Blago! The Musical!

[Tuckerfan]

Second City is doing a spoof of Jesus Christ Superstar. (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1410110,CST-NWS-blago03.article)Everything's still being tweaked for the first performance tonight of "Rod Blagojevich Superstar!" Dreamed up at a boozy Second City party on Jan. 12, the one-act show was scripted, composed, choreographed, memorized and rehearsed in less than a month.

There was no point dragging out the process, not with the ex-governor's punch-line value now at its peak.

"At worst, we get a ton of PR -- which we've gotten," said Kelly Leonard, vice president of Second City. "And at best we have a show that has legs."Hopefully, one of the local Dopers will be able to give us a review.

[jayjay]

o/` Somewhere...there's a price for us.
Somewhere a price for us.
Peace and quiet and Senate chairs,
wait for us...
Somewhere... o/`

o/` How do you solve a problem like the Blago?
How do you catch a crook and pin him down?
How do you solve a problem like the Blago?
A corrupt politician! A pig in the muck! A clown! o/`

[Annie-Xmas]

I have corresponded with lyricist Tim Rice, and I suspect this is something he will really love.

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Gimme a head with hair-
Big, poofy hair!

[postcards]

All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100294869) has a report on this. (Audio available at 7:00 PM ET)

[An Arky]

Eh, these things can't win...put them out too soon, not enough has gone into it for it to be good; but by the time you'd be able to put enough into it to be good, it'd be too late...