"In THE ANDREWS BROTHERS
Roger Bean found a way to add an ingeniously fun twist
to the unforgettable music of The Andrews Sisters –
resulting in a show that proved to be
an absolute delight for young and old audiences alike.
The show was a smash hit as well as a ball to produce.
I highly recommend it."
–Joe Hanreddy, Artistic Director, Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Act One
The Hut-Sut Song • Rosie the Riveter • Peggy the Pin-Up Girl
Breathless • Mairzy Doats • A Slow Boat to China
Hawaiian War Chant • Hula Ba Luau
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar • Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Act Two
Billy-A-Dick • Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
Beer Barrel Polka • Shoo-Shoo Baby • Three Little Sisters
Six Jerks in a Jeep • Plain Jane Doe • Corns For My Country
Any Bonds Today? • Off To See the World
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy • Stuff Like That There
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön • Rum and Coca Cola
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
Act one opens at an afternoon rehearsal for a USO show in the South Pacific. Max, Lawrence and Patrick Andrews are rehearsing with pin-up girl Peggy Jones for the big show that night. What Peggy doesn't know is that the brothers are really just the stagehands for the show – her back-up singers didn't arrive in time, and the boys were recruited by the Major in charge to fill in where needed. Peggy soon discovers their true jobs (the 4F ailments that kept them out of the Army bubble to the surface as they rehearse), but she's convinced they'll do a fine job nonetheless. Of course, Peggy falling in love with sweet and stammering Patrick doesn't hurt their case either. Just as they assume all will work out well, a radiogram arrives with the news that the headliners for tonight's show, The Andrews Sisters, have been held in quarantine in Hawaii. The show must be cancelled. Unless, of course, there's a way for the Andrews Sisters to appear...
Act two opens with Peggy finishing her onstage set at that evening's show. She introduces The Andrews – and our three brothers must now pull off the performance of a lifetime as they become Maxene, Patty & LaVerne Andrews. Peggy joins them throughout their set as the brothers perform the greatest hits of one of the finest singing groups of all time.
Mistaken identities and madcap adventures (imagine Bing Crosby & Bob Hope in a road movie of 'Some Like It Hot') along with the music of an entire generation highlight this wonderful valentine to the heroes of World War II.
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