There is a large audience hungry for good political satire, and Capitol Steps, playing again at the John Houseman Theater on West 42nd Street, give us the best in town, this time titled "Between Iraq and a Hard Place." As I said in my 2002 review of them, this is a troupe of grownups whose insights and satires show mature writing with depth and intelligence as well as humor, and they are all Broadway-level singers. As they skewer Bush, Clinton, Arafat, Sharon, Martha Stewart, Schwarzenegger, France, and everything else in sight, the audience, many of whom have obviously seen them before, laughs, applauds, calls out, delighted to be present. The Republicans sitting next to me laughed as much as the predominantly Democratic audience.
The show is professionally produced with marvelous props and costumes by Linda Rose Payne, and is a delight for anyone with a mind that appreciates genuine wit.
