You’re only being partially fooled by the above headline. Former CBS newsman Dan Rather is making his off-Broadway debut right here in Washington … via an audio recording.
In “Altar Boyz,” a play about a struggling Christian boy band from Greenville which runs at the Bethesda Theatre through Nov. 2, Rather plays the role of “Heavenly Voice” and thunderously declares at the beginning of the show: “Ladies and gentlemen: the Altar Boyz will be laying down the funk in … 5 minutes.” Who knew Rather was such a hipster?
Rather also participates in the story of how the Altar Boyz came to be: “In the beginning: The Genesis of the Altar Boyz, according to Matthew. … Band together, Boyz, for there is no star as bright as its constellation, no harmony in a single voice.”
The strange things a former newsman will do…
