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Comedy
Rod Blagojevich Superstar!

When

Mar 26, 2009 – Aug 9, 2009

Thursdays–Fridays (7:30pm)

Saturdays (3, 7 & 9:30pm)

Sundays (3pm)

Where
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (800 E Grand Ave, 312.595.5600)
Price
$25
Details
http://www.chicagoshakes.com/main.taf?p=2,36
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The freshly ousted governor of Illinois exploited its top job, squandered its treasure, hamstrung its legislature, and tarnished its reputation. Rod Blagojevich is a big fish in a shallow barrel, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't fire away. If laughter is the best medicine, Second City's cathartic swipe at America's easiest target should help Illinois recover from a chronic hemorrhage of statesmanship, and since we can't get back those millions Blago illegally spent on FDA-rejected foreign vaccines, satire may be our only cure. This show, now running for a limited time at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, is billed as a takeoff of '70s rock musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar; in that spirit, it amounts to a public crucifixion.

Ben Bass