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From Beneath The Hollywood Sign is thrilled to welcome our newest sponsor, www.HappyMammoth.com. Use code BENEATH at checkout for 15% off of your entire first order! EPISODE 40 - “Old Hollywood's Forbidden Love Story/ Lon McCallister & William Eythe” - 06/17/2024 As we celebrate gay pride month in June, Nan and Steve bring a special episode about 20th Century Fox contract players LON McCALLISTER and WILLIAM EYTHE. Both were handsome, talented, and on their way to becoming major film stars. But there was only one problem — the two young men had fallen in love and wanted to live their lives as a couple. This love was forbidden back then and went against the wishes of 20th Century Fox studio head DARRYL F. ZANUCK. Listen to this inspiring and heartbreaking story of their love story.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Behind the Scenes: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001), by William J. Mann; It Might As Well Be Spring (1987), by Margaret Whiting; “Terrific Trio,” May 1944, by Marcia Daughtrey, Modern Screen; “Keyhole Portrait: William Eythe,” June 4, 1944, by Harriet Parson, Los Angeles Examiner; “Bill Eythe's Triumph Over Pain,” April 1, 1945, New York Times; “The Role I Liked Best…” September 2, 1950, by Lon McCallister, The Saturday Evening Post; “Film Actor Eythe Jailed on Writ of Former Wife,” September 4, 1950, Los Angeles Daily News; “Actor Suffered Hangover in Durance Vile,” June 3, 1952, Los Angeles Daily News; “William Eythe, Producer, Held as Drunk Driver,” June 4, 1952, Los Angeles Times; “Eythe, McCallister Prep ‘Joy Ride' for Broadway,” March 12, 1956, Hollywood Reporter; “William Eythe Ill With Hepatitis, Condition Serious,” January 26, 1957, by Hedda Hopper, Los Angeles Times; “William Eythe Dies,” January 28, 1957, The Hollywood Reporter; Lon McCallister, 82, Actor Had Brief but Busy Career Before Becoming Investor,” June 18, 2005, by Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times; “McCallister's Heart Outshine His Stardom,” June 21, 2005, by Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter; “Mars Actor Had Meteoric Career,” February 4, 2007, by Sandy Marwick, Butler-Eagle Focus; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Other Woman (1942), starring Virginia Gilmore, Dan Duryea, and Lon McCallister; Stage Door Canteen (1943), starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Lon McCallister; The Ox-Bow Incident (1945), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Henry Morgan, and Mary Beth Hughes; The Moon Is Down (1936), starring Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, and Lee J. Cobb; The Song of Bernadette (1943), starring Jennifer Jones, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford, and William Eythe;  The Eve of St. Mark (1943), starring William Eythe and Anne Baxter; A Wing and a Prayer (1944), starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, and William Eythe; Wilson (1944), starring Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and William Eythe; Home In Indiana (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, and June Haver; Winged Victory (1944), starring Lon McCallister, Edmond O'Brien, and Jeanne Crain; A Royal Scandal (1945), starring Tallulah Bankhead, Lon McCallister, and Anne Baxter; The House On 92nd Street (1945), starring Signe Hasso and William Eythe; Centennial Summer (1946), starring Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, and William Eythe; The Red House (1947), starring Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, and Judith Anderson; Thunder in the Valley (1947), starring Edmund Gwenn, Peggy Ann Garner, and Lon McCallister; Scud Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948), starring Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, and June Haver; Meet Me at Dawn (1947) starring William Eythe and Hazel Court; The Big Cat (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Peggy Ann Garner; The Story of Sea Biscuit (1949), starring Lon McCallister and Shirley Temple; The Boy From Indiana (1950), starring Lon McCallister and Lois Butler; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Episode 015 • June 3, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n' Notes:   • Indianapolis Municipal Band to play at Normandy commemoration:   https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/indy-band-to-play-at-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-invasion/ar-AA1nkzc3   • University of Akron bands hire new director:   https://www.facebook.com/UABandDept/posts/pfbid02qxVeewmimBRUFq5W98UweoEPxGHb7SxC6ZG7Cr7vq662M1GLDiuCjcpqLUMuhPcyl     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: America the Beautiful Week   https://nationaltoday.com/america-the-beautiful-week/   https://www.windrep.org/America_the_Beautiful   https://tonaldiversions.com/2016/05/08/america-beautiful-dragon/   As performed by the US Army Band (“Pershing's Own”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlzBR23HG0&pp=ygUoYW1lcmljYSB0aGUgYmVhdXRpZnVsIGNhcm1lbiBkcmFnb24gYmFuZA%3D%3D   TRIO   This week's interview guest: TOM BORNING   Thomas Borning is a native of Cape Cod and a graduate of Barnstable High School. Mr. Borning went to music school at UMASS Amherst where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in music education.   