Of Thee I Sing
When:
Saturday, May 13, 2017 8:00p -
10:00p
Saturday, May 13, 2017 8:00p -
10:00p
Where:
Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium
730 Massachusetts Ave
Arlington, Ma 02476
Admission:
$20-$40
Categories:
Music, Performing Arts
Event website:
http://www.choruspromusica.org/
Chorus pro Musica, directed by Jamie Kirsch, will present a concert version of George and Ira Gershwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Of Thee I Sing” on May 13 at 8 p.m. at Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium in Arlington, Massachusetts.
This all-American political satire, set in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s, focuses on the election, campaign and presidency of John P. Wintergreen. His party, lacking a viable platform, runs on love, promising that if elected, he will marry the partner chosen for him at an Atlantic City beauty pageant. When he falls in love with his campaign secretary instead of the contest winner, he finds himself embroiled in an international scandal.
The original Broadway production opened in 1931 and ran for 441 performances. The following year, it became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times called a 2006 revival “one of the silliest and yet most sublime things on a New York stage right now.”
Some eight decades after its premier, this hilarious portrayal of America’s highest office still provides nonpartisan comic relief from present-day concerns. With unnerving prescience, this 1930s send-up of the “reality-TV” elements of our political system eerily may ring even more true today. It’s “Saturday Night Live” meets Gilbert and Sullivan, with a touch of Kurt Weill.
CpM’s presentation features Margaret Rood, soprano; Christina English, mezzo-soprano; and David McFerrin, baritone. Matthew McMahan will direct.
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