Shows · Over Here! · Shubert Theatre, 1974
Over Here!, 1974
Of the productions that opened in the 1970s, this had the 72nd longest run.
Who was in it24 named
William Griffis
Bette Henritze
William Newman
April Shawhan
Phyllis Somerville
Douglass Watson
Jim Weston
Sudie Bond
Alexandra Borrie
Robert Polenz
Joy Rinaldi
Paul Reid Roman
Kate Wilkinson
Creative team
- Director
- Tom Moore
- Choreographer
- Patricia Birch
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
Around this production
Over Here! is a musical with a score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and book by Will Holt. The original Broadway production was directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch, with scenic design by Douglas W. Schmidt and costumes by Carrie F. Robbins. Over Here! was a follow-up to the Sherman brothers' World War II musical Victory Canteen, an off-Broadway production that featured 1940s icon Patty Andrews. The setting is a cross-country train trip in the United States during World War II (hence the name of the play, in contrast to the popular patriotic war anthem entitled Over There). The show begins as a nostalgic look at 1940s America (where fashion, music, big bands…
Ernestine lost the supporting actress award to Janie Sell (from Over Here!). Offstage Observations Inside Tales of the Steven Suskin Theodore S Chapin Rowman, p. 256
The first Broadway show I saw was Over Here! when I was really little. It was in the Shubert. Ann Reinking was in it, and John Travolta. I remember thinking Ann Reinking was the most astounding-looking creature I’d ever seen. It was great. I loved it.
Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 2 Part 1 the Jennifer Tepper, p. 354When the Andrews Sisters were in Over Here!, after the curtain call they did a ten minute medley of all their big hits. Of course, the cast had to
Show and Tell the New Book of Broadway Anecdotes Ken Bloom Bloom Ken Oxford Univ, p. 225Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.