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
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.
Recordings 2 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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45 passages naming Of Thee I Sing, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
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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