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Irving Berlin’s 1942
This Is the Army
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This Is the Army
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This Is the Army
Broadway
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This Is the Army
Broadway
Original
Broadway Theatre
1681 Broadway (W. 53rd St.), New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Irving Berlin
book:
Irving Berlin
music:
Irving Berlin
People (67)
The Allon Trio
Performer
(Original)
Alan Anderson
Performer
(Original)
Sgt. Arthur Steiner
Performer
(Original)
Arthur Atkins
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Belmonte Cristiani
Performer
(Original)
Irving Berlin
Performer
(Original)
Dick Bernie
Performer
(Original)
Marion Brown
Performer
(Original)
Joe Bush
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Claude Watson
Performer
(Original)
Joe Cook
Performer
(Original)
Ross Elliott
Performer
(Original)
Derek Fairman
Performer
(Original)
Dan Healy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Hank Henry
Performer
(Original)
William Home
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Howard Brooks
Performer
(Original)
Richard Irving
Performer
(Original)
Burl Ives
Performer
(Original)
Peter J. Burns
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Cpl. James A. Cross
Performer
(Original)
Sgt. John Mendes
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Jules Oshins
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Juss Addiss
Performer
(Original)
Harold J. Kennedy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Pvt. Larry Weeks
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Leonard Berchman
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Louis de Milhau
Performer
(Original)
James MacColl
Performer
(Original)
Alan Manson
Performer
(Original)
Gary Merrill
Performer
(Original)
Robert Moore
Performer
(Original)
John Murphy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Fredric N. Kelly
Performer
(Original)
Gene Nelson
Performer
(Original)
Peter O'Neill
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Earl Oxford
Performer
(Original)
Tileston Perry
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Pinkie Mitchell
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Ralph Margelssen
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Ray Goss
Performer
(Original)
Richard Reeves
Performer
(Original)
Jack Riano
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Pvt. Robert Kinne
Performer
(Original)
William Roerick
Performer
(Original)
Hayden Rorke
Performer
(Original)
Anthony Ross
Performer
(Original)
Louis Salmon
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Samuel Carr
Performer
(Original)
Robert Shanley
Performer
(Original)
Robert Sidney
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Stewart Churchill
Performer
(Original)
Ezra Stone
Performer
(Original)
Philip Truex
Performer
(Original)
Norman Van Emburgh
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. William Pillich
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. William Wykoff
Performer
(Original)
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The Allon Trio
Performer
(Original)
Alan Anderson
Performer
(Original)
Sgt. Arthur Steiner
Performer
(Original)
Arthur Atkins
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Belmonte Cristiani
Performer
(Original)
Irving Berlin
Performer
(Original)
Dick Bernie
Performer
(Original)
Marion Brown
Performer
(Original)
Joe Bush
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Claude Watson
Performer
(Original)
Joe Cook
Performer
(Original)
Ross Elliott
Performer
(Original)
Derek Fairman
Performer
(Original)
Dan Healy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Hank Henry
Performer
(Original)
William Home
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Howard Brooks
Performer
(Original)
Richard Irving
Performer
(Original)
Burl Ives
Performer
(Original)
Peter J. Burns
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Cpl. James A. Cross
Performer
(Original)
Sgt. John Mendes
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Jules Oshins
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Juss Addiss
Performer
(Original)
Harold J. Kennedy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Pvt. Larry Weeks
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Leonard Berchman
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Louis de Milhau
Performer
(Original)
James MacColl
Performer
(Original)
Alan Manson
Performer
(Original)
Gary Merrill
Performer
(Original)
Robert Moore
Performer
(Original)
John Murphy
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Fredric N. Kelly
Performer
(Original)
Gene Nelson
Performer
(Original)
Peter O'Neill
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Earl Oxford
Performer
(Original)
Tileston Perry
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Pinkie Mitchell
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Ralph Margelssen
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Ray Goss
Performer
(Original)
Richard Reeves
Performer
(Original)
Jack Riano
Yip, Yip, Yaphanker
(Original)
Pvt. Robert Kinne
Performer
(Original)
William Roerick
Performer
(Original)
Hayden Rorke
Performer
(Original)
Anthony Ross
Performer
(Original)
Louis Salmon
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Samuel Carr
Performer
(Original)
Robert Shanley
Performer
(Original)
Robert Sidney
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. Stewart Churchill
Performer
(Original)
Ezra Stone
Performer
(Original)
Philip Truex
Performer
(Original)
Norman Van Emburgh
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. William Pillich
Performer
(Original)
Pvt. William Wykoff
Performer
(Original)
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James MacColl
Book
Irving Berlin
Book
Music
Lyrics
Pvt. Jack Mendelsohn
Dialogue for Minstrel Show
Pfc. Richard Burdick
Dialogue for Minstrel Show
Pvt. Tom McDonnell
Dialogue for Minstrel Show
Ezra Stone
Director
Joshua Logan
Additional Direction
Nelson Barclift
Choreographer
Robert Sidney
Choreographer
Chester O'Brien
Military Formations
John Koenig
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Pvt. Melvin Pahl
Music Arrangements for Dances
Uncle Sam
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jul
4
1942
Closing Date
Sep
26
1942
Performances
113
as of Jun 17, 2025
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