Of Thee I Sing

Musical by George and Ira Gershwin

For the children's book by Barack Obama, see Of Thee I Sing (book).

For other uses, see Of Thee I Sing (disambiguation).

Of Thee I Sing

First edition 1932

Music| George Gershwin
Lyrics| Ira Gershwin
Book| George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
Productions| 1931 Broadway
1933 Broadway revival
1952 Broadway revival
1972 Television
2006 City Center Encores!
Awards| Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1932)

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. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water.[1]

The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances, gaining critical and box office success. It has been revived twice on Broadway and in concert stagings in the U.S. and in London. In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.[1]

## Background

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The Gershwins and George S. Kaufman had collaborated on the satirical 1927 musical Strike up the Band, which played in Philadelphia. The show concerned a cheese manufacturer who sponsors a war against Switzerland because it will be named after him.[2]

Later that year, Kaufman and Ryskind conceived a new musical focusing on satire about rival political parties battling over a new national anthem. The Gershwin brothers agreed to write the score, although they were scheduled to be in Hollywood writing songs for the film Delicious. Kaufman and Ryskind soon realized that their concept did not provide sufficient plot for a musical. They crafted a libretto inspired by the timeless battle of political idealism with corruption and incompetency, creating the first American musical with a consistently satiric tone.[2][3] The writers and the cast were unsure of what the public's reception would be, prompting Kaufman's now-famous retort: "Satire is what closes on Saturday night."[3]

## Plot

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### Act I

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In the U.S. in the 1930s, a campaign parade is taking place to support "Wintergreen for President". John P. Wintergreen has been nominated for President and Alexander Throttlebottom has been nominated for Vice President, but he is of such little importance no one can remember who he is. Politicians meet in a hotel room to devise a campaign platform, and when they ask the chambermaid what she cares about, she first says "money," then "love" when pressed further. The men decide that Wintergreen's platform will be "love"; they'll have a pageant to select the most beautiful girl in the United States, and Wintergreen will fall in love and marry her.

The pageant begins in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the contestants wonder, "Who Is the Lucky Girl to Be?" The photographers assure them that even if they do not win, they will surely be loved ("The Dimple on My Knee"). Wintergreen is getting nervous about marrying a girl he doesn't know. While the girls are at the final judging, he confides in Mary Turner, the sensible young woman running the pageant. He does not want to marry a girl just because she's beautiful; he wants a wife who will make a good home for him and his future children. Mary shares her corn muffin with him. Wintergreen tells Mary that he'd rather marry her than any of the girls in the contest. He kisses her, and she agrees to marry him. The judges of the pageant announce that Diana Devereaux, a beautiful southern girl, has won the contest, but Wintergreen declares that he loves Mary Turner. When he gives some of Mary's extraordinary corn muffins to the judges, they agree that John and Mary are meant to wed ("Because, Because").

Outside Madison Square Garden in New York City, at a rally for Wintergreen, the campaigners declare that "Love Is Sweeping the Country". Inside, where politicians are speaking in favor of Wintergreen, a wrestling match is going on just below the speakers' platform as Alexander Throttlebottom tries to explain to the organizers that he's the candidate for Vice-President. Wintergreen proposes to Mary onstage, as he has in forty-seven states before. She accepts again, and Wintergreen sings the campaign song to her, "Of Thee I Sing".

On election night, Wintergreen wins by a landslide. Inauguration Day arrives, which is also Wintergreen's wedding day. As his inaugural address, Wintergreen bids goodbye to the girls he used to know ("Here's a Kiss for Cinderella"). The Chief Justice presides over the wedding ceremony, and just after he has pronounced John and Mary man and wife, Diana Devereaux interrupts the proceedings. She is serving Wintergreen with a summons for breach of promise. She insists she is the one he should have married ("I Was the Most Beautiful Blossom"). The Supreme Court rules that Mary's corn muffins are more important than justice in this matter, and Diana angrily leaves to tell her story across the nation. Wintergreen leads the Supreme Court and spectators in a chorus of "Of Thee I Sing".

