Of Thee I Sing 2017 - Articles Page 1.8

Opened: November 2, 2017
Closing: November 02, 2017

Of Thee I Sing - 2017 - New York History , Info & More

Carnegie Hall
W. 57th St. and Seventh Ave. New York, NY

The first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize, Of Thee I Sing is a satiric tale of truth, justice and corn muffins that skewers the electoral process, presented during a week when New York City is focusing on its own electoral process just five days before the mayoral election. With book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind-written during the time of their famed association with the Marx Brothers-the production features hits such as "Love is Sweeping the Country" and "Who Cares."

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FAT HAM Wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Team BWW - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Fat Ham has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Selling Kabul, and Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.

VIDEO: Who Will Win the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2022 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

How Many Musicals Have Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama? See the List Here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 30, 2022


Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop, the most recent musical to take home the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, has just opened on Broadway! Only 10 musicals in history have been honored with the coveted award and we've got the full list.

Theater at Monmouth Announces 2022 Summer Repertory Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 16, 2022


Through modern adaptations and classic takes on the original plays and myths; TAM’s 53rd Season will feature gods, demigods, heroes, and heroines, and every satyr in-between.

HAMILTON Star Rachel John Announces Debut Album
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2022


West End Sensation Rachel John announces debut album From My Lips to God's Ear, due for release 8th April 2022.

THE HOT WING KING Wins the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Jun 11, 2021


It was just announced by the Pulitzer Prize organization that Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King has officially won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included Circle Jerk by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and Stew by Zora Howard.

New York Polyphony to Release AND THE SUN DARKENED
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2021


GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony today announced the release of And the sun darkened, a new album out Friday, March 5, 2021 on BIS Records (BIS-2277 SACD). The album marks a return to form for the ensemble - a 58-minute program of new and ancient works organized around texts appropriate for Passiontide.

ALADDIN Star Jonathan Freeman Will Answer Questions on Walt Disney Family Museum's Happily Ever After Hours
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 7, 2021


On Wednesday, Jan 13 (8:30pm PT) Join actor Jonathan Freeman as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from voicing the villain Jafar in the Aladdin franchise and appearances on Broadway in Disney's Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast.

PIANO BAR LIVE! Streams Tonight With Terry Burrell, Rachel Kaufman, Katie Dunne McGrath and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2020


Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly Piano Bar Live! streams tonight, Tuesday, November 24th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino. PBL! is the the unique chance to see veteran performers pass the torch to the next generation of blossoming young talent.

Wake Up With BWW 6/8: New Randy Rainbow Parody, SUNDAY MORNING Chats With Peters, De Shields, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2020


Today's top stories: Randy Rainbow has released a hilarious new Trump parody, CBS Sunday Morning chatted with Bernadette Peters, Andre De Shields, and more!

Breaking: A STRANGE LOOP Wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - May 4, 2020


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has officially won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included: Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's Soft Power.

VIDEO: Who Will Win the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Watch Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - May 4, 2020


The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2020 award winners' (originally scheduled for Monday, April 20) for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

BWW Exclusive: The 101 Greatest MOVIE MUSICALS of All Time
by Peter Nason - Mar 30, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

Wake Up With BWW 3/24: HERCULES Will Return to the Stage, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2020


Today's top stories: Alan Menken revealed Hercules will return to the stage! Plus, read all about today's upcoming online events!

MasterVoices Begins 2019-2020 Season with Concert Staging of The Gershwins' LET 'EM EAT CAKE at Carnegie Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 12, 2019


MasterVoices begins its 2019-20 season on Thursday, November 21 at Carnegie Hall with the concert staging of George and Ira Gershwins' 1933 musical Let 'Em Eat Cake, with a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, a comic satire about a populist U.S. President who is voted out of office and stages a coup to regain power. Artistic Director Ted Sperling will direct and conduct MasterVoices, soloists, and Orchestra of St. Luke's in this timely musical which has not been heard in New York since 1987. Updated casting details are included below.

