Of Thee I Sing

Of Thee I Sing is a musical set in the White House, with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, to a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. It opened on Broadway in 1931, and ran for 441 performances.

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Musical - White House - George - Ira Gershwin - George S. Kaufman - Broadway - 1931

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It won the Pulitzer Prize for the best American play of 1932 (the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer) - one of the signs that the American musical was coming of age. Brooks Atkinson's review in the New York Times called it "a taut and lethal satire... funnier than the government, and not nearly so dangerous."

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Pulitzer Prize - American - 1932 - Musical comedy - Brooks Atkinson - New York Times

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