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Calendar Listings: The Capitol Steps / Politics Takes A Holiday

CALENDAR LISTINGS

THE CAPITOL STEPS: POLITICS TAKES A HOLIDAY

Public Radio Special Taping Before A Live Audience

Friday, December 14, 2018 at 7:30PM

Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 7:30PM

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Amphitheater

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC. 20004

Tickets available through Ticketmaster.

Ticket and venue information: (202) 312-1555 or 

http://www.capsteps.com/live/reagan04.html

The Capitol Steps, the political musical satire group that has been putting the “mock” in democracy since 1981, will be taping their semi-annual public radio special, Politics Takes A Holiday, before a live audience on Friday and Saturday, December 14-15,  at 7:30PM, at the Amphitheater of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC.  The radio special will feature songs from their current show, Make America Grin Again, which runs every Friday and Saturday in the RonaldReagan Building and International Trade Center Amphitheater.

With plenty of opportunities to find laughs in the buffoonery in our nation's capital, the Capitol Steps work overtime to capture the new administration's antics in satire and song. And since the Capitol Steps mine their laughs from materials ripped from today’s and tomorrow’s headlines, you never know whether Stormy Daniels, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders, The Supreme Court, Omarosa, or Kim Jong-un might appear from Mar-A-Lago or The White House.

The Capitol Steps’ performance of mostly new material and some old favorites “is cheaper than therapy,” says Capitol Steps co-founder Elaina Newport. “No matter who is making the news, we all need a laugh. And as fast as a politician can send a tweet, we add a new song or joke. Our show transcends all political views – if we get the politician you agree with in the first song, we’ll get the politician you disagree with in the next song.  We’re equal-opportunity satirists!”

The Capitol Steps began when a group of Congressional staffers got together to provide entertainment for a holiday office party on Capitol Hill.  They provide their unique mix of musical and political comedy and satire to audiences coast-to-coast.  Each show consists of about thirty songs and skits covering everything in the news, with characters and wigs flying on and off stage, and “more costume changes than a Cher concert,” saysNewport. The Capitol Steps perform in Washington DC every weekend, tour nationally throughout the year, and have appeared on “The Today Show,” “ABC News Nightline,” “CBS Evening News” and on specials for NPR. 

The Capitol Steps’ puliuc radio special, Politics Takes A Holiday, will air on public radio stations coast-to-coast over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Check your local NPR member station for local listings. For program details: http://www.capsteps.com/radio/

The Capitol Steps perform in Washington DC every weekend year-round, and several touring productions travel to performances coast-to-coast. For details: http://capsteps.com/

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