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The Osgood File…

Steve Rashid’s friend, Chicago Tribune photographer Chuck Osgood, caught The Vic & Paul Show at The Prop Theatre in Chicago last week — and snapped these cool photos.

Here’s our musical director and keyboard whiz, Steve Rashid, at the piano playing the opening to the show.

“Oh, what a beautiful evening,
Turn off your cell phones and all
After two decades in limbo,
Please welcome Victoria and Paul”

Paul’s traveling businessman, Ed, sweeps Vic’s barfly, Ellen, off her feet.

Victoria as the classic Greek heroine, Medea: mother, author, murderess.

Victoria as a Southern California girl sings Please Come to Starbucks.

“Another Starbucks that’s attached
To a Barnes & Noble
Next to an Olive Garden
With all you can eat breadsticks…”

Saloonkeeper Vic offers cowboy Paul a Whiskey Tasting.

Paul and Vic as one of the dullest couples alive driving home from a company party in a sketch called “Limbo”.

Vic: That was the dullest company party I’ve ever attended.

Paul: I’m in Human Resources, honey. We’re not Cirque du Soleil.

Paul and Vic as one of the dullest couples no longer alive, lost in the fog of limbo.

Paul as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Vic as Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Vic: Please call me Sonia.

Paul: I prefer that we remain more formal.

Vic: Oh, Antonin. You are too rigid….in your views.
But you will find that Sonia – you cannot refuse!

Scalia and Sotomayor dance a passionate love-hate, left-right tango.

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Sweet Home Chicago!

Come on,
Baby, don’t you wanna go home
Come on,
Baby, don’t you wanna go home
Back from the land of California
To my sweet home, Chicago.
 

The Vic & Paul Show came from California to sweet home Chicago – and it was good: a magical week of fun, friends, comedy & camaraderie.

Big thanks to Scott Vehill and Stefan Brun of The Prop Theatre for hosting us in their space – and to all of our Chicago friends (and all you out-of-towners) who made the trip to North Elston to share the fun with us.

Thanks especially to Tony Adler of The Chicago Reader whose fabulous article in the June 9th issue assured us of a successful run. (Click on the picture.)

Thanks, too, to Alex Baumgardner, who talked to me for this article in NewCity Stage. (Click on the graphic.)

Given the enthusiastic response to our limited Prop Theatre engagement, we’re planning a return to Chicago this December. This might be the year for comedy-loving Chicagoans to celebrate the holidays with The Vic & Paul Show.

Stay tuned for further details.

Victoria, Steve, and I would just like to say, “Thank you – and we love you” to everyone who showed up and laughed with us at The Prop last week.

More fun is on the way

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One More Day of “The Vic & Paul Show”

Our Saturday night show was sold out! The Prop Theatre was packed.  

Thanks to all of you who came out to help us celebrate our Chicago comedy homecoming.

Tony Adler wrote a nice feature on us in The Reader. Click here to read it.

There are only two more chances to see The Vic & Paul Show: we have two shows on Sunday (2:00 & 7:00 pm).  For tickets, please click on the Brown Paper Tickets icon below:

Did you click it? Did you get your tickets? Thanks so much. See you at The Prop Theatre!

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Final Two Days of “Vic & Paul” (and Steve!)

Our first two performance have been a lot of fun — with so many wonderful folks coming out to The Prop Thtr to see the show and help us celebrate our Chicago comedy homecoming.

And Tony Adler wrote a nice feature on us in The Reader. Click here to read it.

Now, there are only three more chances to see The Vic & Paul Show: tonight (Saturday) at 8:00 pm, and two shows on Sunday (2:00 & 7:00 pm). There’s just a few more tickets remaining for tonight — so Sunday is your best shot.  For tickets, please click on the Brown Paper Tickets icon below:

Did you click it? Did you get your tickets? Thanks so much. See you at The Prop Theatre!

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Last Call for “Vic & Paul”…

If, for some strange and inexplicable reason, you live in the greater Chicagoland area, and you haven’t yet made reservations to see The Vic & Paul Show, just click on the Brown Paper Tickets icon below:

Did you click it? Did you get your tickets? Thank you. We’ll see you at The Prop Theatre this week!

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Countdown to Chicago…

As of today, there are less than two weeks before The Vic & Paul Show opens in Chicago for a one-week engagement, June 9-12, at the Prop Theatre.

This past Sunday morning, May 29th, Vic and Steve Rashid and I had a great time on Rick Kogan’s WGN Radio show, The Sunday Papers. Journalist, author, and radio raconteur, Rick Kogan is a Chicago institution. He covered most of our big moments with The Practical Theatre for The Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Tribune back in the 80’s – and he was kind enough to invite us on The Sunday Papers to talk about The Vic & Paul Show. You can check out the podcast by clicking on this link: Vic & Paul on WGN

For tickets to The Vic & Paul Show go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/169351

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