National Press Club members can buy tickets for Gridiron reprise

National Press Club members can now buy tickets for the Gridiron Club's Sunday reprise, traditionally staged for friends and family.

The reprise, sans the white-tie and ballgowns, will be held on Sunday, March 15, in the ballroom of the Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW. A reception, which includes wine and beer, begins at 2 p.m. and the show at 3 p.m. The program will end by 5 p.m.

Tickets are $70 each ($55 is tax deductible). The profits support a number of journalism programs and organizations.

If interested, please contact Thomas Burr at [email protected]. Seats will not be reserved until payment is received.

The Gridiron's white-tie dinner has taken place for 127 years, and features songs and skits that singe -- not burn -- the president, congressional leaders and others. Members of the Washington press corps, such as Al Hunt of Bloomberg, John King of CNN, Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Judy Woodruff of PBS and Bret Baier of Fox News, corps sing and dance in costume.