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Capitol Steps @ Palace

Wed, Nov 02, 2011

Capitol Steps @ Palace

On Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. the Capitol Steps once again puts the "mock" in democracy at the Palace Theater. 

Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. The group started in December, 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. Their first idea was to stage a nativity play, but in the whole Congress they couldn't find three wise men or a virgin. So, they decided to dig into the headlines of the day, and they created song parodies & skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.

They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide. Since they began, Capitol Steps has recorded over 30 albums, including its latest, Desperate Housemembers and Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree. CD's will be available for sale and autographing.

WRVO, NPR's local affiliate, will be recording the show for rebroadcast at a later date, so audience members can listen to themselves and enjoy the show twice. The Palace Theater is excited to partner with WRVO to share this broadcast with other NPR stations around New York including WAMC (Albany), WXXI (Rochester), and WNED (Buffalo).

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