Showtime is approaching for the 24th annual Bar None musical variety show sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association and produced script-to-stage by local legal eagles. The show runs June 17-20 at the Greer Garson Theatre at Southern Methodist University. This year's production, titled "Scumbag Billionaire," includes several skits and songs about current economic conditions, says director Martha Hardwick Hofmeister, including a riff on a Bee Gees song re-titled "Jerks on Wall Street" and a ditty called "Clients Got Bucks," which plays on the old school hip-hop hit "Baby Got Back" from one of raps earliest posterior promoters, Sir Mix-a-Lot. It's probably the first time we've had rap on the Bar None stage, Hofmeister notes. Music has always been a major part of the Bar None show, but this year's production promises even more musical numbers than ever, say Hofmeister and the show's producer, Tom Mighell. This year we're heavy on the music, and it ranges from Les Mis to Beyonce to the Beatles to Soggy Bottom Boys, Mighell says. And bringing it all to you is a group of more than 50 legal professionals onstage and about seven behind the scenes, including lawyers, two judges and the DBA president, Hofmeister says. (In the interest of full disclosure the group also includes the singing and dancing skills of Texas Lawyer managing editor Anne K. McMillan.) What brings this talented troupe together isn't just a shared love of the stage, but also a shared enthusiasm for the cause, which is to raise money for the Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Scholarships at SMU's Dedman School of Law. All proceeds from ticket sales -- $25 in advance through the Web site or $30 at the door -- benefit the scholarship fund.
-- Jenny B. Davis
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