Bush is Bad is a first-class political satire that goes far beyond the obvious. The three highly talented performers -- Janet Dickinson, Neal Mayer, and Michael McCoy -- are comedians with strong musical voices and actors who can fully realize the many characters each plays. Janet as Condoleeza Rice is brilliant, including a riff on the piano. Michael in a faux Schumann "Das Busch is Shlecht," Neal in "The Gay Agenda," a Brechtian "Crazy Ann Coulter," an Andrew Lloyd Webber "Scooter Libby Superstar," "Conservative Values II"-- a powerful piece about abortion: fight for a fetus until it's born-- then it's on its own, and actual quotes from the actual Bush "In his own Words" -- it's all brilliant, incisive, top-level satire not limited to what we already know, but taking off in fun, hilarious invention.
Joshua Rosenblum, who wrote the show, is also superb at the piano.
