The other day, I was listening to Sirius/XM radio in my car, and came across a song I’d never heard before from a musical I was only slightly aware of, called NEWSical. The show was a very long-running revue off-Broadway (I was boggled by how long) – marking over 3,000 performances, which is around nine years. It still plays around the country, and was even settled in Las Vegas for a while. (For all I know, it’s still there.) The show lampoons news events, and as such has kept changing over the years, being updated. And occasionally had guest stars making an appearance, among then Andrea McArdle (the original Annie), SNL’s Cheri Oteri, Emmy-winner Jackée and LaToya Jackson. One of NEWSical’s original stars was Chistine Pedi, who’s a friend of my pal Mark Evanier – and people who read his site have likely seen him post some of her work. The show was written by Rick Crom, and got two Drama Desk nominations in 2011, for Outstanding Revue and Outstanding Lyrics. It’s the latter which is what most caught my ear. It was a song called “Dr. Phil.” And I thought it was extremely clever. Helped by a very good impersonation.
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