Day weekend and run through Election Day, Nov. 5.
Donald Trump and John McCain.SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock; Mustafa Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty
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In the comedy, according to a release, “McCain contemplates a wonderful afterlife, but instead finds that ‘heaven’ is insideDonald Trump’s brain, where a ‘Greek Chorus’ of iconic figures — includingHillary Clinton, Roy Cohn, Eva Peron, Teddy Roosevelt, Robert Jordan, andLindsey Graham— rebel against the former president’s relentless demands for affirmation.”
Casting and the show’s full creative team will be announced at a later date. Catie Davis, the associate director onBeetlejuiceandMoulin Rouge! The Musical, will direct.
John McCain and Meghan McCain.Heidi Gutman /Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Meghan, who hosts the podcastMeghan McCain Has Entered the Chat, has made no secret of the close bond with her dad,who died at 81 on Aug. 25, 2018, after a lengthy treatment for brain cancer.
“Been a weirdly hard few weeks missing him,” Meghan wrote on Instagram in February 2022. “Grief never goes away, sending love to all of those who are also on the journey.”
She’s previously admitted that losing her father had been “harder than I thought it would be.”
“We talked a few times a day and I miss his laugh and dark sense of humor the most,” she shared on social media in August 2020. “Grief doesn’t get easier but in my experience the pain does get quieter in time. I still wake up every day missing him.”
John McCain.Lauren Burke /ABC via Getty
And while she may not have faith inGhost of John McCain, Fose and Rose both said in a release their intentions are not to make a mockery of Sen. McCain’s legacy.
“Having served him for nearly two decades, I believe Senator McCain would laugh at this entertainment and be grateful his legacy continues to spark important conversation, from the serious to the absurd,' said Fose. “Our hope is that this musical will remind America our democracy is worth fighting for.”
source: people.com
