Traces Cohan's multifaceted career in the theater and discusses his family and friends as well as contributions to Broadway.

A dynamite performer, playwright and composer, George M. Cohan dominated the American theater in his days as no other ever has. ASCAP award-winning writer Chip Deffaa offers a fresh look at this quintessential showman's life and brings a glorious chapter in showbiz to the stage. The 26 songs mix classics like "Give My Regards to Broadway," "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" with some fascinating rediscoveries.

National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, James and Joseph Nederlander, George M. Steinbrenner, III and Elizabeth Ireland McCann present Darryl Hickman in "George M!" music and lyrics by George M. Cohan, book by Michael Stewart and John and Fran Pascal, lyric and musical revisions by Mary Cohan, musical supervision by Laurence Rosenthal, with Linda Larson, Pamela Peadon, Edie Cowan, Barbara Broughton, Jane Coleman, Frank De Sal, Tommy Breslin, John Beecher, Roger Braun and Ted Prichard, scenery by Tom John, costumes by Freddy Wittop, lighting by Martin Aronstein, musical direction by Charles Schneider, vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton, orchestrations by Philip J. Lang, production supervisor Joe Calvan, original produced on Broadway by David Black, Konrad Matthaei, and Lorin E. Price. entire production directed and choreographed by Joe Layton.

The extraordinary story of a transformative decade on Broadway, featuring gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers—shows that changed the history of the American theater. The 1990s was a decade of profound change on Broadway. At the dawn of the nineties, the British invasion of Broadway was in full swing, as musical spectacles like Les Miserables, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the box office. But Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard soon spelled the end of this era and ushered in a new wave of American musicals, beginning with the ascendance of an unlikely show by a struggling writer who reimagined Puccini’s opera La Bohème as the smash Broadway show Rent. American musical comedy made its grand return, culminating in The Producers, while plays, always an endangered species on Broadway, staged a powerful comeback with Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. A different breed of producers rose up to challenge the grip theater owners had long held on Broadway, and corporations began to see how much money could be made from live theater. And just as Broadway had clawed its way back into the mainstream of American popular culture, the September 11 attacks struck fear into the heart of Americans who thought Times Square might be the next target. But Broadway was back in business just two days later, buoyed by talented theater people intent on bringing New Yorkers together and supporting the economics of an injured city. Michael Riedel presents the drama behind every mega-hit or shocking flop, bringing readers into high-stakes premieres, fraught rehearsals, tough contract negotiations, intense Tony Award battles, and more. From the bitter feuds to the surprising collaborations, all the intrigue of a revolutionary era in the Theater District is packed into Singular Sensation. Broadway has triumphs and disasters, but the show always goes on.

This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.

Meet "The Yankee Doodle Boy" himself in this upbeat one-man journey through the life, music and artistry of this legendary entertainer. "George M. Cohan Tonight " is a dazzling showcase that reveals the essence of the man, his music, and the fabulous era of show business he came from. With roots in vaudeville that would shape his life and career, Cohan means it when he says "Give My Regards To Broadway," having left an indelible mark on American theater. Featuring hit songs such as "Over There," "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway," "You're A Grand Old Flag," and "All Aboard For Broadway," this high-energy show is insightful and entertaining-a delightful salute to the man who almost single-handedly invented the American musical comedy. "Brash, energetic, and endlessly euphoric " -The New York Times

This is the most comprehensive and insightful reference available on Broadway theater as an American cultural phenomenon and an illuminator of American life. Broadway: An Encyclopedia of Theater and American Culture is the first major reference work to explore just how much the "Great White Way" illuminates our national character. In two volumes spanning the era from the mid-19th century to the present, it offers nearly 200 entries on a variety of topics, including spotlights on 30 landmark productions—from Shuffle Along to Oklahoma! to Oh Calcutta! to The Producers—that not only changed American theater but American culture as well. In addition, Broadway offers thirty extended thematic essays gauging the powerful impact of theater on American life, with entries on race relations, women in society, sexuality, film, media, technology, tourism, and off-Broadway and noncommercial theater. There are also 110 profile entries on key persons and institutions—from the famous to the infamous to the all but forgotten—whose unique careers and contributions impacted Broadway and its place in the American landscape.

Hischak surveys the development of the American musical during the 20th century by focusing on the lyricists, both obscure and well-known (the well-known including Cohan, Berlin, Hammerstein, Lerner, Ira Gershwin, and Sondheim) who have shaped the form. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Mystery Comedy George M. Cohan Characters: 10 male, 4 female Interior Set One of the most famous of Cohan's plays happens in a lonely tavern on a wild stormy night where a mysterious vagabond, a woman and the State Governor and his family who have been held up a short distance away gather. Several persons are suspected of the crime and the mysterious vagabond takes infinite delight in observing developments as they take place about him. When suspense reaches an al