A Salute To Pearl Harbor

December 2-December 2, 2001
Directed By: Robin McKercher
Play Type(s): Revue
Event Type: Special Event

Description

The Lincoln Community Playhouse and the Lincoln Journal Star will collaborate to present A SALUTE TO PEARL HARBOR: A Tribute to the Greatest Generation in Song, Dance, Humor and Dramatic Presentation at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, December 2, at 2 PM and 7 PM.

Scheduled to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this USO-style show features the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra and talented Lincoln actors, singers, and dancers performing:

• the music of such 1940s greats as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, the Andrews Sisters, Kate Smith, and Frank Sinatra
  
• the humor of comedians Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Sid Caesar, Jack Benny, and Henny Youngman
  
• dances of the era, including swing, jitterbug and fox trot
  
• re-enactments of World War II radio broadcasts, including FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech
  
• dramatic readings of letters to the homefront from Nebraska service men and women.
  

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