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Let ‘Em Eat Cake

Shows · Let ‘Em Eat Cake

In this sequel to Of Thee I Sing, President John P. Wintergreen loses his re-election bid and leads a revolution to overthrow the government with the help of his vice president Throttlebottom. The revolutionaries seize power and establish a dictatorship, but their regime quickly descends into chaos as they attempt to solve the national debt through increasingly absurd schemes.

Opened
1933
Performances
90
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: George GershwinLyrics: Ira GershwinBook: George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind

Productions1 on Broadway

1933 Imperial Theatre Original. October 21, 1933 · George S. Kaufman 90 performances

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Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature3 passages

In October 1933, a sequel, Let 'Em Eat Cake, written by the same writers and featuring the original leading players, opened on Broadway. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p102

LET ‘EM EAT CAKE—like PARDON MY ENGLISH—was pretty much lost for more than fifty years, until a 1987 concert version (in tandem with OF THEE I SING) led to a full recording of the score. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p102

October 1933 brought the third political musical by the Gershwins, Kaufman and Ryskind, Let ‘em Eat Cake. This time Wintergreen and his Vice-President, Throttlebottom, fail to be elected for a second term, so they form a Fascist movement to overthrow the elected government. The material was exceedingly dark, and the sh… book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p160

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