Of Thee I SING! at Israel Musicals

This 1931 classic is a Merry-Go-Round of fun ups and downs, laughter and more laughter, and a most glorious Gershwin musical score. It was the first Broadway musical to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1931.Written by the fellows who wrote for the Marx Brothers, George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, Of Thee I Sing is full of silliness and belly laughs.Described as "War and Peace written for the Three Stooges," this timeless musical pokes hysterical fun at the topic that gets people way too worked up - politics!John P. Wintergreen gets elected President by promising to marry the winner of a beauty contest at his inauguration. But he then marries someone else instead! As a result, chaos, impeachment proceedings and a threatened war, ensue! All of this was caused by .. corn muffins!The New York Times, in 2006, marveled at "how eerily some of its jokes seem to take precise aim, from decades back, at current affairs." Tickets are 95/75 (soldiers and students) and available from Israel Musicals, www.israel-theatre.com/tickets, or by calling 077-450-6012. Jan. 27, 29, Feb. 4, 6 at Bet Shmuel, Jerusalem Feb. 9 at the Mishkan LeOmanuyot in Ra'anana