fe els ▁tired ". J ones , ▁Kenneth . ▁" The ▁Aless andr ini - f ied ▁' Mr . ▁President ' ▁Op ens ▁Off - B road way ▁Aug . ▁ 2 ", ▁Play b ill , ▁August ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁However , ▁the ▁Theatre Man ia ▁review ers ▁noted ▁that , ▁while ▁" the ▁overall ▁ten or ▁of ▁the ▁sat ire ▁here ▁is ▁soft ," ▁it ▁has ▁" sur pr ising ly ▁bu oy ant ▁appeal . ▁It ▁remains ▁b ub b ly ▁and ▁e f fer ves cent ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁pe ppy , ▁imag in ative ▁direction ▁supplied ▁by ▁the ▁team ▁of ▁John ▁Z n id ars ic ▁and ▁Aless andr ini ." ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁President ▁Hend erson ▁is ▁a ▁true ▁patri ot ▁and ▁lov es ▁his ▁family . ▁ ▁His ▁daughter ▁Les lie ▁has ▁recently ▁had ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁rom antic ▁l ia isons , ▁some ▁liberal ▁and ▁some ▁conserv ative . ▁ ▁Her ▁new est ▁rom ance ▁is ▁with ▁Y ous sein ▁D ava ir , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁r uler ; ▁the ▁sin cer ity ▁of ▁his ▁affection ▁is ▁question able . ▁ ▁Pat ▁Gregory , ▁a ▁Secret ▁Service ▁agent , ▁has ▁watched ▁Les lie ▁grow ▁up , ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁fallen ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁her ▁but ▁doesn ' t ▁believe ▁that ▁she ▁could ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁a ▁simple ▁gu y ▁like ▁him . ▁With ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁as ▁a ▁back drop , ▁Hend erson , ▁together