• 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 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: 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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • (from The Goldwyn Follies) "Love is Sweeping the Country" (from Of Thee I Sing) "Land of the Gay Caballero" (from Girl Crazy) "Sweet and Low Down" (from...
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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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    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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  • 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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    was later joined by Sunny, a female of the same breed. Bo was featured in the 2010 children's book Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, written by...
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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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    President Barack Obama is an oil-on-canvas portrait of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, completed by the artist Kehinde Wiley in...
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    Minky Sherlock Holmes as Lightfoot McTague (Replacement – RSC Transfer) Of Thee I Sing as Senator Lyons (City Center Encores) Finian's Rainbow as Finian (Irish...
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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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    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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  • Yankee, the 1946 cast of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat and the 1951 cast of George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing, all of them pre-1943 musicals...
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  • Jerry Adler (category American people of Russian-Jewish descent)
    was president of the Dramatic Club. Adler began his theatre career as a stage manager in 1950, working on such productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair...
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