Taking a few good whacks at the Bush family, Gerald Alessandrini's (center) adaptation of Irving Berlin's Mr. President opened Aug. 2 at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre. Featuring "God Bless America," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "This Is the Army" (now called "This is My Army"), "Only for Americans" (refigured as "Only for Republicans") and "Shakin' the Blues Away" (now heard as "Shakin' the Chads Away"), Mr. President is the story of the last American election, with George Shrub, his mother (played by actor Stuart Zagnit) and Chillary Fenton as characters mocking the current political situation in the country.