Thomas has been teaching in the Falmouth Public School system since 1998 where he began as the high school band director. Under his direction the Falmouth High School marching band, wind ensemble and jazz band received numerous gold and silver medals at regional, state and national music festivals. In 2004 the FHS jazz band was chosen to perform at the Massachusetts Music Educator's Association music festival. During Mr. Borning's tenure at Falmouth High School his jazz band received 8 gold medal ratings at Massachusetts sponsored International Association of Jazz Educator's competitions. In 2006, Mr. Borning became the Morse Pond Elementary School band director where he directs the concert bands and jazz band. In 2010, Mr. Borning became the Music Curriculum coordinator for the Falmouth Public Schools.   As an educator, Mr. Borning has served as All Cape Band Manager, All Cape Jazz Band Manager, Southeastern Massachusetts Band Manager, Southeastern Massachusetts Concert Chairman, All State Band Manager and All State Jazz Band Manager.   Mr. Borning performs regularly as a freelance trumpeter in the New England area. He has performed with the Cape Cod Symphony, Symphony Swing Band, The Chi-Lites, Brass Force, Brass Attack, Stage Door Canteen, and Salsa Night Band. Currently Mr. Borning is the lead trumpet player for the Compaq Big Band. Mr. Borning also performs regularly in pit orchestras for musicals throughout the New England region. In addition, Mr. Borning also plays at dozens of weddings a year at local churches.   https://www.falmouth.k12.ma.us/domain/166   http://www.capecodconcertband.org/about/   https://www.falmouthbandparents.com/post/mrborning   Everything Music Ed Podcast: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/everything-music-ed     DOGFIGHT   A Peek Behind the Podcast Curtain: Singular vs. Plural Language     CODA   Do you have a Fourth-of-July band story? Tell it to us! Contact links below:     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Singing Legend Peggy Lee's Granddaughter, Holly Foster Wells About Harvey's guest: One of the most popular features of our show is our “Gone But Not Forgotten” series, celebrating the careers and legacies of the greatest stars who are no longer with us.   Today's guest, Holly Foster Wells, is descended from show business royalty.  She's the granddaughter of one of the most popular and beloved music artists of all time: the fabulous Peggy Lee, whose contributions to the world of popular music and jazz were monumental.   Over her 7-decade career, she recorded over 1100 songs and released over 50 albums, with over a hundred top 100 hit singles, including “Somebody Else is Taking My Place”, “Why Don't You Do Right”, “Golden Earings”, “Riders in the Sky”, “Is That All There Is”, “Lover”, and of course, everybody's favourite, “Fever”, for which SHE came up with that distinctive arrangement, AND she wrote new lyrics.    As a matter of fact, Peggy Lee was an extraordinary songwriter, who wrote or co-wrote over 270 songs, including her hits “Little Fool”, “What More Can a Woman Do”, “I Don't Know Enough About You”, “It's a Good Day”, and “Manana”.  For the Disney movie “Lady and the Tramp”, she co-wrote ALL of the original songs, and she supplied the singing and speaking voices of 4 characters.  She also wrote songs for many other movies, including “Anatomy of a Murder”, “The Jazz Singer”, “The Rawhide Years”, “Johnny Guitar”, “Tom Thumb”, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming”, “Walk, Don't Run”, and many more.  She appeared in 10 movies including “Stage Door Canteen”, “The Powers Girl”, “Jazz Ball”, “Mr. Music”, “The Jazz Singer”, and my personal favourite, “Pete Kelly's Blues”, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and the Audience Award for Most Promising Female Personality of 1955.   Ms Lee received 13 Grammy Award nominations including 1 win, plus a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.  She was the first female recipient of 2 awards from the Songwriters Guild of America: the Aggie Award, for her composing skills, and the President's Award, for her support of young, emerging songwriters. In 1990 she won the ASCAP Pied Piper Award, and 2 years later she was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.  She received 2 honorary doctorates, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2020 the ASCAP Foundation established the Annual Peggy Lee Songwriter Award.   Peggy Lee was a creative powerhouse, who directed her life and career on her own terms.  But for her millions of fans, it's all about her quietly captivating voice, that continues to resonate with audiences of all ages. For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/ To see more about Peggy Lee and Holly Foster Wells, go to:https://www.peggylee.com/https://www.facebook.com/misspeggylee/https://www.instagram.com/peggyleeofficial/https://twitter.com/peggyleemusichttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfdzpDGBCOOWxWVR0fLVNw #PeggyLee   #harveybrownstoneinterviews

