Just in time for the 2016 elections, Rider University Musical Theatre will present George and Ira Gershwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning satire on presidential politics Of Thee I Sing in the Yvonne Theater on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville.
The preview performance is on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m., and performances are Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m.;Friday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. Nathan Hurwitz is the director and musical director.
This all-American political satire has a book by George S. Kaufman andâ¯Morrieâ¯Ryskind. It focuses on the election campaign and presidency of John P. Wintergreen, whose 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 for Mary Turner, a campaign secretary who bakes a mean corn muffin, instead of Diana Deveraux, known as the fairest flower of the south and winner of the pageant, trouble begins.
This concert-style production features a cast of 70 performers and an onstage orchestra.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors. They can be purchased at the door, through the box office at 609-896-7775 or online at www.rider.edu/arts. General admission preview tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are only available at the door. For more information, visit rider.edu/arts.
Checking out the poster for Rider’s upcoming production of Gershwin’s musical satire of presidential elections Of Thee I Sing are (from left) Matthew Staley, Kelly Prendergast, Nick Ziobro, and Sarah Jane Knoblich. Staley and Ziobro are sharing the role of Presidential candidate John P. Wintergreen. Prendergast and Knoblich share the role of prospective First Lady Mary Turner.,
