Of Thee I Sing (1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
Class Preparation
- Read Broadway: The American Musical, pp. 59-67, 84-88, 115, 119-21, 129-31.
- Handout of class slides
- Of Thee I Sing Synopsis & Lyrics
YouTube Links & Playlists
- Of Thee I Sing Playlist (various versions of "Love Is Sweeping the Country," "Of Thee I Sing," and "Who Cares?"
- In 1972, CBS broadcast a production of Of Thee I Sing starring several of its top sitcom stars including Carroll O'Connor, Cloris Leachman, Jim Backus, and Michele Lee. The script is heavily abbreviated, and most of the musical numbers have been cut, but the production does capture some of the yucks and satire of Kaufman and Ryskind's book. LINK