### Act II

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John and Mary settle down to business in the White House. Her "desk," back-to-back with his, is a fully loaded tea-table. Their secretaries greet each other "Hello, Good Morning". Alexander Throttlebottom, now Vice-President, sneaks into the White House with a tour group. When a guide tells him that the Vice-President's job is to preside over the U. S. Senate, Throttlebottom eagerly dashes off to the Capitol. Wintergreen's fellow party members inform him that Diana Devereaux is gaining support across the nation. Wintergreen holds a press conference and tells the reporters that his love for Mary is the only thing that matters ("Who Cares?"). The French ambassador unexpectedly arrives ("Garçon, S'il Vous Plaît"). He has a surprise for Mr. Wintergreen: Diana is "'The Illegitimate Daughter' of an illegitimate son of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon." He insists that Wintergreen annul his marriage and marry Diana to right his grievous offense against France. Everyone agrees that Wintergreen should be impeached for breach of promise ("We'll Impeach Him"), but John and Mary do not care, since they have each other ("Who Cares?" (Reprise)).

Throttlebottom has found the Senate, and the party members inform him that he will soon be President. He is very excited and goes into the Senate Chamber to preside, beginning by taking "The Roll Call." The resolution on the impeachment of the President is brought up, and the French Ambassador and Diana mournfully insist that she was "Jilted." Mary saves the day when she announces that she is pregnant ("Who Could Ask for Anything More?"). The senators refuse to impeach an expectant father, and Wintergreen declares that "Posterity" is just around the corner. The French Ambassador informs Wintergreen that by not marrying Diana, he has contributed to France's declining birth rate. He demands the Wintergreens' baby as a replacement for the one they have "taken" from France. John refuses, and the ambassador walks out.

In the Yellow Room of the White House, guests are arriving bearing gifts for the baby ("Trumpeter, Blow Your Horn"). Wintergreen is nervously awaiting the baby's birth when the French Ambassador arrives with a final message from France: surrender the baby or France will sever diplomatic relations with the U.S. The Supreme Court justices, who have the duty to determine the sex of the baby, announce that twins have been born, a boy and a girl. The French ambassador is even more wounded by this proclamation: France has lost two babies instead of one! Diana mournfully joins him, and Alexander Throttlebottom arrives bearing sweaters for the babies. The French Ambassador is about to declare war when Wintergreen has a brilliant idea: according to Article Twelve of the Constitution, when the President of the United States is unable to fulfill his duties, his obligations are assumed by the Vice-President! The ambassador calls Wintergreen a genius, and Throttlebottom is ecstatic as they pass Diana over to him. Servants wheel a large bed into the room, where Mary sits with the babies. Wintergreen leads everyone in proclaiming, "Of Thee I Sing."

## Casts

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Character  | Original Broadway Production[4] | US National Tour[5] | Broadway Revival[6] | Broadway Revival[7] | New York Concert[8] | Reprise Theatre Company[9] | Paper Mill Playhouse[10] | Encores! Production[11] | MasterVoices Concert at Carnegie Hall[12]

