Broadway Musical Home - Of Thee I Sing

The first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Story:

John P. Wintergreen is running for President of the United States on the "love" platform, but 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.

: Composer
George Gershwin

: Lyricist
Ira Gershwin

: Librettist
George S. Kaufman

: Librettist
Morrie Ryskind

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Music Box Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 26, 1931

Total Performances: 441

Original Cast: Ruth Adams, Dave Allman, Florenz Ames, Kathleen Ayres, Bruce Barclay, Vivian Barry, Charles Bennett, Leslie Bingham, Grace Brinkley, Bobbie Brodsley, Robert Burton, Martha Carroll, Mary Carroll, Ray Clarke, Dudley Clements, Charles Conklin, Tom Curley, Dorothy Donnelly, Tom Draak, Leon Dunar, Ann Ecklund, Frank Erickson, Jack Fago, Michael Forbes, Olgene Foster, Virginia Franck, Frank Gagen, William Gaxton, Dorothy Graves, Yvonne Gray, Peggy Greene, Sulo Hevonpaa, Walter Hinger, Milton Hollander, Georgette Lampsi, Terry Lawlor, David Lawrence, Martin Le Roy, Jack Linton, Lillian Lorray, George E. Mack, Martha Maggard, Sam Mann, Mary Mascher, John McCahill, Charles McClelland, Jake Vander Meulen, Frank Miller, Harold Moffet, Victor Moore, Lois Moran, George Murphy, Richard Neely, Hazzard Newberry, June O'Dea, Anita Pam, Jack Ray, Ralph Riggs, Edward H. Robins, Billie Seward, Pete Shance, Grenna Sloane, Adele Smith, Barbara Smith, Baun Sturtz, Peggy Thomas, Patricia Whitney, Jessica Worth

Director: George S. Kaufman

Choreographer: Chester Hale

Producer: Sam H. Harris

Musical Director: Charles Previn

Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

Costume Design: Charles Le Maire

1933 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Imperial Theatre

Opening Night: May 15, 1933

Total Performances: 32

Original Cast: Betty Allen, Dave Allman, Florenz Ames, Kathleen Ayres, Bruce Barclay, Vivian Barry, Leslie Bingham, Bobbie Brodsley, Lillian Burke, Robert Burton, Pete Chance, Ray Clarke, Dudley Clements, Gus Cooper, John Creighton, Tom Curley, Nancy Dolan, Tom Draak, Leon Dunar, Ann Ecklund, Helen Erickson, Frank Ericson, Jack Fago, Michael Forbes, Olgene Foster, Florence Fouchia, Virginia Franck, Frank Gagen, William Gaxton, Yvonne Gray, Peggy Greene, Barbara Hamilton, Sulo Hevonpaa, Walter Hinger, Milton Hollander, Tana Kamp, Harriette Lake, Terry Lawlor, David Lawrence, Martin Le Roy, Lillian Lorray, George E. Mack, Martha Maggard, Mary Mascher, Doris May, John McCahill, Jake Vander Meuelen, Frank Miller, Harold Moffet, Victor Moore, George Murphy, Richard Neely, Hazzard Newberry, June O'Dea, Lilyan O'Jela, Ronald Perry, Irma Philbin, Jack Ray, Abe Reynolds, Ralph Riggs, Edward H. Robins, Baun Sturtz, Peggy Thomas, Patricia Whitney, Jessica Worth

Director: George S. Kaufman

Choreographer: George Hale

Producer: Sam H. Harris

Musical Director: Eugene Fuerst

Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

Costume Design: Charles Le Maire

1952 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Ziegfeld Theatre

Opening Night: May 5, 1952

Total Performances: 72

Original Cast: Jack Carson, Paul Hartman, Florenz Ames, Arlene Anderson, Ken Ayers, Vicki Barrett, Jean Bartel, Betty Buday, Claudia Campbell, Louise Carlyle, Norman Clayton, Georgine Darcy, Crandall Diehl, Gregg Evans, Charlotte Foley, Donald Foster, Howard Freeman, Warren Galjour, J. Corkey Geil, Skeet Guenther, Jay Harwick, Keith Kaldenberg, Joe Kerrigan, Michael King, William Krach, Lenore Lonergan, Jonathan Lucas, Joan Mann, Mort Marshall, James McCracken, Al McGranary, Peggy Merber, Betty Oakes, J. Pat O'Malley, Bob Oran, Helen Rice, Dorothy Richards, Jeanne Schlegel, Frank Seabolt, Robert F. Simon, Siri, Loring Smith, Joanne Spiller, Pat Stanley, Abe Stein, Bob Tucker, Jeanne Tyler, Gloria Van Dorpe, Charlotte Van Lein, Larry Weber, Tom Wells, Jack Whiting, Parker Wilson