Lyric Stage presents Of Thee I Sing

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With politicians skewered right and left, including a Vice President who wanders the White House unrecognized by his own staff, Of Thee I Sing is a hilarious and timeless send-up of national institutions that is as relevant as ever. The extensive hit-filled score makes Of Thee I Sing one of George and Ira Gershwin’s finest creations and their longest running musical during George Gershwin’s lifetime. Of Thee I Sing will be Lyric Stage’s first Gershwin musical.

This all-American political satire focuses on the election campaign and Presidency of John P. Wintergreen, whose party, lacking a viable platform, runs on “love,” promising that if elected he will marry the winner of an Atlantic City beauty pageant. When he falls for Mary Turner, a campaign secretary who bakes a mean corn muffin, instead of Diana Deveraux, the fairest flower of the South and winner of the pageant, trouble begins.

With politicians skewered right and left, including a Vice President who wanders the White House unrecognized by his own staff, Of Thee I Sing is a hilarious and timeless send-up of national institutions that is as relevant as ever. The extensive hit-filled score makes Of Thee I Sing one of George and Ira Gershwin’s finest creations and their longest running musical during George Gershwin’s lifetime. Of Thee I Sing will be Lyric Stage’s first Gershwin musical.

This all-American political satire focuses on the election campaign and Presidency of John P. Wintergreen, whose party, lacking a viable platform, runs on “love,” promising that if elected he will marry the winner of an Atlantic City beauty pageant. When he falls for Mary Turner, a campaign secretary who bakes a mean corn muffin, instead of Diana Deveraux, the fairest flower of the South and winner of the pageant, trouble begins.

With politicians skewered right and left, including a Vice President who wanders the White House unrecognized by his own staff, Of Thee I Sing is a hilarious and timeless send-up of national institutions that is as relevant as ever. The extensive hit-filled score makes Of Thee I Sing one of George and Ira Gershwin’s finest creations and their longest running musical during George Gershwin’s lifetime. Of Thee I Sing will be Lyric Stage’s first Gershwin musical.

This all-American political satire focuses on the election campaign and Presidency of John P. Wintergreen, whose party, lacking a viable platform, runs on “love,” promising that if elected he will marry the winner of an Atlantic City beauty pageant. When he falls for Mary Turner, a campaign secretary who bakes a mean corn muffin, instead of Diana Deveraux, the fairest flower of the South and winner of the pageant, trouble begins.

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WHERE

Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, TX 75062
https://lyricstage.org/wp/buy-tickets/

TICKET INFO

$26.50-$54.50
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