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1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1952 | 1987 | 1998 | 2004 | 2006 | 2017
John P. Wintergreen | William Gaxton | Oscar Shaw | William Gaxton | Jack Carson | Larry Kert | Gregory Harrison | Ron Bohmer | Victor Garber | Bryce Pinkham
Mary Turner | Lois Moran | Harriette Lake | Betty Oakes  | Maureen McGovern | Garrett Long  | Jennifer Laura Thompson | Denée Benton
Diana Devereaux | Grace Brinkley  | Roberta Robinson  | Betty Allen  | Lenore Lonergan | Paige O'Hara | Heather Lee  | Sarah Knowlton  | Jenny Powers | Elizabeth Stanley
Alexander Throttlebottom | Victor Moore | Donald Meek | Victor Moore | Paul Hartman | Jack Gilford | Charlie Dell  | Wally Dunn  | Jefferson Mays | Kevin Chamberlin
Senator Robert F. Lyons | George E. Mack  | Francis Pierlot | George E. Mack  | Donald Foster | Walter Hook  | N/A  | Hal Blankenship  | Jonathan Freeman | N/A
Senator Carver Jones | Edward H. Robins | N/A  | Edward H. Robins  | Howard Freeman | Mark Zimmerman  | N/A  | Herndon Lackey  | Erick Devine  | N/A
Matthew Arnold Fulton | Dudley Clements  | Cecil Lean | Dudley Clements  | Loring Smith | Raymond Thorne  | Lenny Wolpe | Richard Poe | Michael Mulheren | Chuck Cooper
Louis Lippman | Sam Mann  | Abe Reynolds  | Robert F. Simon | Merwin Goldsmith  | Gus Corrado  | Adam Grupper  | Lewis J. Stalden | Brad Oscar
The French Ambassador | Florenz Ames  | Adrian Rosley  | Florenz Ames  | Jack Dabdoub  | Jason Graae | Fred Berman  | David Pittu
Francis X. Gilhooney | Harold Moffet  | Willam J. Pringle  | Harold Moffet  | J. Pat O'Malley | Frank Kopyc  | Craig Wasson  | Nick Corley  | Wayne Duvall | Fred Applegate
Sam Jenkins | George Murphy | Al Sexton  | George Murphy  | Jonathan Lucas | George Dvorsky  | Jason Ma  | Sean Palmer | Jeffry Denman | Rhett Guter

## Songs

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Act I

* Wintergreen for President* – Ensemble
* Who is the Lucky Girl to Be? – Diana Devereaux and Ensemble
* The Dimple on My Knee – Diana, Sam Jenkins and Ensemble
* Because, Because – Diana, Sam and Ensemble
* As the Chairman of the Committee – Matthew Arnold Fulton and Company
* How Beautiful – Company
* Never Was There a Girl So Fair – Company
* Some Girls Can Bake a Pie – John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner and Company
* Love is Sweeping the Country – Sam, Emily Benson and Ensemble
* Of Thee I Sing – Wintergreen, Mary and Company
* Here's a Kiss for Cinderella – Wintergreen and Ensemble
* I Was the Most Beautiful Blossom – Diana
* Some Girls Can Bake a Pie (Reprise) – Wintergreen, Diana, Judges and Ensemble

Act II

* Hello, Good Morning – Sam, Emily and Secretaries
* Who Cares? – Wintergreen, Mary and Reporters
* Garçon, S'il Vous Plaît** – French Soldiers
* The Illegitimate Daughter – The French Ambassador and Ensemble
* We'll Impeach Him – Senator Robert E. Lyons, Francis X. Gilhooley and Ensemble
* Who Cares? (Reprise) – Wintergreen and Mary
* The (Senatorial) Roll Call – Alexander Throttlebottom and Ensemble
* Jilted – Diana and Company
* Who Could Ask for Anything More? – Mary and Company
* Posterity – Wintergreen and Company
* Trumpeter, Blow Your Horn – Ensemble
* Finale – Company

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*The campaign song "Wintergreen for President" includes parts of folk and patriotic songs such as Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here". The song has been adopted by the Harvard University Band as a pep song, and it is traditionally played at Harvard football games.
**The music introducing the French and their ambassador includes the opening bars of Gershwin's own "An American in Paris".

