Muny Archive

Of Thee I Sing

Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Notes:
Production Year: 1950
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

Senator Carver Jones
Senate Clerk
A Scrubwoman
Maid/Radio Singer
Louis Lippman
Francis X. Gilhooley
Sam Jenkins
Vladimir Vidovitch
Matthew Arnold Fulton
Frank Eschen, a Radio Commentator
John P. Wintergreen
The French Ambassador
Senator Robert E. Lyons
Diana Devereaux
Alexander Throttlebottom
Radio Engineer
Mary Turner
Miss Benson
The Chief Justice/Senator from Massachusetts/The Guide
Yussef Youssevitch