Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
UCLA's Freud Playhouse
Nov. 11-22, 1998
   

Maureen played Mary Turner and Gregory Harrison played her husband John P. Wintergreen in George Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing".

"McGovern displays this great open, generous face that all beloved public wives must possess. There's a bit of the first-lady frump about her performance that she somehow makes utterly beguiling. No small feat."". . .

President and first lady Wintergreen are no Porgy and Bess, but Harrison and McGovern bring this couple a dimension that even Kaufman and Ryskind probably never envisioned."

Excerpted from the November 16, 1998
VARIETY Review by ROBERT HOFLER.

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"Of Thee I Sing",
New York's Encore!...
If there's any justice in the musical-comedy world,
L.A.'s Reprise!
Robert Hofler • Variety • November 16, 1998

"Of Thee I Sing"
Timely in Wit, Gershwin Tunes
Don Shirely • Los Angeles Times
Friday, November 13, 1998
Of George Gershwin She Sings
Maureen McGovern has masterfully redefined herself
as an interpreter of the American icon's work.
Don Heckman • Los Angeles Times• November 8, 199

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