Shows · Let ‘Em Eat Cake · Imperial Theatre, 1933
Let ‘Em Eat Cake, 1933
Of the productions that opened in the 1930s, this had the 294th longest run.
Who was in it80 named
Kay Adams
Ruth Adams
Kathleen Ayres
Peggy Bancroft
Bruce Barclay
Vivian Barry
Paul Brachard
Alice Burrage
Robert Burton
Gordon Clark
Ray Clarke
Charles Conklin
Tom Curley
Nonie Dale
Gail Darling
Bryan Davis
Alyce Downey
Leon Dunar
Enes Early
Vance Elliott
Louise Estes
Charles Flower
Consuelo Flowerton
Michael Forbes
Olgene Foster
Charles Fowler
Frank Gagen
Dorothy Graves
Yvonne Gray
Peggy Green
David Gross
Ethel Hampton
Evelyn Hannons
Tom Harris
Pat Hastings
Don Hudson
Viola Hunter
Amalie Ideal
Phil King
George Kirk
Terry Lawlor
David Lawrence
Kay Lazell
Al Lefebevre
Betty Lee
Martin Leroy
Ed Loud
Mary Jo Matthews
Harold Moffet
Richard Neely
Hazzard Newberry
Ruth Porter
Victor Pullman
Abe Reynolds
W Francis Robertson
Martin Sheppard
Grenna Sloane
Steward Steppler
Harold Sternberg
Baun Sturtz
Richard Temple
Morris Tepper
Martha Tibbetts
Norman van Emburgh
John Walsh
Elinor Witte
Wanda Wood
Grace Worth
Jessica Worth
Creative team
- Director
- George S. Kaufman
- Choreographer
- Eugene Van Grona, Ned McGurn
- Orchestrations
- Edward Powell
Recordings
2 recordings of Let ‘Em Eat Cake exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Let ‘Em Eat Cake for all of them.
Around this production
Let 'Em Eat Cake is a 1933 Broadway musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. A political satire, it tells the story of a fictional American president who fails to get reelected. Inspired by fascism in Europe, he and the former vice president decide to overthrow the government. The sequel to the Pulitzer prize-winning Of Thee I Sing, a light-hearted comedy about the election of President Wintergreen, Let 'Em Eat Cake fell flat with audiences and critics when it opened in October 1933 due to its much darker tone. A review in TIME magazine panned the libretto for "[wandering] dreamily away into demented unreality" with its…
The Imperial Theatre featuring Let ‘Em Eat Cake, 1933. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 275
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