Let 'Em Eat Cake

Infobox Musical
name= Let 'Em Eat Cake
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music= George Gershwin
lyrics= Ira Gershwin
book= George S. Kaufman
basis= Sequel to "Of Thee I Sing"
productions= 1933 Broadway
1994 BBC concert
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Let 'Em Eat Cake is a Broadway musical that opened October 21, 1933 at the Imperial Theatre, New York, USA and ran for 89 performances. It had music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The cast included William Gaxton, Victor Moore, Philip Loeb, and Lois Moran.

Although it was the sequel to "Of Thee I Sing", and had the same producer, writers, and stars, the tone of "Let 'Em Eat Cake" was much darker and the issues more complex. The show carried a message that audiences did not want to hear and it was a failure. However, it did have one outstanding song: "Mine". Several musical themes from "Of Thee I Sing" are reused in "Let 'Em Eat Cake", including the Supreme Court Judges' song and the campaign song "Wintergreen for President", which includes parts of folk and patriotic songs such as Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever", and "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here."

A concert version of the show was performed on BBC Radio in 1994 (with a cast that included: Denis Quilley, Kim Criswell, Joss Ackland, Henry Goodman, and Louise Gold).

ongs

;Act I
* Wintergreen for President - Ensemble
* Tweedledee for President - Ensemble
* Union Square - Ensemble
* Down With Everyone Who's Up - Kruger and Agitators
* Shirts by Millions - Wives and Ensemble
* Comes the Revolution - Alexander Throttlebottom and Ensemble
* Mine - John P. Wintergreen, Mary Wintergreen and Ensemble
* Climb Up the Social Ladder - Mary Wintergreen, Wives and Ensemble
* Cloistered from the Noisy City - President of the Union League Club and Club Members
* On and On and On - John P. Wintergreen, John P. Wintergreen, Mary Wintergreen, Mary Wintergreen, Company and Company
* I've Brushed My Teeth - Gen. Adam Snookfield, U.S.A. and Dignitaries
* On and On and On (Reprise) - Blue Shirts
* The General's Gone to a Party - John P. Tweedledee, John P. Wintergreen, Lieutenant and Men
* All the Mothers of the Nation - Mary Wintergreen, Wives and Girls
* Yes, He's a Bachelor - John P. Wintergreen, Blue Shirts and Lieutenant
* There's Something We're Worried About - Lieutenant, Army, Women, John P. Tweedledee and Kruger
* What's the Proletariat? - Mary Wintergreen, Wives, Committee, Army and All
* Let 'Em Eat Cake - John P. Wintergreen and Companycol-break ;Act II
* Blue, Blue, Blue - Wives and Ensemble
* Who's the Greatest? - John P. Wintergreen and Ensemble
* No Comprenez, No Capish - League of Nations, John P. Wintergreen, Mary Wintergreen and Ensemble
* Who's the Greatest? (Reprise) - John P. Wintergreen and Ensemble
* Play Ball - Girls
* When the Judges Doff the Ermine - President of the Union League Club and Blue Shirts
* That's What He Did - Alexander Throttlebottom, Kruger and Ensemble
* I Know a Foul Ball - Alexander Throttlebottom
* Throttle Throttlebottom - Kruger and Ensemble
* A Hell of a Hole (A Hell of a Fix) - John P. Wintergreen, Kruger and Soldiers
* Down With Everyone Who's Up (Reprise) - Kruger and Ensemble
* It Isn't What You Did - John P. Wintergreen and Ensemble
* Mine (Reprise) - John P. Wintergreen, Mary Wintergreen and Ensemble
* Let 'Em Eat Caviar - Kruger and Ensemble
* Hang Throttlebottom in the Morning - Lieutenant and Ensemble

External links

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* [http://www.nodanw.com/shows_l/let_cake.htm Let ‘Em Eat Cake]