Victory Canteen
Victory Canteen | |
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Page from the Ivar Theatre program | |
Music | Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman |
Lyrics | Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman |
Book | Milt Larsen Bobby Lauher |
Productions | 1971 Los Angeles |
Victory Canteen is a musical with book by Milt Larsen and Bobby Lauher and music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Production
The musical opened on January 27, 1971 at the Ivar Theatre (Hollywood, California) and ran for six months, and then transferred to San Diego.[1] The show featured Sherry Alberoni, Patty Andrews,[1] Lorene Yarnell, Beverly Sanders, Stewart Rose, Marsha Kramer, Patty Shayne, and Brian Avery.[2]
Also in the cast was Anson Williams as KNX Radio Entertainment Reporter Tom Hatten. The follow-spot operator was KFWB Traffic Reporter Doug Dunlap.[3]
Overview
The show is a happy-go-lucky review of 1940s style music written by the Sherman Brothers. It was the set up for 1974's Broadway show Over Here! which also featured Patty Andrews as well as a song score by the Shermans. None of the songs from Victory Canteen were used in Over Here!, but Victory did have a musical salute to WW I (the song "Lafayette, We're Here").[4]
Songs
- Victory Canteen
- Happy Tomorrows
- Loose Lips (Sink Ships)
- Va-Va-Va-Veee (For Victory)
- Axe The Axis Polka
- My Window Full Of Stars
- Doughnuts
- L-O-V-E (They Just Can't Ration)
- Hawks!
- Let's Go Native
- South Sea Island Rhapsody
- Lafayette, We're Here
- We Two (Someday)
- Smoke 'Em Up, Smoke 'Em Up, Smoke 'Em Up!
References
- ^ a b Nimmo, Harry. "Chapter 'Victory Canteen'", The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record, McFarland, 2004, ISBN 0786417315, p. 356
- ^ " Victory Canteen Production" broadwayworld.com, accessed August 22, 2015
- ^ "Robert Sherman. Victory Canteen Listing" doollee.com, accessed August 22, 2015
- ^ Dietz, Dan . "1973-1974 Season", The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, ISBN 1442251662, p. 195
External links
- The Sherman Brothers
- v
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- The Parent Trap (1961)
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
- Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
- Bon Voyage! (1962)
- A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
- In Search of the Castaways (1962)
- Big Red (1962)
- Moon Pilot (1962)
- Summer Magic (1963)
- The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
- The Moon-Spinners (1964)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Those Calloways (1964)
- The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
- That Darn Cat! (1965)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
- Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
- The Aristocats (1970)
- Goldilocks (1971)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- Snoopy Come Home (1972)
- Charlotte's Web (1973)
- Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Huckleberry Finn (1974)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
- The Magic of Lassie (1978)
- Magic Journeys (1982)
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
- The Mighty Kong (1998)
- Seasons of Giving (1999)
- The Tigger Movie (2000)
and musical revues
- Victory Canteen (1971)
- Over Here! (1974)
- Dawgs (1983)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
- Busker Alley (1994)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002)
- On the Record (2004)
- Mary Poppins (2004)
- Merry-Go-Round workshop (2007)
- A Spoonful of Sherman (2014)
- Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation (2021)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (2021)
- The Jungle Book (TBA)
attractions
- Golden Horseshoe Revue (1955)
- King Arthur Carrousel (1955)
- Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (1963)
- It's a Small World (1966)
- Adventure Thru Inner Space (1967)
- Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (1967)
- Main Street Electrical Parade (1972)
- America Sings (1974)
- America on Parade (1975)
- CommuniCore (1982)
- Imagination! (1982)
- Magic Journeys (1982)
- The World Showcase March (1982)
- Japan (Epcot) (1982)
- Journey into Imagination (1983)
- Meet the World (1983)
- Innoventions (1998)
- Rocket Rods (1998)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1999)
- Disneyland Forever (2015)
- Walt's Time: from before to beyond (1998)
- Moose: Chapters from My Life (2013)
- The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
- soundtrack; musical references
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
- Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
- soundtrack; song re-recordings
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- soundtrack; musical references
- The Jungle Book (2016)
- soundtrack
- Christopher Robin (2018; w/ original songs by both brothers, and new songs by Richard)
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- soundtrack; musical references