The 1940's Radio Hour at Lamplighters Community Theatre

A look into yesteryear with this nostalgic view of a live radio broadcast of the The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade, from the Hotel Astors Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. Experience the spirit of that bygone era when the world was at war and pop music meant Strike Up the Band and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Watch as the harassed station manager copes with a drunk lead singer, a delivery boy who wants a chance at the mike, the second banana cabbie who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet player who chooses a fighter plane over Glen Miller. A perfect holiday show!

Authors

• Walton Jones