a fully staged broadway revival opened at the st. james theatre on october 29, 2009, with most of the encores! cast and director-choreographer carlyle returning. notable replacements to the cast were christopher fitzgerald as og the leprechaun, david schramm as senator rawkins and chuck cooper as rawkins transformed into a black man. ernest harburg, yip harburg's son and president of the harburg foundation, said "the satire of our economic system is particularly relevant right now [2009], given the nation’s deep financial woes."