N.Y. mayor 'goes Broadway' for charity

NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg donned bell-bottoms and platform shoes to join the cast of "Mamma Mia" at an annual charity affair, attendees said.

Bloomberg took to the stage at the annual Inner Circle charity fundraiser Saturday night, the New York Daily News reported, as the cast told the fictitious back story of Bloomberg's media empire, singing "Pay that fee, watch the screen, winning prizes, all in Mike's Machine," to the tune of ABBA's "Dancing Queen."

Each year the Inner Circle, a group of current and former city political reporters, puts on skits roasting the politicians they cover. Only the mayor is allowed a rebuttal.

Bloomberg poked fun at his administration's struggles during his controversial third term.

"You'll have eight great years," a "Mamma Mia" cast member told Bloomberg during a flashback to 2001.

"What if I get a third term?" Bloomberg responded.

"Like I said ...," the cast member said.

Last year, the normally tightly wound Bloomberg donned tinted sunglasses, a flower shirt, hair extensions and a headband as he performed with the cast of "Hair."

After performing with the "Mamma Mia" cast, Bloomberg donned a pseudo-Spider-man costume and exited by ascending in to the rafters, saying the press has no right to know where he goes on weekends, the newspaper reported.