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Strike Up the Band is a 1927 musical with a book by Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin. It first ran as a satirical show in Philadelphia that year, unsuccessfully, and on Broadway in 1930 after the original book by George S. Kaufman was revised by Ryskind.
When you add in two pairs of star-crossed lovers, an overbearing mother, a suspicious government official, and a strange man who keeps popping up at random times, this 1920's political satire is a thoroughly cheesy romp!
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Strike Up the Band - Gershwin. After critical success and financial failure out of town in 1927, a revamped version opened at the Times Square Theatre in New York on January 14, 1930. 191 performances. Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Directed by Alexander Leftwich.
Strike Up the Band centers around a cheese factory that’s threatened by a trade dispute with Switzerland. The plot follows the ambitious and patriotic owner, Horace J. Fletcher, who proposes the idea of starting a war with Switzerland to boost the American cheese industry.
Strike Up the Band: Directed by Busby Berkeley. With Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman, June Preisser. A high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl.
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Music by George Gershwin: Lyrics by Ira Gershwin: Book by Murray Riskind. Times Square Theatre 14 January, 1930 (191 perfs) Synopsis. Horace J. Fletcher is a manufacturer of chocolates who is aggrieved that Washington has refused to raise the tariff on Swiss chocolates.
