Strike Up the Band is a 1927 musical with a book by Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin. It ran in Philadelphia that year, unsuccessfully, and on Broadway in 1930 after the original book by George S. Kaufman was revised. The story satirizes America's taste for war: America declares war on Switzerland over a trivial trade issue.
| Date of composition | 1927 (revised and produced on Broadway in 1930) |
| Premiered | 1927, September 5th (Shubert Theatre) in Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| Type | Musical Theater |
| Spoken language | English |
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