TONY! The Blair Musical

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TONY! The Blair Musical   
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TONY! The Blair Musical was a musical comedy performed in 2007 at the Edinburgh Fringe. It follows the story of Tony Blair's premiership, from 1997-2007.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Tony becomes Prime Minister in 1997. After Princess Diana's death, he becomes the "people's prime minister". The ghost of Diana visits him to warn him of the danger of a union with President Bush Jr. After the ghostly visitation, Tony is convinced that this job was his destiny. He pushes aside his wife, Cherie, for Peter Mandelson, who is in love with Tony, and they sing a romantic ballad.

He goes on to employ a "professional" to deal with his image, Alastair Campbell, who impresses Tony. He advises Tony to sing a song, "Evita Peron", in which Tony declares himself the love child of Madonna and Martin Luther King. Tony is so delighted that he dumps Peter, who is heartbroken. Tony sings to the audience about how easy it was to remain Prime Minister with such useless opposition, a cue for the Barbershop Quartet of Failed Tory Leaders - John Major, William Hague, IDS and Michael Howard, to perform.

Tony meets George W. Bush, a childish cowboy, and becomes besotted by him. Gordon returns to remind Tony of their deal and how close they used to be. Tony is moved, but ignores him. With George W. Bush, Tony exchanges infantile jokes about Islamic extremists. Tony is reprimanded by Alastair, who is told to quit, and along with Peter, Gordon and Cherie, he sings "No Me In Tony".

Tony is interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight, but without Alastair's help, he can't answer any of the questions. He has a nightmare in which he is haunted by Gordon, Peter, Alastair and Bush. He flails, and fails to drum up his popularity and collapses weeping on stage. Gordon returns to his side, and Tony sings the anthemic finale, "Faith".

Musical Numbers[edit | edit source]

Tony (red tie), Peter (blue tie) and more Blairites

The following is a list of musical numbers from TONY!

  • Prelude/Tony's Entrance - Tony and Chorus
  • No Me In Tony - Cherie
  • My Mate Tony - Gordon, John P, Peter
  • Open Politics - Tony, Gordon, Peter, John P
  • I Am Evita Peron - Tony and Alastair
  • I Did It For Tony - Peter and Alastair
  • No Me In Tony (Reprise) - Peter
  • Tory Barbershop Quartet - John Major, William H, IDS, Michael H
  • George's Entrance - George B
  • We Had A Deal - Tony and Gordon
  • The Hand of History - Tony and Cherie
  • No Me In Tony (Reprise) - Alastair, Gordon, Peter, Cherie
  • Newsnight - Jeremy Paxman
  • Diana's Lament - Alastair, Gordon, Peter, George B, ghost of Diana
  • I Am Evita Peron (Reprise) - Tony
  • Faith - Tony and Chorus