George M! is a 1968 Broadway musical about the life of stage dancer, actor, songwriter, and impresario George M. Cohan (already immortalized on film in Yankee Doodle Dandy). The show exclusively used songs written by Cohan, including "You're a Grand Old Flag".
References[]
- George M! (with a period instead of the exclamation mark) is the last show in the Broadway salute in Julie on Sesame Street. Julie Andrews and Big Bird perform "Give My Regards to Broadway," while an orchestral snatch of Cohan's "Yankee Doodle Boy" is heard briefly.
Connections[]
- Joel Grey played George M. Cohan
- Bernadette Peters played Josie Cohan