This year's show, entitled "You Only Run Twice", poked fun at international, national and local topics such as illegal aliens, the military, global warming, Metro's "Doors are closing" recording, and of course, current White House staff and cabinet members. Many of the acts were musical in nature and provided the audience with plenty of well-rehearsed singing and dancing, along with a handful of spoken skits that are just as funny and insightful as the songs. One of my favorites was a portrayal of Osama Bin Laden in his turban and a white leisure suit doing really bad standup comedy in a night club somewhere: "How many Al Qaida members does it take to screw in a light bulb? None – we have no electricity in our cave! Ba-da-bing!" Ouch.

As with the on-stage folks and the techies, those on the musical side of the production were no less than professional and very easy to work with. Many local musicians were part of the talented pit band whose "zing" helped each song come alive. All songs in the show were originals, a phenomenon that happens every single year. The composers either arranged their own pieces or gave the melody and chord changes to an arranger. The pieces were then passed on to the singers and the excellent choreographers on the Hexagon staff. Rehearsals for each March show usually begin sometime during the previous Fall.

Officially billed as "Washington's Only Original, Political, Satirical, Musical, Comedy Revue", the all-volunteer Hexagon group as been in existence for more than fifty years and has a massive local following. Their annual goal is to raise money for worthy charitable organizations in the Washington, D.C. area and this year they assisted two beneficiaries: Capital Hospice and Hospice Caring, Inc. Hexagon rehearses and performs at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Georgetown. They also maintain a smaller traveling group that performs limited engagements during other times of the year.