Pardon My English
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 25, 2004
Closed Mar 28, 2004
Opened Mar 25, 2004
Closed Mar 28, 2004
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
City Center Encores presents Pardon My English, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Herbert Fields, and Morrie Ryskind.
The show is an all-but-forgotten example of early '30s madcap musical satire that tells the story of a young Englishman who falls in love with the daughter of the Dresden police commissioner. Unseen on the New York stage for 70 years, Pardon My English features such classic Gershwin tunes as "Isn't It a Pity," "My Cousin From Milwaukee," and "The Lorelei."
Gary Griffin directs, with choreography by Rob Ashford, with musical direction by Rob Fisher. Featured in the cast: Brian D'Arcy James, Rob Bartlett, Emily Skinner, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Don Stephenson, Felicia Finley, Tom Alan Robbins, Kevin Carolan, and Lee Zarrett.
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Don't expect much from me in the way of illumination about the plot of Pardon My English as presented by the Encores! series. This is the 1933 Gershwin brothers-Herbert Fields-Morrie Ryskind flop described by lyricist Ira Gershwin in his Lyrics on Several Occasions as "a headache from start to finish." The libretto was reworked so often during the musical's extensive out-of-town tryouts that there was never an "official" version. Instead, there was such contentiousness that, by the time the vehicle reached Manhattan, Morrie Ryskind had already demanded that his name be removed from the credits.
For the surprisingly delightful and altogether entertaining treatment currently at hand, which Da[...]