Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

The Group That Played With Satire

No one knows the Constitution like the politicos on Capitol Hill — so when a handful of Senate staffers quit their day jobs in 1981, they didn’t hesitate to exercise the First Amendment. For them, that meant forming the Capitol Steps, a musical-theater troupe that lets free speech fly in satirical skits and sight gags, all fueled by the latest scandals and newspaper headlines. Just after their 30th anniversary, these political humorists — or “equal-opportunity satirists,” as they’ve called themselves — unleash song parodies and new material in Rutland as part of their “Liberal Shop of Horrors” tour. Sing along to tales of pols and polls in this refreshingly irreverent news flash.