## Musical and dramatic analysis

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Of Thee I Sing was the most musically sophisticated of the Gershwin shows up to then, inspired by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan[13] and boasting a varied score including extensive recitative, choral commentary, marches, pastiches, elaborate contrapuntal passages, and ballads.[2][3] Most songs were lengthy and included a large ensemble. As an integrated song-and-story production it produced fewer hit songs than many of the Gershwins' musicals.[14] Ira Gershwin explained, "In the show there are no verse-and-chorus songs; there is a sort of recitative running along, and lots of finales and finalettos."[3] Ira Gershwin recalled that the title song, inspired by the final phrase of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", was somewhat controversial among the production staff. "When we first played this sentimental political campaign song... there were objectors who thought that juxtaposing the dignified 'of thee I sing' with a slangy 'baby' was going a bit too far. Our response was that, naturally, we'd replace it with something else if the paying audience didn't take to it. Opening night, and even weeks later, one could hear a continuous 'Of thee I sing, baby!' in the lobby at intermission time."[2] The music was "employed throughout in what was unquestionably the most closely integrated manner of any Broadway show to that time... Almost everything...was created with a skill that had rarely been equaled in the musical comedy theatre."[15]

Of Thee I Sing was the first American musical with a consistently satirical tone.[2][3] Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, the presidency, and the democratic process itself were all targets of this satire, prompting original stars William Gaxton and Victor Moore to wonder if they would face government repercussions for their portrayals of President Wintergreen and Vice President Throttlebottom.[3] Specific political parties are not identified in the musical, as Kaufman and Ryskind believed that absurdity was bipartisan in Depression-era politics.[2]

## Productions

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The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened at the Music Box Theatre on December 26, 1931, and ran for 441 performances.[3] The cast included William Gaxton as John P. Wintergreen, Lois Moran as Mary Turner, Grace Brinkley as Diana Devereaux, Victor Moore as Alexander Throttlebottom, and George Murphy as Sam Jenkins. It was produced by Sam H. Harris. Sets were designed by Jo Mielziner, costumes by Carles LeMaire, and dances staged by Georgie Hale.[16] It was Gaxton and Moore's first comedic pairing; they would collaborate on six more Broadway musicals, including Anything Goes.[3] The orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, William Daly (including the "Overture"), and Gershwin ("Hello, Good Morning"). Of Thee I Sing was the longest-running Gershwin show during George Gershwin's lifetime.

There were Broadway revivals in 1933 at the Imperial Theatre and in 1952 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, both directed by Kaufman. A concert production of Of Thee I Sing was mounted by Ian Marshall Fisher's Lost Musicals series at the Barbican Centre in London in August 1996. Fisher's series examines the Gershwins' lesser known works (as well as others) and has been based at London's Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells.[17] The musical was presented in 1990 by the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players[13] and in May 2006 as part of the New York City Center Encores! staged concert series. Directed by John Rando and choreographed by Randy Skinner, the cast starred Victor Garber as Wintergreen, Jefferson Mays as Throttlebottom, and Jennifer Laura Thompson as First Lady.[18] It was revived in July 2015 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, by producer Ollie Rosenblatt as a full musical with orchestra. Devereaux was played by Hannah Waddingham, Wintergreen by Hadley Fraser, and Throttlebottom by Tom Edden. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra provided a new orchestration for the piece.[citation needed] In September 2015 the Sqabbalogic theatre company and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs presented the musical in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House.[citation needed]

## Adaptations

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A television version was produced in 1972 by CBS, mostly starring actors then appearing in CBS series, including Carroll O'Connor as President Wintergreen.[19] A National Radio Theater version starring John Cullum was broadcast by NPR in 1984 and the BBC in 1984 and 1992.[citation needed]

In the 1930s, the Marx Brothers had intended to produce a film adaptation of the musical, but they decided to make Duck Soup instead. Many scholars draw parallels between Of Thee I Sing and Duck Soup, suggesting that the musical helped provide inspiration for that Marx Brothers classic.[20]

A musical sequel to Of Thee I Sing was written by the same team: Let 'Em Eat Cake was produced on Broadway in 1933, reusing some of the music from its predecessor. However, the sequel was a critical and box-office failure.[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

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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 Gershwin's neatest style...Best of all, there is Mr. Gershwin's score. Whether it is satire, wit, doggerel or fantasy, Mr. Gershwin pours music out in full measure and in many voices. Although the book is lively, Mr. Gershwin is exuberant."[21]

