The 1940's Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
Director: Thomas Van Brunt  
Vocal Director: Stephanie Stephens
Instrumental Director: Tom Carr
Choreographer: Lance Bosley
Music by: The Emerald City Orchestra

A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical and winning show, a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor’s Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of the bygone era when the world was at war and pop music meant “Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy" is accurately captured as the harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, the 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. “Love is Here to Stay,” “Old Black Magic,” “Blue Moon,”  and more.

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