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Cohan, George M. (1878-1942)
The musical comedy stage of New York was home to George M. Cohan, vaudeville song-and-dance man, playwright, manager, director, producer, comic actor, and popular songwrit...
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The American actor and playwright George Michael Cohan (1878-1942) was one of the most versatile personalities in the American theater. His shows glorified Broadway and patriotism.George M. Cohan was ...
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Few American dramatists have attained the popular success of George M. Cohan, an Irish American of little education but vast personal and professional resources. As an actor, songwriter (more than 500...
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In the following excerpts, which are from reviews that were published between 1906 and 1933 in various publications, Ruhl surveys the progress of Cohan's musicals as well as his performance in ...
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In the following essay, Atkinson traces Cohan's rise in the American theater and subsequent decline after the Actors' Equity strike in 1919.
In 1901, Broadway had no idea of what was goi...
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In the following essay, the critic appraises the popular appeal of Cohan's works.
Why not write a history of the drama from Shakespeare to George M. Cohan? a witty man recently asked in a tone ...
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In the following review, Mankiewicz unfavorably appraises Cohan's autobiography.
It was in the Summer of 1924 that travelers returning from Atlantic City kept bringing to sentimental Broadway t...
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In the following essay, Cohan reminisces about the early days of his career and the joys of playing before small-town audiences.
The boys who write the blurbs about George M. Cohan for the newspapers ...
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In the following excerpt, Kerr describes the production of a musical comedy based on Cohan's career.
George M. Cohan ordered a dish of pistachio ice cream, lit a cigarette, and shifted his chai...
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In the following essay, Hammerstein remembers Cohan as a writer and performer who personified popular American values and ideals of the time.
I was not one of George M. Cohan's close friends. I...
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In the following excerpt, Ewen chronicles Cohan's rise from vaudeville to Broadway producer and actor.
The son of veteran vaudevillians, George Michael Cohan was born in Providence, Rhode Islan...
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In the following excerpt, Green recounts the highlights of Cohan's career.
Victor Herbert and George M. Cohan were the two most important creative figures of the American musical stage during t...
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Cohan, George M. (1878-1942)
George Michael Cohan
George M(ichael) Cohan
Critical Essay by Arthur Ruhl
