Call Me Mister
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Call Me Mister is a revue with sketches by Arnold Auerbach and words and music by Harold Rome. The title refers to troops who are happily returning to civilian life and no longer want to be addressed by their military ranks.
- Opened
- 1946
- Performances
- 734
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions1 on Broadway
| 1946 | National Theatre Original. April 18, 1946 · Robert H. Gordon | 734 performances |
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In 1946, the Broadway revue Call Me Mister dealt with the adjustment of World War II servicemen to civilian life. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p119
For decades, the revue had been a mainstay of the American musical theatre, but the years following World War II saw the genre’s last hurrah, with a few hits such as Call Me Mister (1946) and Inside U.S.A. (1948). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p14
While Call Me Mister focused on World War II’s GIs returning to civilian life and Inside U.S.A. offered a sometimes skewed look at travel within the United States, Alive and Kicking had no discernible point of view and lacked an overall signature in its songs and sketches. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p15
Because Harold Rome and Arnold Auerbach had created the songs and sketches for the hit revue Call Me Mister (1946), which ran for 734 performances and introduced the popular song “South America, Take It Away,” the critics were generally disappointed with the team’s new ef book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p105
HAROLD ROME’s musical revue Call Me Mister (4/ 18/46; 734 performances), with Betty Garrett, intro- duced the songs “South America, Take It Away,” “The Face on the Dime,” and “The Red Ball Express.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p392
Other Broadway credits include multiple roles in the revue Call Me Mister (1946), in which she sang “South America, Take It Away,” a replacement Ella in Bells Are Ringing, and Hattie Walker in the 2001 revival of Follies. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p160
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