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Of Thee I Sing / Let 'em Eat Cake

Of Thee I Sing

Shows · Of Thee I Sing

Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.

Opened
1931
Performances
441
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: George GershwinLyrics: Ira GershwinBook: George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind

Productions2 on Broadway

1931 Music Box Original. December 26, 1931 · George S. Kaufman 441 performances
1952 Ziegfeld Theatre Revival. May 5, 1952 · Jack Donohue 72 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

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In the literature45 passages

The work, however, was considered not quite up to the satirical standards set by Of Thee I Sing, with which it was most frequently compared. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p105

After a disastrous tryout in Boston, however, the plot was largely discarded as Clark leered, pranced, chased Amazonian show girls, blew soap bubbles out of a trumpet, masqueraded as a female barber, and, without looking, tossed his hat clear across the stage and onto a hatrack. During the run, Fran Warren replaced Bet… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p138

The Gershwin brothers, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind had led the way with Strike Up the Band and Of Thee I Sing, and now it was the turn of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart (with Kaufman joining the project as director). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p103

Victor Moore played a Vice President in Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake, before his role as Senator Oliver P. Loganberry. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p134

initially the production was planned as a political satire in the tradition of Of Thee I Sing. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p163

Tickets, Please! marked the last time they performed together; she never again appeared on Broadway, and he was seen in just one more musical, the 1952 revival of Of Thee I Sing (1931); Victor Moore had been slated to re-create his role of Throttlebottom for the revival, but when he wasn’t available, Hartman stepped in… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p52

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