Learn about Yankee Doodle Dandy: George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage - Part of the Broadway Legacies series. In the first book on Cohan in fifty years, Craft situates Cohan as a central figure ...

Cohan was celebrated in the 1968 musical "George M," which incorporated most of his songs that Armstrong is using.

George M. Cohan, often described as the man who owned Broadway, dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940. During that four-decade period, the man ...

George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants — often described as the man who owned Broadway — dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940. During that four-decade period, the man born on ...

In 1955 — 13 years after the release of Yankee Doodle Dandy — James Cagney reprised the role of George M. Cohan in the Bob Hope film The Seven Little Foys, the two of them performing a duet.

George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants — often described as the man who owned Broadway — dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940. During those four decades, the man born on the ...

This is a double-jeopardy role because it’s haunted not only by the legend of Cohan himself but also by James Cagney’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Cohan in the 1942 movie “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” ...

George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants – often described as the man who owned Broadway – dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940. During that four-decade period, the man born on ...

George M. Cohan, the son of Irish immigrants – often described as the man who owned Broadway – dominated American theater from 1901 until 1940.

Six years later, in 1942, Jimmy Cagney portrayed Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” his Oscar-winning, Best Actor role. The same year, surrounded by friends and family at his home, Cohan lost his ...