Our hosts' various breaks continue, and we return to 1943, a year where the Academy couldn't have been more right and the Audience couldn't have been more wrong, and Munsi Parker-Munroe is back to witness both. Come to Casablanca to visit Rick's Café American, stay for the Stage Door Canteen... because there is no leaving the Stage Door Canteen. Maybe we're all still there. Maybe we always will be. Join us there. Show us if there's a doorway out.Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

El musical de Broadway no mostró mucho interés en la guerra y, de hecho, durante aquellos años se desarrolló de manera muy diferente a los musicales y revistas de actualidad de la década de los años 30. Con José Manuel Corrales.

El musical de Broadway no mostró mucho interés en la guerra y, de hecho, durante aquellos años se desarrolló de manera muy diferente a los musicales y revistas de actualidad de la década de los años 30. Con José Manuel Corrales.

1943... the world's at war, and the film world is reacting, but in ways good and bad. For you see, inside all of us are two wolves: Rick's Café American, and the Stage Door Canteen. And the Academy and Audience fed very different wolves. The Oscars hand the top trophy to Casablanca, about as correct a choice as can be made, while the audience turned out for army fundraiser This is the Army with Ronald Reagan, which our returning guest Munsi Parker-Munroe likens to the US funding Al Qaeda in the 80s: not one of the ten worst things Reagan did, but still not great. It's a best of times, worst of times situation for film, but a best of all worlds scenario for you, the listener, as we get to appreciate something beautiful, then tear down something distinctly not. Join us!Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

