May 2002

THE CAPITOL STEPS' New Musical Review
THE CAPITOL STEPS: WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE
To Play Limited Run at the John Houseman Theatre
(first performance Wednesday, May 8)

The Capitol Steps are bringing their musical, ``THE CAPITOL STEPS: WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE'' to the John Houseman Theatre (450 W. 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Avenue). The show is being produced by Eric Krebs in association with the Capitol Steps and marks the fourth off-Broadway engagement of the Company in New York.

Armed and hilarious with new songs and numbers, the Capitol Steps look forward to bringing their timely and irreverent spoof of the headlines to the New York stage and promise to bring down the entire house --- and Senate.

PREVIEWS BEGIN WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH at 2:30pm.
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY, MAY 16TH

The performance schedule will be as follows:

• Monday-Saturday @ 8:00 PM
• Wednesday, Saturday matinees @ 2:30

Please call TELECHARGE or visit their web site for tickets: 212-239-6200. For Groups: 212-967-7079. Student rush tickets are subject to availability the day of the performance.

The Capitol Steps will perform songs from their new album, When Bush Comes to Shove, and although the material is subject to changes in the headlines and the scandals of the day, current songs include both political and non-political stories:

• A spoof of airline security, Pack the Knife
• Arthur Andersen employees lament Enron-ron-ron
• A terrorist school do-wop song, Shoe-Bomb
• Bob Dylan sings Everybody Must Get Cloned
• The Chap Who Chewed You, starring Mike Tyson
• Mr. Greenspan
• Laura Bush tells George, Don't Go Fakin' You're Smart
• Little Orphan Army in Osama Come Out Tomorrow
• Old Man Wizard starring Michael Jordan
• Glory Paranoia ; “Tom Ridge Tells Bedtime Stories
• Lirty Dies.

While the laughs are unlimited, this will be strictly a limited engagement that will play through the end of August.