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Over Here!

Shubert Theatre, (3/6/1974 - 1/4/1975)
Preview:Feb 21, 1974 Total Previews:13
Opening:Mar 6, 1974   
Closing:Jan 4, 1975 Total Performances:341


Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Description: Nostalgic reminisces of the home front in World War II - training and entertaining the troops.





by opening date



Produced by Kenneth Waissman and Maxine Fox; Associate Producer: Lou Kramer

Book by Will Holt; Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Musical Director: Joseph Klein; Dance arrangements by Louis St. Louis; Vocal arrangements by Louis St. Louis; Music orchestrated by Michael Gibson and Jim Tyler

Directed by Tom Moore; Choreographed by Patricia Birch

Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by Carrie F. Robbins; Lighting Design by John Gleason; Sound Design by Jack Shearing

General Manager: Edward H. Davis; Company Manager: Leo K. Cohen

Production Stage Manager: T. Schuyler Smith; Stage Manager: Martha Knight and Stacy McAdams; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Fennessy and Richard Maxon

Musical Coordinator: Louis St. Louis; Big Band Leader: Joseph Klein; Lead Trumpet: Jimmy Sedlar; Lead Saxaphone: Bernie Berger; Lead Clarinet: Mike Cavin; Lead Trompbone: Harry Di Vito; Drums: Teddy Sommer; Piano / Accordian: Clay Fullum; Bass: Doc Solomon; Saxophone: Harvey Estrin, Michael Schuster and Sol Schlinger; Trombone: Merv Gold, Jack Gale and Vincent Forchetti; Trumpet: Bob Millikan, Jay Brower and Charles Sullivan; Cello: Ruben Rivera; Piano: Hal Schaefer; Percussion: Warren Hard; Guitar / Banjo: Carmen Mastren; Band Chick: Patricia Birch; Band Boy: Louis St. Louis; Musical Supervision & Copying: Mathilde Pincus and Al Miller

Media Design by Stan J. Goldberg and Jean Livingston

General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Press Representative: Harriett Trachtenberg; Casting: Otto & Windsor; Assistant to the Producer: Linda Scoullar; Dance Captain: John Mineo; Photographer: Friedman-Abeles; Hair Styles by: Randy Coronato


Opening Night Cast

Maxene Andrews Pauline de Paul  
Patty Andrews Paulette de Paul  
MacIntyre Dixon Father  
John Driver Bill  
William Griffis Rankin  
Marilu Henner Donna  
Bette Henritze Mother  
John Mineo Lucky  
William Newman Sarge  
Ann Reinking Maggie  
Janie Sell Mitzi  
April Shawhan June  
Phyllis Somerville Wilma  
John Travolta Misfit  
Douglass Watson Norwin Spokesman  
Jim Weston Make-out  
Treat Williams Utah  
Samuel E. Wright Sam  

Understudies: Chris Callan (Donna, June, Maggie, Wilma), Chevi Colton (Mitzi, Mother, Paulette de Paul, Pauline de Paul), John Fennessy (Bill, Lucky, Make-out, Misfit, Utah), Jack Naughton (Father, Norwin Spokesman, Rankin, Sarge), Edmond Wesley (Sam).