Craft, Elizabeth T. - Yankee Doodle Dandy

Presents George M. Cohan as a multifaceted performer and creator and also a central figure of his day, using an interdisciplinary approach
• Furthers our understanding of the American musical and the institution of Broadway in the understudied early decades of the twentieth century
• Draws upon previously unexamined and inaccessible archival material

Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theater legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like You're a Grand Old Flag, he has been called the father of musical comedy. In Yankee Doodle Dandy, author Elizabeth T. Craft situates Cohan as a central figure of his day. Examining his multifaceted contributions and the various sociocultural identities he came to embody, Craft shows how Cohan and his works indelibly shaped the American cultural landscape. Informative and engaging, this book offers rich reading for Broadway musical aficionados as well as scholars of musical theater and American cultural history.