Tantalize, Memory: Our kiki with David Trinidad continues! Buy David's new book, Digging to Wonderland, at your favorite indie bookstore -- or buy it here from Loyalty Books, a Black-owned independent bookseller in Washington, DC.Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act whose memory was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy. You can watch here some footage of her performing an abbreviated (and very clean) version of her famous routine, "The Psychology of a Stripteaser" in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen (~5 min).John Yau's new book, Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal, will be released September 2022 from  Rizzoli International Publications. For more about Brainard, visit the website dedicated to his work here. A great retrospect about Joe Brainard appeared in Artforum. Larry Rivers has a great portrait of Frank O'Hara here. According to this website Roger (1954 - 1982) was an American gay porn star who appeared in pornographic movies in the 1970s. After an early career as a model and go-go boy from age 17, he appeared as a "Discovery" centerfold in "Blueboy" magazine, Roger appeared in many film loops of the pre-condom era, co-starring with other notable porn stars of the time, including Al Parker, Jack Wrangler, Chuck Samson, and Bruno. Roger was also a popular stage performer in gay nightclubs and theaters. Roger left the adult film industry in 1980 and in 1982, en route to Las Vegas, perished in a car accident. In 2000, an imposter posing as Roger appeared on a number of Yahoo! groups, but was soon exposed as a fraud. He told stories of having attended Al Parker's memorial service in 1992, remaining in touch with co-star Jack Wrangler, and maintaining a monogamous relationship since the late 1980s while living in a suburb of Chicago. All of this information was completely false.Hear David read his poem "Ode to Dick Fisk" here  (at Naropa).Read more about Elaine Equi here. Watch Rachel Blau DuPlessis talk about the "exuberant sexual and lexical energy and gay will to power" of Frank O'Hara's Second Avenue here (~6 min)Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi).Want to read more about Sexton, faith, and love? Your wait is over. Read Sylvia Plath's poem "Edge" here. If you want to know what Hart Crane looks like, click here.

Imagine a chance to get to hear one of the biggest bands of the day and dance with movie starlets.  It was a dream come...

This is another of our salutes to the music and service that the Stage Door Canteens provided to military personnel during World War II. The Stage Door Canteen refers to the famous World War II-era Times Square social club for soldiers temporarily stationed in New York City awaiting deployment, usually to the war in Europe. It opened March 2, 1942, in a space underneath the 44th Street Theatre. The canteen was open seven nights a week and offered servicemen dancing, entertainment, food and nonalcoholic drinks, and even opportunities to rub shoulders with celebrities. And it all was FREE. The New York acting community did everything. They would perform songs, comedy, and short versions of the plays and musicals that were playing on Broadway. Actresses also served as hostesses and dancing partners. The New York Stage Door Canteen was immediately popular. The space was 40-by-80 feet and could accommodate 500 people, but it was filled to capacity from the start. Seven other canteens were later located in Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Francisco and Newark and Los Angeles. In 1943 the success of New York’s Stage Door Canteen prompted a movie about the popular service men's center and featured stars of the big screen and popular Big Bands. One of the many praiseworthy qualities of the canteens was their credo. They were open to all servicemen of every Allied nation, and without any form of segregation. As the war dragged on, the popularity of the canteens never wavered. By November 1945, Stage Door Canteens were operating in eight US cities and London and Paris. Together, they entertained and fed 11 million Allied servicemen. The only canteen to rival the original’s fame was the Hollywood Canteen in Los Angeles, thanks to its proximity to the country’s biggest stars. Instead of theater people, movie stars and crew members did the work. Hollywood Canteen, the movie, was the fourth highest grossing film of 1944. Watch both movies. You’ll be entertained and hear some great music. If you ever visit the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, you’ll see a replica of the Stage Door Canteen. We hope you enjoy this music of the Stage Door Canteens. Please accept this as a tribute to the Greatest Generation. To all our service members past and present, thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your service. Enjoy. - - - Join the conversation on Facebook at - - - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008232395712 or by email at - - - dannymemorylane@gmail.com - - - You’ll hear: 1) When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires, vocals) 2) Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer by The Song Spinners [The only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the US] 3) I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) by Harry James & His Orchestra (with Dick Haymes, vocal) [Reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 6/10/44 - Lasted 6 wks] 4) They're Either Too Young or Too Old by Bette Davis [From Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), a film made as a World War II fundraiser, with the stars donated their salaries to the Hollywood Canteen, which was founded by John Garfield and Bette Davis] 5) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (with Julie Conway and Harry Babbitt & The Group, vocals) [A fan favorite from the Stage Door Canteen (1943) era] 6) Rosie The Riveter by Four Vagabonds [Rosie the Riveter was the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II] 7) She's a Bombshell from Brooklyn by Xavier Cugat [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 8) Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with Peggy Lee, vocal) [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 9) Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires, vocals) [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 10) Till The End Of Time by Perry Como [Spent 19 weeks on the Best Seller chart, 9 weeks at #1 and a million seller] 11) V-Day Stomp by The Four Clefs (Johnny Green, Adam Cato, Melvin Chapman, Jack Martin) [A World War II classic] 12) Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week) by Frank Sinatra [Featured in the movie, Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 13) Mairzy Doats by The Merry Macs [Reached #1 on the Juke Box chart on 3/18/44 - Lasted 5 weeks] 14) Don't Worry Island by Freddy Martin & His Orchestra [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 15) Why Don't You Do Right? by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with Peggy Lee, vocal) [Featured in the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen and sold 1 million records] 16) Corns for My Country by The Andrews Sisters [From the original film soundtrack of The Hollywood Canteen (1944)] 17) Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song) by Bing Crosby (with The Ken Darby Choir, vocals) [Became known as Po Atarau and was used as a farewell to Māori (the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand) soldiers going to off War] 18) Katharine Hepburn’ advice. [A clip from the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 19) We Mustn't Say Goodbye by Lanny Ross [From the original film soundtrack of Stage Door Canteen (1943)] 20) Goodnight, Sweetheart by Ray Noble & His Orchestra (with Snooky Lanson, vocal) [A best seller from the WWII era] 21) I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen by Jan Garber & His Orchestra [From the Broadway All-Soldier Show "This Is The Army" (1942) written by Irving Berlin]