In 1932, Of Thee I Sing became the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.[2][22] The 1932 Pulitzer Prize Committee stated, "Of Thee I Sing is not only coherent and well-knit enough to class as a play, but it is a biting and true satire on American politics and the public attitude towards them.... The play is genuine and it is felt the Pulitzer Prize could not serve a better purpose than to recognize such work.[2] The prize was awarded only to Kaufman, Ryskind and Ira Gershwin; George Gershwin received no recognition, since the Pulitzer Prize was considered a literary award. In 1998, at the centennial of his birth, he was posthumously awarded an honorary Pulitzer.[3]

In his New York Times review of the 2006 concert revival, Charles Isherwood called Of Thee I Sing "a trenchant little musical satire... the laughter that greets the show today is tinged with surprise at how eerily some of its jokes seem to take precise aim, from decades back, at current affairs. A chorus of reporters sings to the new president of the '17 vacations you have had since you've been here.' A politician dismisses Abraham Lincoln's pronouncement about not being able to fool all of the people all the time by remarking: 'It's different nowadays. People are bigger suckers.' ...it serves as a sigh-inducing argument for the enduring follies of American politics."[14]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Dan Dietz (2018). "Of Thee I Sing". The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 180–182\. ISBN 9781538102770.180-182&rft.pub=Rowman+&+Littlefield&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781538102770&rft.au=Dan+Dietz&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0hNDwAAQBAJ&q;=The+Complete+Book+of+1930s+Broadway+Musicals&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Of+Thee+I+Sing" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kantor and Maslon, pp. 139-41
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bloom and Vlastnik, pp. 228-29
4. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Original Broadway Production, 1931) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
5. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (National Tour, 1932) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
6. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Broadway Return Engagement, 1933) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
7. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Broadway Revival, 1952) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
8. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (New York Concert, 1987) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
9. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Reprise Theatre Company, 1998) | LATimes". latimes.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
10. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Paper Mill Playhouse, 2006) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
11. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (Encores! Concert, 2006) | Ovrtur". ovrtur.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
12. ^ "Credits for Of Thee I Sing (MasterVoices Concert at Carnegie Hall, 2017) | Ovrtur". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
13. ^ a b Holden, Stephen. "Reviews/Music; Gilbert and Sullivan Yield to Gershwin and Ryskind", The New York Times, April 3, 1990, accessed December 26, 2013
14. ^ a b Isherwood, Charles. "City Center's Encores! Presents Of Thee I Sing", The New York Times, 13 May 2006
15. ^ Green, Stanley. "The World of Musical Comedy" (1984). Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80207-4, p. 95
16. ^ Richards, p. 2
17. ^ History and Past Productions of "Lost Musicals" lostmusicals.org, retrieved January 1, 2010
18. ^ Simonson, Robert."Love Is Sweeping the Country: Encores! Of Thee I Sing, With Victor Garber, Plays City Center May 11–15", Playbill, May 11, 2006
19. ^ "Of Thee I Sing" - via www.imdb.com.
20. ^ Bader, Robert S. "Four of the Three Musketeers" (2016). Northwestern University Press. p. 367-370, 373, 382
21. ^ Atkinson, Brooks. "The Play", The New York Times, December 28, 1931, p. 21
22. ^ "Pulitzered 'Succeed' Is 2d Musical In 3 Seasons To Clean-Sweep Awards". Variety. May 9, 1962. p. 1.

## References

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* Bloom, Ken and Vlastnik, Frank. Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of all Time. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1-57912-390-2
* Kantor, Michael and Maslon, Laurence. Broadway: The American Musical. New York:Bullfinch Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8212-2905-2
* Richards, Stanley. Ten Great Musicals of the American Theatre. Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1973.

## External links

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* ​Of Thee I Sing​ at the Internet Broadway Database
* Of Thee I Sing at the Concord Theatricals website
* Of Thee I Sing: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
* Ovrtur.com Page

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