Maureen McGovern - Of Thee I Sing / Let 'Em and 49 similar items

Catalog Number: S2M-42522 Condition Details: Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Double LP. Gate-fold cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (poly-lined paper). Spine is easy-to-read with very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Hole-punch in top-left.) Tracks: Of Thee I Sing Overture Act I Wintergreen For President Who Is The Luck Girl To Be? The Dimple On My Knee Because, Because Never Was There A Girl So Far Some Girls Can Bake A Pie Love Is Sweeping The Country Of Thee I Sing Finale Act I A Kiss For Cinderella Some Girls Can Bake A Pie Of Thee I Sing Act II Hello, Good Morning Who Cares? The Illegitimate Daughter Because Because Who Cares? The Senator From Minnesota The Senate Jilted I'm About To Be A Mother Posterity Is Just Around The Corner Trumpeter Blow Your Golden Horn Finale Ultimo Of Thee I Sing Let 'Em Eat Cake Overture Act I Tweedledee For President Union Square Shirts By The Millions Comes The Revolution Mine Climb Up The Social Ladder The Union League On And On And On Finale Act I Introduction I've Brushed My Teeth The General's Gone To A Party Mothers Of The Nation Let 'Em Eat Cake Act II Blue, Blue, Blue Who's The Greatest? The League Of Nations No Comprenez, No Capish, No Versteh! When Nations Get Together Why Speak Of Money? Up And At 'Em That's What He Did I Know A Foul Ball Throttle Throttlebottom It Isn't What You Did Mine First Lady And First Gent Hanging Throttlebottom In The Morning Fashion Show Finale Ultimo About The Record: 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 American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The original Broadway production, directed by Kaufman, opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances, gaining critical and box office success. It has been revived twice on Broadway and in concert stagings in the U.S. and in London. In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Let 'Em Eat Cake is a Broadway musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. It is the 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 the issues more complex: President Wintergreen is defeated for reelection, and he and his former Vice President, Alexander Throttlebottom, form an incipient Fascist movement to take over the government.