Straight from D.C. - The Capitol Steps Takes the Stage at The Bushnell
Satirists The Capitol Steps just get funnier and funnier – you won’t want to miss their Hartford engagement!
Hartford, CT – May 14, 2008 – Larry King raves “They’re the best. There’s no one like them, no one in their league.” Former Vice President Al Gore testifies, “Some people in Washington are confused…The Capitol Steps are not.” And everyone agrees, each time they see The Capitol Steps they are timely, clever, and even funnier than before! Don’t miss their one-night-only performance in The Bushnell’s Belding Theater, June 14, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. The Capitol Steps is part of the Sovereign Spotlight Series.
Tickets for Capitol Steps are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting The Bushnell Box Office at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.bushnell.org. Groups of 20 or more should call (860) 987-5959. Tickets to the performance are $32.50-$37.50.
Twenty-seven years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. 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 28 albums, including their latest, Campaign and Suffering. 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.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
The Bushnell is Connecticut’s premier performing arts center, hosting more than 350 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. The Bushnell is home to two theaters- the historic 2,800-seat Mortensen Hall, and the 907-seat Belding Theater, a state-of-the-art performance hall that opened in 2001. The Bushnell’s nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), now in its 14th year, is a cross-community educational effort serving 22 schools in 12 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.