At a quick glance it looked like “snuffs”.
More appropriate
Damn when I first read it I thought it said, “snuff”
Interesting tidbit in the excerpt - how long does a musical normally run? It sounds like the mention of the running time is an excuse for lower attendance?
And yes, "Springtime for Hillary" would have been a better name.
The only other time I can think of the term
‘Suffragette’ being used in popular music was about 40 years ago, when Paul McCartney sang his song ‘Jet!”
Last sentence of the first verse went:
“And Jet, I thought the major was a lady suffragette!”
Even then, very few thought about what it meant.
Most likely, no meaning. Just a good rhyme with ‘Jet’.
I guess the name “Springtime for Hitler” was already taken