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Performance by The Capitol Steps
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: The Capitol Steps
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Platinum: $45.00 Gold: $42.00 Silver: $38.00 Bronze: $35.00

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Description:
Lyric Theatre presents a performance by The Capitol Steps" on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.

Whether you're on the Left or the Right, there is plenty of absurdity to go around. Now couldn't be a more appropriate time to see the Capitol Steps and their uniquely focused brand of comedy.

Capitol Steps puts the mock in democracy. The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.

The group was born 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.

In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded over 30 albums, including their latest, Orange Is the New Barack. They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard twice a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

Links:

• http://www.capsteps.com
• https://www.facebook.com/The-Capitol-Steps-82221338742
• https://www.twitter.com/Capsteps

Tickets range in price from $35.00-$45.00 depending on seating location. There is a $5.00 discount available with a valid student ID.

Tickets can be purchased online or in person at The Lyric. To purchase online, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/live-at-the-lyric/.

Doors open at 7:00 pm and the show starts at 8:00 pm.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/DJS1bng.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/lyric.blacksburg or call 540-951-4771.