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Total Rating: 
***3/4
Previews: 
May 8, 2002
Opened: 
May 16, 2002
Ended: 
August 31, 2002
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
John Houseman Theater
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
450 West 42nd Street
Phone: 
(212) 239-6200
Genre: 
Sketch Comedy
Author: 
Capitol Steps troupe
Review: 

Why is this comedy revue, "When Bush Comes to Shove," different from all other comedy revue? One, it's a troupe of grownups whose insights and satires show mature writing with depth and intelligence as well as humor. Two, they are all Broadway-level singers. From Bush's malapropisms to Arafat and Sharon to baseball to the environment to cloning, they are right on target as they take familiar melodies and skewer something. It's full of mind-ticklers like the exceptionally brilliant word backward (or bird wackward) trip that Mike Tilford takes us on. Mike Carruthers' physical comedy adds yet another element to a rare evening of hilarious, smart parody on a level about nine stories above other groups.  

Cast: 
Mike Carruthers, Mike Tilford
Technical: 
Press: Jeffrey Richards Associates.
Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
May 2002