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performance as the First Daughters. In “Go on and miss the girls,” (an adaptation “Go on and Kiss the Girl” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid) they sang about their time living in the White House and what they look forward to enjoying in private (hang- ing out with friends and twerking). Most interesting, during the song Martin and Smith also quipped that Condoleezza Rice assuming a political role in the future was their only avenue of making a Bar Show

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This Case is a Shamilton

The 93rd Annual Bar Show– “This Case is a Shamilton”

ReviewedBy JasmineV. Hernandez I nspired by local and national news events during the past year, head writ- ers Cliff Berman and David Miller breathed new life into the Chicago Bar Association’s 93rd Annual Bar Show, “This Case is a Shamilton.” While the Bar Show always highlights the musical and acting talents of CBA members,the 93rd Bar Show incorporated new and classic mate- rial, as well as featured a more diverse cast, setting this Bar Show apart from previous years. In true Hamilton fashion, Daniel Campbell kicked the performance off with a rap that welcomed audience members to the show while simultaneously teasing them for only attending since they did not score tickets to the actual Hamilton production. After that cast members and The Company opened the show with a humorous glimpse inside Chicago poli- tics in “Read Him His Miranda Rights.” Attorneys Larry Aaronson, Ron Balfour, Nyshana Sumner-Dowlen, Stan Slovin, and Millicent Willis portrayed Rahm

appearance again. Obviously Martin and Smith sang that line in jest, but that single line pretty much sums up why I left the 93rd Annual Bar Show with a smile on my face. For the first time, that I can recall, the Bar Show writers, producers and team acknowledged where their production fell short and poked fun at themselves for it. This Bar Show produc- tion rises above the rest for me because it highlighted and played to the strengths of its entire diverse cast. It ceased being a fun holiday show featuring a handful of select individuals and has evolved into a produc- tion that better represents and truly draws upon the talent of its broad membership base. I can’t wait until next year!

Emmanuel, Garry McCarthy, Karen Lewis, Chuy Garcia, and Barbara Byrd- Bennet, respectively, as the city’s dignitaries lamented their future. Next came some great performances celebrating the Cubs’ World Series win. In particular was “Heaven in Seven” in which baseball legends, Joe Maddon, Ernie Banks, Harray Caray, and Jack Brickhouse (Danny Teinowitz, Marc Augustave, L. Steven Platt, Joe Moore, and Jeffrey Marks, respectively) celebrated the end of a 108 year World Series win drought. Performances then began to address more national issues including a media per- sonality (John King), a CEO (ElonMusk), a Supreme Court nominee (Merrick Garland) and the Obama sisters. As Malia and Sasha, Mghonon Martin and Ebony Smith, gave a rousing and crowd pleasing

Jasmine V. Hernandez is a State’sAttorneyandamember of the CBA Record Editorial Board.

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