Marion Barry Sings

Had you been taking in your early morning dose of Fox 5 today, you would have caught the newest development in Marion Barry’s ongoing self-reinvention. In case this gem slipped past you, I give you: Phantom: Marion Barry.

Stick with the clip to catch Barry warbling a few lines of…something…from an upcoming benefit concert in conjunction with the Carter Barron Foundation for the Performing Arts. Barry, a self-described “shower singer,” calls it “Phantom of the Opera—D.C. style.” Barry, then, reprises his role as the alternately repulsive and endearing old ghost of District politics—this time, with show tunes!

Further information about the event was impossible to locate online; a phone call to the Friends of the Carter Barron Foundation produced the following conversation:

Me: “Hello. I’m calling about a news item I saw…”

Woman, Accompanied by Factory Noises: “It’s 20 dollars. Line up one-and-a-half hours before the show.”

Opera singer Denyce Graves joins the former mayor tonight at 7:30, with further performances Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:30 & 7:30 at UDC’s Main Auditorium, 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW.

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