GEORGE M! tells the life story of George M. Cohan, a giant of the American Musical Theater who gave us such songs asYankee Doodle Dandy, Over There, You're A Grand Old Flag, and Give My Regards to Broadway. The show follows him over a 60-year period period from the late 1880s until 1937. The story begins with his childhood in Rhode Island on the vaudeville circuit with his parents and sister as "The Four Cohans," continuing to New York, where he starts his 25-year absolute reign of the Broadway stage.
1968 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1969 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
1970 | US Tour |
Bus and Truck Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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1969 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Joe Layton |
1969 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Joel Grey |
1968 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Bernadette Peters |
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