Dick Cheney’s Holiday Spectacular 2006

Billionaires For Bush present The Billionaire Follies in Dick Cheney’s Holiday Spectacular 2006.

It’s Christmas Eve. A beleaguered last-minute shopper is desperate to find the hottest toy of the season at All-Mart when a holiday shopping brawl knocks her unconscious and catapults her into… Dick Cheney’s Holiday Spectacular 2006! It a macabre, hilarious world of bling, billionaires, and season’s GREED-ings featuring all of Dick’s favorite carols. Highlights include: “We Three Kings of Petroleum Are,” “Toys for the World (Are Made by Kids),” and “The Halliburton Chorus.” This twisted holiday revue also features the 24-Carat Rockettes, a special “girls night” with Laura Bush and Lynne Cheney, and a reenactment of Dick’s favorite film, It’s a Wonderful Presidency.

The creative team includes Billionaire Follies Artistic Director Melody Bates (“Ivy League-Legacy”), resident director Mahayana Landowne (“Bella de Ball”), and choreographer DJ McDonald (“Seamus Lee Rich”). The writing team is headed by Melody Bates and David Bennett.

The Billionaire Follies are the performing wing of Billionaires For Bush, celebrating George W. Bush and the emerging plutocracy in song and sketch. The Follies have performed everywhere from the National Press Club (where Al Franken opened for them) to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Million Worker March, to venues including Webster Hall, Spirit, and The Slipper Room in New York City. They have sung live on FuseTV, as well as on Air America’s Majority Report, WBAI, and WNYE. Past shows include Spring Bling!, Summer in the Hummer, and Dick Cheney’s Holiday Spectacular 2005.

Billionaires For Bush is a national do-it-yourself grassroots media campaign using humor and street theatre to expose politicians who support corporate interests at the expense of everyday Americans. Through witty satirical messaging, high production values, culture-jamming actions, and positioning themselves on the cusp of the progressive movement’s advance guard, B4B strives to affect change in this country.

Appropriate For Ages: 17 and up