Frances Fisher and Gregory Harrison Will Lead Laguna Playhouse's THE LION IN WINTER
by Julie Musbach - Oct 25, 2019


Laguna Playhouse announces the final cast and creative team to join acclaimed film, TV and theatre veterans Frances Fisher (a?oeTitanic,a?? Native Gardens, Barbeque), as a?oeQueen Eleanora?? and Gregory Harrison (a?oeTrapper John, M.D.,a?? Broadway's Chicago, Steel Pier), as a?oeKing Henry IIa?? in THE LION IN WINTER

MasterVoices Opens Season With Gershwins' LET 'EM EAT CAKE
by Julie Musbach - Oct 23, 2019


MasterVoices will begin its 2019-20 season on Thursday, November 21 at Carnegie Hall with the concert staging of George and Ira Gershwins' 1933 musical Let 'Em Eat Cake, with a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, a comic satire about a populist U.S. President who is voted out of office and stages a coup to regain power.

MasterVoices Announces 2019-20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2019


Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the acclaimed ensemble's 78th season, celebrating the joy of choral singing and the power of the human voice to unite, inspire and connect since 1941. Highlights include three major musical presentations at top venues, including a New York premiere, and the World Premiere of a new work, commissioned by the Company. Throughout the season there will be collaborations with leading singers, artists, ensembles and organizations, some who are familiar with and others who are new to the Company.

New York Polyphony Releases LAMENTATIONES, Feat. Lost Works By Francisco Penalosa
by Julie Musbach - Jul 16, 2019


GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony today announces the release of its latest album Peñalosa - Lamentationes, outFriday, September 6, 2019 on BIS Records (BIS-2407 SACD). The album features rarely heard works from late 15th-century and early 16th-century Spanish composers Francisco de Penalosa, Pedro de Escobar, and Francisco Guerrero, including world premiere recordings of Peñalosa's Lamentations and movements of his Missa L'homme arme.

Meet the Current Cast of ALADDIN on Broadway!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2019


For the last five years, the New Amsterdam Theatre has been all about magic lamps, carpet rides, princes, thieves and genies! That's because Disney's Aladdin, which opened in 2014, has played well over 2000 performances there. 

Classics In Context Announces Upcoming Discussions
by Julie Musbach - Jun 6, 2019


Classics in Context fulfills offers audience's  in depth information on the plays after attending each production. Discussions with scholars and artists are on Preview Nights July 4, July 11, July 18, and July 25 following the performance. CiC offers audiences a guide to the season through the critical historical, artistic, and cultural perspectives wound into the words of each individual play. 

Josie Todd, J. Robert Spencer, Isabel Keating, Among Stars of Goodspeed's BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2019


This summer Goodspeed Musicals will produce the heartwarming new musical Because of Winn Dixie. This touching tale based on the award-winning novel by Kate DiCamillo will run June 28 - September 1 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn.

VIDEO: Who Will Win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Watch Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 15, 2019


Today, April 15 (3pm EST), Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy will announce the winners of the the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, including the finalists and winners for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This announcement marks the 103rd year of the Prizes. For more information on this year's and all past years' winners and finalists, please visit http://www.Pulitzer.org.

Breaking: Jackie Sibblies Drury's FAIRVIEW Wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 15, 2019


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview has officially won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Philly POPS Is 'Too Darn Hot' With Cole Porter's Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2019


Principal Guest Conductor David Charles Abell returns to his hometown of Philadelphia for Cole Porter's Broadway: Too Darn Hot, the explosive penultimate performance of The Philly POPS 40th Anniversary Season, April 12-14 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. 

Other Productions of Of Thee I Sing

1931   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1933   Broadway Return Engagement [Broadway]
Broadway
1934   US Tour National Tour
US Tour
1952   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
1964   Regional (US) Regional Revival
Regional (US)
2004   Milburn, NJ (Regional) Paper Mill Production
Milburn, NJ (Regional)
2006   Off-Broadway Encores! Concert
Off-Broadway
2017   New York MasterVoices Production
New York

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