Musicals-101
  • SIX SINGULAR SENSATIONS
    • 1. DAMN YANKEES
    • 2. THE MUSIC MAN
  • BRITISH MUSICALS ON BWAY
    • BRITISH MUSICALS: COURSE INFO
    • 1 .Early Musical Theatre; Gilbert & Sullivan
    • 2. Noël Coward
    • 3. Sandy Wilson & David Heneker
    • 4. Bart; Newley & Bricusse
    • 5. Lloyd Webber I: Joseph & Jesus
    • 6. Lloyd Webber II: Evita
    • 7. Lloyd Webber III: Cats + Song & Dance
    • 8. Lloyd Webber IV: Phantom of the Opera
    • 9. Lloyd Webber V: Sunset Blvd & School of Rock
    • 10. European Pop Operas 1985-99
  • MUSICALS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
    • SCHWARTZ: COURSE INFO
    • 1. Godspell
    • 2. Pippin
    • 3. Magic Show, Baker's Wife, Working
    • 4. Children of Eden; Movie Songs
    • 5. Wicked
  • OFF-BROADWAY CLASSICS
    • COURSE INFORMATION
    • 1. Threepenny Opera
    • 2. The Fantasticks
    • 3. Jacques Brel Is Alive . . .
    • 4. Godspell
    • 5. Little Shop of Horrors
    • 6. Forbidden Broadway
  • BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 2
    • COURSE INFO
    • 1. Intro; Berlin 1907-27
    • 2. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1930s
    • 3. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1940s
    • 4. Annie Get Your Gun
    • 5. Berlin on Broadway, 1948-62
    • 6. Porter's Early Life & Shows of 1920s
    • 7. Anything Goes
    • 8. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood, 1930s
    • 9. Porter: Broadway in 1940s; Kiss Me, Kate
    • 10. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood 1950s
    • Berlin & Porter Compilations
  • BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 1
    • 1. Intro; R&H 1919-27
    • 2. R&H 1928-34
    • 3. R&H Back on Broadway, 1935-37
    • 4. R&H Final works, 1938-43
    • 5. Gershwins: Intro & 1924-27
    • 6. Gershwins: 1928-32
    • 7. Gershwins: 1933-38
    • 8. Gershwins: Porgy & Bess; Ira after George
  • BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
    • 1. Fancy Free & On the Town
    • 2. Wonderful Town
    • 3. Candide
    • 4. West Side Story
    • 5. Mass & Other Works
  • HERMAN, BOCK & HARNICK 101
    • 1. Early Herman + Milk and Honey
    • 2. Hello, Dolly + Mame
    • 3. Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour
    • 4. La Cage aux Folles +
    • 5. Fiorello! + Tenderloin
    • 6. She Loves Me
    • 7. Fiddler on the Roof
    • 8. The Apple Tree
    • 9. The Rothschilds
  • PULITZER MUSICALS
    • 1. Of Thee I Sing (1932)
    • 1. Fiorello! (1960)
    • 2. South Pacific (1950)
    • 2. How to Succeed (1962)
    • 3. A Chorus Line (1976)
    • 4. Sunday in the Park with George (1985)
    • 5. Rent (1996)
    • 5. Next to Normal (2010)
    • 6. Hamilton (2016)
    • 6. A Strange Loop (2020)
  • THE WOMEN OF BROADWAY
    • 1. Rida Johnson Young; Dorothy Fields, Part I
    • 2. Dorothy Fields Part II
    • 3. Dorothy Fields Part III
    • 4. Comden & Green Part I
    • 5. Comden & Green Part II
    • 6. Carolyn Leigh
    • 7. Lynn Ahrens
    • 8. Ford & Cryer, Tesori (1)
    • 9. Tesori (2), others
    • 10 Anáis Mitchell
  • LOESSER, LERNER & LOEWE
    • 1. Early Loesser
    • 2. Where's Charley? & Guys and Dolls
    • 3. Guys and Dolls & HCA
    • 4. Most Happy Fella & Greenwillow
    • 5. How to Succeed
    • 6. Loesser Legacy; Brigadoon
    • 7. Paint Your Wagon; My Fair Lady
    • 8. My Fair Lady; Gigi
    • 9. Camelot
    • 10. The Little Prince; Lerner & Lowe Legacy
  • RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
    • ENCORE! CLASSES >
      • 1. R&H Before 1943
      • 2. Oklahoma!
