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Tom Lehrer Is Alive And Well And Has Given Away All Rights To His Music

Laughter
1150 Connecticut Ave NW Washington

Just a guy and a piano plundering the satirical genius of Tom Lehrer, who released all of his work into the public domain. A new play from Landless Theatre Company that asks just how "timeless" is Lehrer's comedy, anyway?

Thru - Jul 21, 2024

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...The conceit of the show is that one Professor Charles Chucklenut is defending his double MFA and PhD dissertation on Lehrer’s humor in front of a remote panel of advisers from the George Santos Online University (“Fake it till you make it” being the namesake’s maxim). Playing Chucklenut is Andrew Lloyd Baughman (the accomplished producing artistic director of Landless Theatre Company), who accompanies himself nimbly on a keyboard as he sings passably a Lehrer songlist interspersed with original patter."

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- John Stoltenberg

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...But none of this really matters, and Baughman dispenses with it quickly. It's just an excuse to spend an hour hearing a talented and engaging performer sing the standouts from the Lehrer songbook, largely unrevised for modern audiences. The one hilarious exception is "Whatever Happened to Mike Pence," originally about Hubert Humphrey. (Chucklenut points out that the line about "staging a coup" is from the original.)"

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- Posted By: Peter Orvetti

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