In South Florida, the number of music shows sometimes outweighs the number of other cultural or stage plays, so we present things in their proportion as they happen. We also endeavor to give you extra time to plan for some of the bigger or more popular shows, since tickets can go very fast. This week there is lots to be excited about and look forward to. West Palm Beach offers a classic Man of La Mancha, Sunrise is rocking' with THE WHO, Wellington has a U2 tribute, a big night in Pompano Beach with a triple tribute(never been done before) a Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston Tribute, Delray Beach welcomes Here Comes the Sun: Beatles Tribute, West Palm Beach keeps it exciting with Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, Boca Raton brings in the music of the King of Pop "Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, Delray Beach Playhouse welcomes The Victory Dolls in " I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", now a couple of shows to plan ahead for/ Ft. Lauderdale will be dancing to music of The Whispers and Stephanie Mills in early October and Boca Raton offers an acting classic "Uncle Vanya". All venues and connections to tickets are inside our podcast report, Please enjoy our brief and time saving way of getting the top entertainment and cultural events in what we call our South Florida backyard, from Palm Beach to South Beach. Please like, share and subscribe today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/byrdmans-palm-beach/message

In South Florida, the number of music shows sometimes outweighs the number of other cultural or stage plays, so we present things in their proportion as they happen. We also endeavor to give you extra time to plan for some of the bigger or more popular shows, since tickets can go very fast.This week there is lots to be excited about and look forward to. West Palm Beach offers a classic Man of La Mancha, Sunrise is rocking' with THE WHO, Wellington has a U2 tribute, a big night in Pompano Beach with a triple tribute(never been done before) a Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston Tribute, Delray Beach welcomes Here Comes the Sun: Beatles Tribute, West Palm Beach keeps it exciting with Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, Boca Raton brings in the music of the King of Pop "Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, Delray Beach Playhouse welcomes The Victory Dolls in " I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", now a couple of shows to plan ahead for/ Ft. Lauderdale will be dancing to music of The Whispers and Stephanie Mills in early October and Boca Raton offers an acting classic "Uncle Vanya".All venues and connections to tickets are inside our podcast report, Please enjoy our brief and time saving way of getting the top entertainment and cultural events in what we call our South Florida backyard, from Palm Beach to South Beach.Please like, share and subscribe today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A special tribute and salute to the Greatest Generation and the music of their era. In addition to the featured music, the story of the Stage Door Canteens is woven between the songs. Much of the music was used as the soundtracks of the Stage Door Canteen (1943) and The Hollywood Canteen (1944) movies. The songs included in this special episode are: (1) Bugle Call Rag by Benny Goodman & His Band (2) Keep' Em Flying by Gene Krupa & His Orchestra (w/ Johhny Desmond, vocal) (3) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters (w/ Vic Shoen & His Orchestra) (4) Daddy by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra [vocals by The Kaye Choir] (5) Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (6) Kiss the Boys Goodbye by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (w/ Connie Haines, vocal) (7) I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James & His Orchestra (Helen Forrest, vocal) (8) Three Little Sisters by The Andrews Sisters (9) Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking) by Russ Morgan & His Orchestra (w/ Al Jennings, vocal) (10) Deep In The Heart Of Texas by Bing Crosby (w/ Woody Herman's Band) (11) Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (w/ Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly & The Modernaires) (12) My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Count Basie (w/ Ethel Waters, vocal) (13) Rum And Coca-Cola by The Andrews Sisters (w/ Vic Shoen & His Orchestra) (14) We'll Meet Again by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (w/ Peggy Lee) (15) Oh! What It Seemed To Be by Frankie Carle & His Orchestra (w/ Marjorie Hughes, vocal) (16) When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (17) Hollywood Canteen by The Andrews Sisters (18) Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart by Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (w/ Sally Sweetland, vocal) (19) It's Been A Long, Long Time by Harry James & His Orchestra (Kitty Kallen, vocal) (20) I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (Don Cornell, vocal) (21) V-Hop (V for Victory Hop) by Jerry Gray Orchestra

In this special Downstage Center, we celebrate the legendary Stage Door Canteen (a war relief effort founded by early members of the American Theatre Wing). Opened on March 2, 1942 in the 44th Street Theatre, the New York Stage Door Canteen serviced an average of 3,000 servicemen a night as a recreation center before many of the soldiers went off to war. In all, eight Stage Door Canteens throughout the United States as well as in London and Paris served soldiers. Theatrical luminaries gave of their time (as volunteers) and talents (singing, dancing) in the Canteens. Listen now as Pia Lindstrom talks with one of the original Canteen volunteers, Phyllis Jeanne Creore.

In this special Downstage Center, we celebrate the legendary Stage Door Canteen (a war relief effort founded by early members of the American Theatre Wing). Opened on March 2, 1942 in the 44th Street Theatre, the New York Stage Door Canteen serviced an average of 3,000 servicemen a night as a recreation center before many of the soldiers went off to war. In all, eight Stage Door Canteens throughout the United States as well as in London and Paris served soldiers. Theatrical luminaries gave of their time (as volunteers) and talents (singing, dancing) in the Canteens. Listen now as Pia Lindstrom talks with one of the original Canteen volunteers, Phyllis Jeanne Creore.

In honor of our brave men and women who served in the Second World War, Ted Chapin (president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization) joins us for a virtual tour of the Stage Door Canteen and the songs that celebrated America on the homefront.

The panel of performers -- Vondie Curtis-Hall (Raisin In The Sun), Ossie Davis (I'm Not Rappaport), Swoosie Kurtz (1981 Featured Actress Tony for Fifth of July and 1986 Featured Actress Tony for the original production of The House of Blue Leaves), Jean Stapleton (Arsenic and Old Lace, and Loretta Swit (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) -- discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage work.

The panel of performers - Vondie Curtis-Hall ("Raisin In The Sun"), Ossie Davis ("I'm Not Rappaport"), Swoosie Kurtz ("The House of Blue Leaves"), Jean Stapleton ("Arsenic and Old Lace", and Loretta Swit ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood") - discuss how they got started in the business, Stapleton's experience working at the Stage Door Canteen and attending the American Theatre Wing school, how dance training contributes to overall performance, working with agents and experiences with typecasting, and balancing a film and television career with stage work.