Gershwin!
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Naomi in Uncategorized
Gershwin’s “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” is being produced in London, and it’s a fun show. It is the sequel to “Of Thee I Sing”, a musical in which a man rises to be president by appealing to people’s hearts rather than their heads. In the second part of this series, the man loses his reelection bid, and ends up in the shirt making business. This doesn’t last very long and so he ends up staging a proletarian uprising and starting a dictatorship. It sounds like a depressing show, because it’s kind of a distressing subject. But it was written by George S. Kaufmann and Morrie Ryskind, so you know right off that it’s going to be very funny and have a great satirical feel and fun patter! See it if you can!
