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Of Thee I Sing (1931)
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-music and lyrics by the Gershwins
-wanted to deal with history -satrical american political system -used patter song style -First Patter song to do political satire and get away with it -First musical to win a pulitzer prize -shaped more like a musical comedy -playwright: George S.Kaufman + Morris Ryskind -A lot of Choral Work -moving musical theatre into handling more pressing themes |
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Boys From Syracuse (1938)
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-Rogers and Hart
-Based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors -title waas a double joke, Hart was from Syracuse |
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Porgy and Bess (1935)
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-wanted to deal with history
-by George and Ira Gershwin -Gershwin called it a folk opera, even though it didn't use folk music -wanted to write an opera that would appeal to many -Inspiration from the Novel Porgy by Dubase Heyword -mixed reviews financial failure last thing Gershwin wrote for the Broadway Stage slice of life, no lavish sets or costumes -first kind of Broadway Opera |
