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...
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Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters is a 2010 children's book by Barack Obama, with illustrations by Loren Long. It is described by the publisher...
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Of Thee I Sing is a phrase from the American patriotic song My Country, 'Tis of Thee (also known as "America"). The phrase may also refer to: Of Thee...
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"Of Thee I Sing" is a 1931 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by William Gaxton and Lois Moran in the 1931...
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released on August 17, 1946. The title is a play on Of Thee I Sing. In Target for Tonight-style (a diagram of the target is actually stamped "Target for Tonight"...
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David Berry (actor) (category National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni)
Little Touch of Chaos". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2019. Yu, Juliana (22 September 2015). "Gershwin musical Of Thee I Sing shines a light...
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the mother of Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States, and Craig Robinson, a basketball executive. She was the mother-in-law of Barack Obama...
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George S. Kaufman (category American people of German-Jewish descent)
Brothers and others. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Of Thee I Sing (with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin) in 1932, and won again in 1937...
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David Garrison (category Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni)
include Songs of New York, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, Of Thee I Sing/Let ’Em Eat Cake, Girl Crazy, You Never Know, Tell Me More, Oh! Lady...
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Best Orchestrations. Of Thee I Sing opened before the Tony Awards existed. The award goes to the playwright, although production of the play is also taken...
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Morrie Ryskind (category Members of the Socialist Party of America)
he earned the Pulitzer Prize for drama for the Broadway production Of Thee I Sing, a musical written in collaboration with composer George Gershwin. Ryskind...
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all-Gershwin album, Gershwin Live!, in 1982. "Isn't It a Pity?" – 3:53 "Of Thee I Sing" – 3:10 "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" (Buddy De Sylva, George...
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Jennifer Laura Thompson (category University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni)
most recently, Of Thee I Sing for City Center Encores!, and Tip-Toes at Carnegie Hall. She played Julie Jordan in the first national tour of Carousel, and...
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Musical theatre (redirect from History of musical theatre)
entertainments of the early 20th century and led to such groundbreaking works as Show Boat (1927), Of Thee I Sing (1931) and Oklahoma! (1943). Some of the most...
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Overture to Of Thee I Sing (1931), for orchestra. The shortest Broadway overture written by Gershwin. It is also the least episodic of his overtures...
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Let 'Em Eat Cake (section Act I)
sequel to the Pulitzer prize-winning Of Thee I Sing and had the same producer, writers, and stars. However, the tone of Let 'Em Eat Cake was much darker and...
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Nigeria, We Hail Thee is the national anthem of Nigeria, formerly used from independence in 1960 until 1978. Arise, O Compatriots, was adopted as Nigeria's...
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George Murphy and June O'Dea in the 1931 musical Of Thee I Sing. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) Gershwin...
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in the lyrics of his song "America": My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims'...
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Clara Bow (category American people of British descent)
S.; Ryskind, Morrie; Gershwin, George; Gershwin, Ira (1963) [1931]. Of thee I sing: a musical play in two acts. New York: S. French. ISBN 9780573680373...
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and other smart shows like Of Thee I Sing (1931) were artistic steps forward beyond revues and other frothy entertainments of the early 20th century and...
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Sitting Bull (redirect from Ta Tanka I Yotank)
IV. Sitting Bull is listed as one of 13 great Americans in President Barack Obama's children's book, Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. Crazy Horse...
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National Opera when she was 13 years old. Her Broadway credits include Of Thee I Sing (1931) and This Is New York (1930). Moran's film career began when she...
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The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, December 23, 1970. Stranger In A Strange Land, Of Thee I Sing, It Takes A...
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Barack Obama tan suit controversy (category History of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
matter of terrorism to be “unpresidential.” He went on: "There's no way, I don't think, any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday. I mean,...
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Off Minor (Thelonious Monk, 1947) Of Thee I Sing Oh Baby (Walter Donaldson and B.G. DeSylva, 1929) (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely (Pat Ballard, 1953)...
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"Of Thee I Sing – Broadway Musical – 1933 Revival". IBDB. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021. "Of Thee I Sing...
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One of Kert's last recordings was the 1987 2-CD studio cast album of the complete scores of two George and Ira Gershwin musicals: Of Thee I Sing and its...
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in Central Park (1994), Now and Then (1995), Spanglish (2004), New York, I Love You (2008), and The Croods (2013). Her television work included her reoccurring...
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"Of Thee I Sing – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021. "Of Thee I Sing Broadway...
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