Gimme a Thrill: The Story of I'll Say She Is, The Lost Marx Brothers Musical

ALBANY, Ga. - April 13, 2016 - PRLog -- A Seven-Year Odyssey Leads to the Restoration, Adaptation, and

Historic First Revival of I'll Say She Is, the Lost Marx Brothers Musical

Albany, Ga. - BearManor Media announces the release of Gimme a Thrill: The Story of I'll Say She Is, The Lost Marx Brothers Musical by Noah Diamond.

In 1924, before The Marx Brothers appeared in the films that became their principal legacy, they debuted on Broadway in a musical, I'll Say She Is. Unlike The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers, two of their later Broadway musicals that were popular in film adaptations, I'll Say She Is was never filmed or revived and slipped through history's fingers for ninety years . . . until now.

Noah Diamond began a seven-year odyssey that led to the restoration, adaptation, and historic first revival. Gimme a Thrill tells the whole story for the first time-the complete history of I'll Say She Is from 1923 to 2014.

Includes more than eighty rare photographs, some published for the first time.

Noah Diamond adapted the book and lyrics for I'll Say She Is and has a long history of playing Groucho, on and off the stage. He is among the organizers of Marxfest, New York City's Marx Brothers festival, and has written and lectured widely on the Marxes and their work. With his partner Amanda Sisk, he wrote and produced the Nero Fiddled musicals, a series of political satires. His previous books are 400 Years in Manhattan and Love Marches On. Read more at noahdiamond.com.

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