Word: capitol
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...Radiohead – Hail to the Thief (Capitol...
When Bill Strauss and Al Gore graduated from Harvard College in 1969, both were headed for Capitol Hill. But there they took divergent paths: while Gore gravely climbed the political ladder, Strauss made a career of pointing and laughing...
Strauss is the founder and director of The Capitol Steps, a musical theater troop that satirizes the latest political headlines and makes its way from Washington to the 50 states to public radio and television—with a yearly stop in Sanders Theater. The show packed a full house in Sanders Theatre last Saturday, as Cambridge Democrats and a few hardy Republicans flocked to see Washington as it really is: vaudeville...
...Capitol Steps will be back at Sanders on April 10 with up-to-date songs, impersonations and jokes about the French...
...kept their gigs private. “We asked all the reporters to say nothing about it,” says Strauss. “We were all political people.” Only after Percy lost his Senate seat in 1984 did the Steps cut loose from the Capitol, hit the nightclubs, and finally go on the record. But they never lost their Washington fan base: to this day, Strauss insists, their biggest fan is George Bush senior, who’s hosted them seven times. Even Al Gore couldn’t resist joining them on stage once...