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Event Information:
When: Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Age limit: All ages
Where:
YSU - Ford Theater
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH
330-941-3105
Categorized under: Colleges & Universities | YSU calendar, Onstage | Onstage, Theater | Theater.
Recuring Event? No
Long Description: A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical and winning musical show. The scene is a live radio broadcast of "The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade" from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone era whhen the world was at war and pop music meant "Strike Up the Band" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (both are in this show) is accurately captured as the harassed producer copes with a drunken lead singer, a delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller.
Event posted: Aug. 18, 2011
Last updated: Aug. 16, 2016