Overview

Over Here! is a toe-tapping choo-choo ride into the patriotic past – to wartime America in the 1940s. The crowd-pleasing musical, from the composers of Mary Poppins, is an affectionate lampoon of the Big Band era of World War II America. On a train full of draftees heading for Europe, the “DePaul Sisters” are looking for a third singer to transform their duo into a trio. They find her in Mitzi – a down-home girl with a secret: she's a Nazi spy with a slinky Dietrich accent and a microphone conveniently hidden in her lipstick. Seventeen rollicking Big Band numbers evoke the originals of the period while gently spoofing musical memories of the wartime era.

The original Broadway production starred the two surviving Andrews Sisters and featured a star-studded lineup of young talent, including John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Ann Reinking and Treat Williams.

Keywords

• Theatre/Entertainment Industry
• Women's Experience
• War/Military Experience
• From Broadway
• Broadway