I'd Rather Be Right

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I'd Rather Be Right is a 1937 Broadway musical comedy, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, that satirically portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal politics.

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I'd Rather Be Right canonical 2
I’d Rather Be Right 1

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instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creativeDirection satirical ⓘ
depicts Democratic Party politics ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
hasSetting United States ⓘ
hasType stage musical ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Lorenz Hart ⓘ
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers ⓘ
narrativeFocus satire of contemporary American politics ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
politicalContext New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
portrays Franklin D. Roosevelt in a humorous manner ⓘ
premiereDate 1937 ⓘ
productionPeriod 1930s American theatre ⓘ
subject Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
New Deal politics ⓘ
workPeriod Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

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Have You Met Miss Jones? → firstAppearanceIn → I'd Rather Be Right ⓘ
Have You Met Miss Jones? → writtenFor → I'd Rather Be Right ⓘ
Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman → notableWork → I’d Rather Be Right ⓘ
linked to: I'd Rather Be Right