Forward Theater Company captures the energy and the skepticism of election season with ?44 Plays for 44 Presidents,? a clever, riotously entertaining production running through Oct. 7 in the Overture Center Playhouse.For 2 1/2 hours, a gifted cast of five actors wrestle, posture and shimmy their way through American history, abridged….Patrick Sims, an associate acting prof at UW-Madison, casts looks of mock astonishment at the audience, as if to make sure we?re in on the joke. It fits that the professor plays PhD-educated Woodrow Wilson, and gives ?A Lecture on Myself.?
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