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The original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production, directed by Kaufman, opened at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on December 26, 1931 and ran for 441 performances.<ref name=Bloom/> The cast included [[William Gaxton]] as John P. Wintergreen, [[Lois Moran]] as Mary Turner, Grace Brinkley as Diana Devereaux, [[Victor Moore]] as Alexander Throttlebottom and [[George Murphy]] as Sam Jenkins. It was produced by [[Sam H. Harris]]. Sets were designed by [[Jo Mielziner]], costumes by Carles LeMaire, and dances staged by Georgie Hale.<ref name=Richards>Richards, p. 2</ref> It was Gaxton and Moore's first comedic pairing; they would collaborate on six more Broadway musicals, including ''[[Anything Goes]]''.<ref name=Bloom/> The orchestrations were by [[Robert Russell Bennett]], [[William Merrigan Daly|William Daly]] (including the "Overture"), and Gershwin ("Hello, Good Morning"). ''Of Thee I Sing'' was the longest-running Gershwin show during George Gershwin's lifetime.
There were Broadway revivals in 1933 at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] and in 1952 at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]], both directed by Kaufman. A concert production of ''Of Thee I Sing'' was mounted by Ian Marshall Fisher's [[Lost Musicals]] series at the [[Barbican Centre]] in London in August 1996. Fisher's series examines the Gershwins' lesser known works (as well as others) and has been based at London's [[Royal Opera House]] and [[Sadler's Wells]].<ref>[http://www.lostmusicals.org/ History and Past Productions of "Lost Musicals"] lostmusicals.org, retrieved January 1, 2010</ref> The musical was presented in 1990 by the [[New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players]]<ref name=NYGASP>Holden, Stephen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/03/theater/reviews-music-gilbert-and-sullivan-yield-to-gershwin-and-ryskind.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTheater "Reviews/Music; Gilbert and Sullivan Yield to Gershwin and Ryskind"], ''The New York Times'', April 3, 1990, accessed December 26, 2013</ref> and in May 2006 as part of the [[New York City Center]] ''[[Encores!]]'' staged concert series. Directed by [[John Rando]] and choreographed by [[Randy Skinner]], the cast starred [[Victor Garber]] as
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