      • 3. Carousel
      • 4. South Pacific
      • 5. The King and I
      • 6. The Sound of Music
    • FALL 2019 CLASSES >
      • 1. Hammerstein
      • 2. Rodgers (& Hart)
      • 6. Allegro, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream
      • 8. State Fair, Cinderella, & Flower Drum Song
      • 10. Rodgers Alone & Legacy
  • KANDER & EBB
    • 1. Early Careers & Flora
    • 2. Cabaret
    • 3. Cabaret 2
    • 4. Happy Time, Zorba, 70G70
    • 5. Chicago
    • 6. Chicago 2
    • 7. NYNY, Act, Rink
    • 8. Woman, World, Steel Pier
    • 9. Kiss of Spider Woman & Visit
    • 10. Curtains & The Scottsboro Boys
  • RESOURCES

May 20, 2021

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  
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  • SIX SINGULAR SENSATIONS
    • 1. DAMN YANKEES
    • 2. THE MUSIC MAN
  • BRITISH MUSICALS ON BWAY
    • BRITISH MUSICALS: COURSE INFO
    • 1 .Early Musical Theatre; Gilbert & Sullivan
    • 2. Noël Coward
    • 3. Sandy Wilson & David Heneker
    • 4. Bart; Newley & Bricusse
    • 5. Lloyd Webber I: Joseph & Jesus
    • 6. Lloyd Webber II: Evita
    • 7. Lloyd Webber III: Cats + Song & Dance
    • 8. Lloyd Webber IV: Phantom of the Opera
    • 9. Lloyd Webber V: Sunset Blvd & School of Rock
    • 10. European Pop Operas 1985-99
  • MUSICALS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
    • SCHWARTZ: COURSE INFO
    • 1. Godspell
    • 2. Pippin
    • 3. Magic Show, Baker's Wife, Working
    • 4. Children of Eden; Movie Songs
    • 5. Wicked
  • OFF-BROADWAY CLASSICS
    • COURSE INFORMATION
    • 1. Threepenny Opera
    • 2. The Fantasticks
    • 3. Jacques Brel Is Alive . . .
    • 4. Godspell
    • 5. Little Shop of Horrors
    • 6. Forbidden Broadway
  • BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 2
    • COURSE INFO
    • 1. Intro; Berlin 1907-27
    • 2. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1930s
    • 3. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1940s
    • 4. Annie Get Your Gun
    • 5. Berlin on Broadway, 1948-62
    • 6. Porter's Early Life & Shows of 1920s
    • 7. Anything Goes
    • 8. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood, 1930s
    • 9. Porter: Broadway in 1940s; Kiss Me, Kate
    • 10. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood 1950s
    • Berlin & Porter Compilations
  • BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 1
    • 1. Intro; R&H 1919-27
    • 2. R&H 1928-34
    • 3. R&H Back on Broadway, 1935-37
    • 4. R&H Final works, 1938-43
    • 5. Gershwins: Intro & 1924-27
    • 6. Gershwins: 1928-32
    • 7. Gershwins: 1933-38
    • 8. Gershwins: Porgy & Bess; Ira after George
  • BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
    • 1. Fancy Free & On the Town
    • 2. Wonderful Town
    • 3. Candide
    • 4. West Side Story
    • 5. Mass & Other Works
  • HERMAN, BOCK & HARNICK 101
    • 1. Early Herman + Milk and Honey
    • 2. Hello, Dolly + Mame
    • 3. Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour
    • 4. La Cage aux Folles +
    • 5. Fiorello! + Tenderloin
    • 6. She Loves Me
    • 7. Fiddler on the Roof
    • 8. The Apple Tree
    • 9. The Rothschilds
  • PULITZER MUSICALS
    • 1. Of Thee I Sing (1932)
    • 1. Fiorello! (1960)
    • 2. South Pacific (1950)
    • 2. How to Succeed (1962)
    • 3. A Chorus Line (1976)
    • 4. Sunday in the Park with George (1985)
    • 5. Rent (1996)
    • 5. Next to Normal (2010)
    • 6. Hamilton (2016)
    • 6. A Strange Loop (2020)
  • THE WOMEN OF BROADWAY
    • 1. Rida Johnson Young; Dorothy Fields, Part I
    • 2. Dorothy Fields Part II
    • 3. Dorothy Fields Part III
    • 4. Comden & Green Part I
    • 5. Comden & Green Part II
    • 6. Carolyn Leigh
    • 7. Lynn Ahrens
    • 8. Ford & Cryer, Tesori (1)
    • 9. Tesori (2), others
    • 10 Anáis Mitchell
  • LOESSER, LERNER & LOEWE
    • 1. Early Loesser
    • 2. Where's Charley? & Guys and Dolls
    • 3. Guys and Dolls & HCA
    • 4. Most Happy Fella & Greenwillow
    • 5. How to Succeed
    • 6. Loesser Legacy; Brigadoon
    • 7. Paint Your Wagon; My Fair Lady
    • 8. My Fair Lady; Gigi
    • 9. Camelot
    • 10. The Little Prince; Lerner & Lowe Legacy
  • RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
    • ENCORE! CLASSES >
      • 1. R&H Before 1943
      • 2. Oklahoma!
      • 3. Carousel
      • 4. South Pacific
      • 5. The King and I
      • 6. The Sound of Music
    • FALL 2019 CLASSES >
      • 1. Hammerstein
      • 2. Rodgers (& Hart)
      • 6. Allegro, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream
      • 8. State Fair, Cinderella, & Flower Drum Song
      • 10. Rodgers Alone & Legacy
  • KANDER & EBB
    • 1. Early Careers & Flora
    • 2. Cabaret
    • 3. Cabaret 2
    • 4. Happy Time, Zorba, 70G70
    • 5. Chicago
    • 6. Chicago 2
    • 7. NYNY, Act, Rink
    • 8. Woman, World, Steel Pier
    • 9. Kiss of Spider Woman & Visit
    • 10. Curtains & The Scottsboro Boys
  • RESOURCES