The Capitol Steps Come to bergenPAC Tonight, 10/22

Laugh with Capitol Steps at bergenPAC tonight, October 22, 2012 at 8pm.

Just in time for election season, America’s most hilarious political satirists inject a much-needed dose of humor and musical madness into the serious business of politics. The Capitol Steps, the group that puts the “mock” in democracy, began as a troupe of former Congressional Staffers (mostly) who travel the country satirizing the people and places that once employed them. The Capitol Steps have recorded 31 albums, including their latest “Desperate Housemembers” and “Barackin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” They have been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS, and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

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, Take the Money and Run — for President. They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

bergenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ. Call (201) 227-1030 or visit www.bergenpac.org for more information. For tickets ($59, $49, $39), go to www.ticketmaster.com.

Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is a 501(c)(3) organization has been part of Englewood’s cultural landscape since 1926. This 1367- seat theater is a landmark, and remains one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States. The legendary Tony Bennett and Canadian crooner k.d. lang recorded their 2003 Grammy award-winning CD live on bergenPAC’s own stage through a broadband fiber-optic connection linked to its adjacent Bennett Studios. bergenPAC is the home of a media and show production system that is unparalleled, upholding its reputation as a venue for outstanding music, dance and theater. In addition, The Performing Arts School @ bergenPAC has helped enrich the lives of thousands of children from underprivileged backgrounds by introducing them, for the first time, to theater, dance, music and the arts. As a true public-private partnership, bergenPAC relies on support from all sectors of the community, from individuals to corporations, foundations and government entities.

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