
A SALUTE TO PEARL HARBOR
Season: 56 (2001 - 2002)
Run Date(s): Dec. 2, 2001
Description: The Lincoln Community Playhouse and the Lincoln Journal Star will collaborate to present A SALUTE TO PEARL HARBOR: A Tribute to the Greatest Generation in Song, Dance, Humor and Dramatic Presentation at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, December 2, at 2 PM and 7 PM. Scheduled to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this USO-style show features the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra and talented Lincoln actors, singers, and dancers performing:
- the music of such 1940s greats as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, the Andrews Sisters, Kate Smith, and Frank Sinatra
- the humor of comedians Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Sid Caesar, Jack Benny, and Henny Youngman
- dances of the era, including swing, jitterbug and fox trot
- re-enactments of World War II radio broadcasts, including FDRís ìDay of Infamyî speech
- dramatic readings of letters to the homefront from Nebraska service men and women.
Cast
Radio announcer #1/Foley Artist
Reader /Bud Abbott
Reader /Stan Mecomber/Sid Caesar
Reader / Lou Costello
Reader / Jack Benny
Reader/Bob Sandberg/Buddy Hackett/army cook
Dancer/Favorite son singer
Dancer/Bob Hope/Favorite Son Singer
Dancer/Henny Youngman
Singer/MP
Singer/MP
Singer
Lana Turner/Midge/Foley Artist
Radio announcer #2/Solider/Ed
Andrews Sister #2
William Stevens
Foley artist
Narrator
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reader / Singer
Andrews Sister #3
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Favorite Son Singer
Reader /Mary Livingston/Kate Smith
Favorite Son Singer
Andrews Sister #1
Favorite Son Singer
Dancer/Favorite son singer
Crew
Director
Choreographer
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Stage Manager
Multi-media Designer
Musician
Musician
Assistant Director
Property Master
Music Director
Choreographer
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