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"An unorthodox recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 1932 – the first musical ever so honored, though the prize was only for the book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with both music and lyrics being totally ignored in the process – Of Thee I Sing, George and Ira Gershwin’s brilliantly incisive political satire, opened on December 26, 1931 at the Music Box Theatre in New ...
She went on to perform the title role in the original musical comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood, both on Broadway and in the national tour, and co-starred in Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing/Let ‘Em Eat Cake, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
[citation needed] Let 'Em Eat Cake marked the last Broadway musical written by the Gershwins (counting Porgy and Bess as an opera rather than a musical). Critical reception. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called the musical "a brisk musical comedy", writing that "There is dancing, both routine and inventive. There are lyrics done in Ira ...
- Morrie Ryskind, George S. Kaufman
- 1932
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Of Thee I Sing chronicles politics without substance and by slogan. Let Em Eat Cake has some very dark fun with 30s totalitarianism and the contemporary American flirtation with revolution. In fact, all three shows demonstrate how fragile and precious democracy really is.
Let ‘Em Eat Cake September 3, 2019 A one-night concert staging by MasterVoices of the rarely performed sequel to the Gershwins’ Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Of Thee I Sing!
Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat Cake (Studio Cast Recording (1987)) - Masterworks Broadway: G010001400482L - download | Presto Music.
Listen to Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat Cake (Studio Cast Recording (1987)), an album by Studio Cast of Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em Eat Cake (1987) on TIDAL
