by Chris Jones
Presidential candidate Barack Obama is finally going to see the hit Second City revue “Between Barack and a Hard Place.” Or bits of it, at least.
The Obama for America campaign will host a fundraiser at the Wells Street comedy joint (5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7), featuring Obama himself.
The 90-minute event will feature a custom 15-minute show by the current cast of the mainstage revue. Most of the Obama material from the revue will be performed, including the “I am Barack Obama” sequence which pokes fun at the way Obama has become a malleable symbol of impossibly disparate liberal hopes and dreams. A maybe-gay Abraham Lincoln (who likes to call Obama “B.O.”) is also slated for an appearance. Michelle Obama already saw the whole show at a public performance in July, as did Maya Soetoro-Ng of Honolulu (Sen. Barack Obama’s half sister), and her husband, Konrad Ng. Most of Obama’s staffers also checked it out over the summer.
If you want to join the Senator, live in Old Town, be ready to open your wallet. Tickets are $750 per person.