When composer George Gershwin died unexpectedly in 1937, 41-year-old Ira Gershwin was left without his brother and principal collaborator. Though he did not write a lyric for the next three years, the elder Gershwin did resume his career, which lasted four more decades, until his death in 1983.
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Americans waging war against the Swiss for slapping a tax on imported cheese is the topic of George and Ira Gershwins’ 1927 musical “Strike Up the Band.”
In the 21st century, the notion remains amusing, thanks to the Marx Brothers-inspired book by George S. Kaufman, played broadly and to perfection by 42nd Street Moon, the San Francisco troupe dedicated to reviving lost and little-known musicals.
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