Muny Archive

Of Thee I Sing

Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Notes:
Production Year: 1938
Synopsis:
The presidential ticket of Wintergreen and Throttlebottom win an election based on a platform of love. They run afoul of the law, however, when it is learned that Wintergreen jilted a beauty contest winner he had promised to marry, and war with France seems inevitable.

Cast Member

Role

John P. Wintergreen
The French Ambassador
Mary Turner
Louis Lippman
Diana Devereaux
Sam Jenkins
Mathew Arnold Fulton
Senator Carver Jones
Miss Benson
The Chief Justice
Alexander Throttlebottom
Senate Clerk
Francis X. Gilhooley
Senator Robert E. Lyons