The 1940’s Radio Hour


Staff | ||
Producer | Elizabeth Mandel | |
Director | Buddy Butler | |
Assistant Director | Robin Harris | |
Vocal Director | Carol Harris | |
Music Director | Carol Harris | |
Choreographer | Jyovonne Montosa | |
Rehearsal Secretary | Anne Hepner | |
Costume Designer | Michelle Griffin | |
Master Carpenter | Richard Kaiser | |
Set Designer | Carol Harris | |
Scenic Artist | Bill Tindall | |
Stage Manager | Bruce Pember | |
Lighting Designer | Joyce Bedard | |
Props Mistresses | Lori Foster & Barbara Smith | |
House Managers | Ann Pember & Christine Carrillo | |
Lobby Decor | Jim & Christine Carrillo | |
Lighting Operators | Ben Snook & Luna Bobeda | |
Sound Operator | Sasha Crowley | |
Graphic Artist | Jason Leong | |
Variety Cavalcade Photographer | Rebecca Little | |
Cast Photographer | Mary Dokter | |
Program Designer | Elizabeth Mandel | |
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Cast | ||
Ann Collier | Joy Reynolds | |
B.J. Gibson | Steven Zbin | |
Biff Baker | Zack Goller | |
Clifton Feddington | Peter Mandel | |
Connie Miller | Lindsay Sommers | |
Freddi | Brianna Pember | |
Geneva Lee Browne | Jenafer Thompson | |
Ginger Brooks | Megan Griffin | |
Johnny Cantone | Tom Hepner | |
Lou Cohn | Bill Tindall | |
Neal Tilden | Rob Christopher | |
Pops Bailey | James Daniel Pearson | |
Stanley | Javier Garcia | |
Wally Ferguson | Jacob Goller | |
Zoot Doubleman | Carol Harris | |
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The Zoot Doubleman Orchestra | ||
Zoot Doubleman (Keyboard) | Carol Harris | |
Snookie Davenport (Keyboard) | Becki McLaughlin | |
Phil Bentley (Bass) | Don Larson | |
Toots Schoenfeld (Reeds) | Brandi Rubino | |
Pieface Minelli (Trumpet) | Kevin Bishop | |
Moe “Lockjaw” Ambrose (Trumpet) | Becky Rambow Bishop | |
Biff Baker (Trumpet) | Zack Goller | |
Scoops Millikin (Trombone) | Becky Owens | |
Barb “Bobo” Lewis (Trombone) | Monica Moniz | |
Neeley “Flap” Kovacs (Drums) | Nick Quijano |
A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical and winning show, a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor’s Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone era when the world was at war and pop music meant “Strike Up the Band” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (both are in this show) is accurately captured as the harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet-playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller.

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Above studio portraits by Rebecca Little, Portraits by Rebecca
Above production photos by Elizabeth Mandel